Still Mine (2012) - IMDb

Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 5 months ago to Movies

I watched this movie last night... Elderly man perfectly capable of building a house on his own land to help care for his wife has to fight for the right to do what he wants with, and on, his own property. And pay surmountable fees on top of it all..... Based on a true story (of course). :(

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Posted by Your_Name_Goes_Here 9 years, 5 months ago

When I read your note, I immediately thought of this matter that occurred a few years ago in my back yard (well, not literally)...

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.c...

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  Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 5 months ago
  
  We don't even own what we pay for...and pay taxes on, and work the up keep on... Gah!
  
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    Posted by XenokRoy 9 years, 5 months ago
    
    No one own anything except governments.
    
    We pay for it
    
    We pay a lease on it to the government
    
    We pay fees to do anything with it, and even after paying the fees get told we cant do what we want in the way we want.
    
    When we die we pay for it again due to estate taxes.
    
    The answer is just do not earn more than you really need to live. Your punished if you do anything more than that. What a world, what a world....
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 5 months ago
      
      Yes...and get you get punished for making the bare minimum too...always finding more ways to put the squeeze on you.
      
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Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 5 months ago

I'll have to check this out. I was reading thru the reviews and they were excellent. A strange point. One of the reviewers noted at one point that most reviews gave it 8 stars or higher and the rating shown was 4.8. It has since increased but that sounded strange to me.

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  Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 5 months ago
  
  It says 7.4 in the star thing.
  
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    Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 5 months ago
    
    It does now. When that person posted it said 4.8 and I'm guessing it should have been higher. It could have just been a glitche but I wonder if some losers gave it a real low score on purpose to bring the average down???
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 5 months ago
      
      Maybe my subsequent review with a 10 rating boosted it...although I don't think that math adds up...and I don't care enough to figure it out...LOL
      
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Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 5 months ago

Haven't seen it, but James Cromwell is one of the best character actors filmdom has produced. We shall give it a look.

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Posted by DaveM49 9 years, 5 months ago

Sounds like more than a few echoes of "Calumet 'K'". Will have to see if it's available "somewhere".

Of course the opposition in "Calumet 'K'" was a private company. These days, it's "the government".

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Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 5 months ago

I can also recommend We're Here To Help.
(That's the motto of the NZ Internal Revenue Department (IRD))
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997273/

Funny how it takes Australians and Kiwis to make movies criticizing the federal "revenooers."

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  Posted by allosaur 9 years, 5 months ago
  
  The Hollywood libtard establishment must feel indignant when anyone would put together a flick that could be so anti Big Brother.
  Comrade citizens, be anti-corporation if you must make a movie that is anti-anything.
  New names are being added to "do not invite to a cocktail party" lists. Comrade citizens, will it be you?
  
  No, evil twin, why would I want to hang out with pompous airheads?
  
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  Posted by johnpe1 9 years, 5 months ago
  
  couldn't find a copy of this one for sale, but here's
  the trailer:::
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZPoPCBn...
  
  -- j
  
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Posted by johnpe1 9 years, 5 months ago

the theme reminds me of the eminent-domain
classic "wild river" with Montgomery Clift and Lee
Remick....... well done! -- j

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Posted by MarjoriePeters 9 years, 5 months ago

I loved this movie. James Cromwell has a beautiful, strong face. Here's another great eminent domain movie:The Castle, Australian. 1992. A strong message of freedom, served up with humor. Great courtroom scene.

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  Posted by IndianaGary 9 years, 5 months ago
  
  I remember him as Zephram Cochran, the inventor of the hyperdrive in Star Trek: First Contact and as Prince Philip in The Queen; a very versatile actor, indeed. He also played the man behind positronic robots in I, Robot, the movie based upon the Asimov classic. I think he is still alive.
  
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    Posted by IndianaGary 9 years, 5 months ago
    
    Yes, he was a voice ac t or in Big Hero Six.
    
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  Posted by LetsShrug 9 years, 5 months ago
  
  I adored him too... he also played Jane Austen's father in Becoming Jane. I didn't know he died last year though :*(
  
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Posted by radical 9 years, 5 months ago

I might as well become a parasite.

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