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| Rod |
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Jeremy;
Sophisticated compared to what? is my point. The soporific that is The Girl With the Pearl Earring? The shallow tackiness of A Beautiful Mind? The clumsy narrative-free Ray? Or the blithering steroid-pumped dolour of Gladiator? In these terms modern films tend to be far less sophisticated. One thing that has definitely died, for instance, is the presumption that there's at least a wealth of awareness and appreciation for classical culture in the audience, as well as intellectual curiosity.
Although part of me was dying to see what the film would have looked like if Pasolini had directed it; I kept mentally cross-referencing his portrayal of Giotto in Il Decameron.
Quote: As an aside, I think many have pointed out that the women painted on the roof Sistine Chapel are the some of the least feminine this side of a female body builders' convention.
You can say that again. Lot's daughters are awful. Should have let Raphael do that bit. Speaking of whom, the guy who plays him in the film is lousy. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:16 am |
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| Holy shit, I just started watching Kokoda, which was supposed to be the Aussie Saving Private Ryan. I barely lasted twenty minutes; no character-building, pidgin English dialogue, and a bunch of cinematic stunts pulled more from Wes Craven horror films rather than jungle warfare. Urgh. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:26 am |
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| Shame, it's a story worth telling, which is probably why they made such a mess of it. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:52 am |
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jeremy wrote: the result does not always justify the pain you have to inflict on yourself or the sentence to avoid the ambiguity. in most cases the context makes the meaning clear.
Instead of 'he', just put in the guy's name. Is that so difficult? |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:36 am |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:36 pm |
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| Not only does Wade not know he was not naked in The Mother........but Wade doesn't know that Daniel Craig WAS naked in The Mother...... |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:58 am |
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It's hard to watch The U.S vs. John Lennon and not wish we had someone like him speaking for us today. Not that his message was anything but simple....."Give peace a chance" THE WAR IS OVER.....if you want it to be.
The special features had some comparisons between that time (Nixon/Vietnam) and now (Bush/Iraq). I like what McGovern had to say. Somebody tell me why young Americans (and old) aren't rising up in disgust over this president and his war......Is it because they are placated by their i-pods and their high def tvs?
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I'm recommending Thumbsucker. I was really taken by the lead actor, Lou Pucci......but a great supporting cast.....Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves....and a story with alot of depth/layers despite it's quirkiness. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:05 pm |
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Rod wrote: Also adding to the hysterical atmosphere is Betty Field as a menopausal, late-married woman who’s pregnant
The Nit-Pick Committee would like to point out that one cannot be both menopausal and pregnant simultaneously. At least one fervently hopes not. That is all. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:16 pm |
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| PREmenopausal and PREgnant, perhaps. |
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| bart |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:45 pm |
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| You mean that before you are gnant, you are pre-gnant? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:36 pm |
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Rod wrote: Also adding to the hysterical atmosphere is Betty Field as a menopausal, late-married woman who’s pregnant
Why did I first misread that as "Betty Friedan"? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:03 pm |
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Quote: Somebody tell me why young Americans (and old) aren't rising up in disgust over this president and his war......Is it because they are placated by their i-pods and their high def tvs?
If you want my opinion; Your last sentence is a symptom not a cause. The reason is that a vast majority are clueless about world or even national affairs and don't give a shit.
This should be known as "The Clueless Generation". |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:19 pm |
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| Reimpose the draft, and they'll be clueful again. Overnight. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:35 pm |
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| Amen, brother. I mentioned this to my 17-year-old the other day, and she said, "What's a draft?" |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:55 pm |
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| Yes, it was the draft that cut Vietnam short so quickly. |
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