Films/DVD Asylum

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Dan G.

In Reply to: Re: You are not alone! posted by R. Hertz on May 03, 2001 at 00:08:12:

If all you care about is plot or cahracter development, please stop watching films and start reading novels. Though a truly terrific film can do it all, you cannot expect 100 minutes of text to be fully developed.
You all seem to be ignoring the cinematic and visual experience of the movies.
To pan The Fifth Element or the MAtrix for lack of plot, and not to recognize the visual artistry is to forget the very medium you are evaluating.
The very number of films appearing since the Matrix, using similar action sequence techniques, should be testament to some of the nicer features of the film. Is there any greater form of industry or popular recognition of quality than imitation?
You certiainly are entitled to your opinions, but they smack of "film snobbery" to me.
dg

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Not snobbery at all. R. Hertz 13:57:06 05/04/01 (3)
I just look for more than wiz-bang special effects. Ya gotta have a plot, characters that you can connect with, (be they good or evil), and some sort of resolution. Some films get so convoluted in their attempt to do one of the above, or they replace their ability to do one of the above with special effects, that the film falls down and fails to deliver. This is not to say that you can't be satisfied with plot and character development failures, only that those films aren't for me. I wish I liked "The Matrix" and "The Fifth Element".
- Not Possible. The Who 13:50:02 05/06/01 (2)
  5th Element despite it's scant reference to magick is imo not in the same league as The Matrix.
  I posit The Matrix is even more important sociologically and spiritually than Star Wars It simply is more than the Star Wars of this generation.
  And I am not alone in this. More later. With evidence I hope...
  The Who
  - The Matrix is for 14 year old skateboarding cyberpunk dipwads. Jose 18:12:08 05/06/01 (1)
    nt
    - Then it s PERFECT for EVERYONE on this THREAD!!! The Who 07:27:02 05/08/01 (0)
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