Films/DVD Asylum

It can't be all that great.

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TAFKA Steve

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In Reply to: could u explain why this film is so great? posted by mellson on October 01, 2001 at 12:48:59:

Look at what it doesn't have: bullets, explosions, computer graphics, computer graphics of bullet or explosion p.o.v. shots, color imagery, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, bad stereotypes, cookie cutter plot written in crayon, overblown music score (Bernard Hermann ain't no Jerry Goldsmith), insipid dialog, pause shot of adult looking in child-like wonder at incredible phenomenon (otherwise known as a "Spielberg"), bad guy coming back to life one last time to attack hero/heroine, sympathetic loser getting his scrotum caught in his zipper,...etc.
All they left in was ART.

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Re: It can't be all that great. - caa 12:49:32 10/04/01 (1)
absence of mediocrity does not automatically imply greatness. Otherwise, the empty set would be the greatest work of all times.
- Oh, you're no fun. - TAFKA Steve 15:34:44 10/04/01 (0)
  My sarcastic point is that today's movies are made from "hot" quota items based on big studio focus group polls of target audiences. Oh no, I forgot to mention the nude scenes and the cars crashing into a fruit cart!
Re: LOL!!! Great post Steve, should be a 'reference' review!! (nt) - Jeff Starrs 00:09:55 10/02/01 (0)
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