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In Reply to: Re: How about a complete lack of story progress? posted by Victor Khomenko on January 1, 2002 at 08:48:13:
>>> "To say it is DULL is silly, ..." <<<Why? It was dull! I'd sooner watch paint drying than try to sit through Solaris again. BTW, I do owe an apology to those who may have been tempted to see Star Trek: The Motion(less) Picture based on the positive reviews of the new Director's cut and my willingness to give it a second chance. Well, I was okey-doaked by the raves about how the new version had been cleaned up, tightened up and re-edited by Robert Wise. Unfortunately, like Solaris, this "new" version of ST:TMP is still a dreadful bore and hardly changed a whit from it's earlier release. Both of these films should be sued by Sominex for business infringement.
>>> "... and to me the film (Solaris) is riveting." <<<
"Riveting?" Well, that kind of makes sense. If I got stuck watching the interminable Solaris all the way through I might never move from the spot again! ;^)
>>> "So according to you the film must have a 'story' to be good? ..." <<<
Well, it helps. OTOH, I have a certain fondness for old movie serials and those, arguably, don't have stories either.
>>> "... Sure enough that is not a universal notion." <<<
Oh, well who's was it then? MGM's? RKO's? Paramount's? Sorry, I'm just yankin' your chain a bit. :o)
You went on to say that (quote): "It is largely the American one" (unquote) -- Well, I wouldn't be too quick to assign cultural preferences if I were you. FTR, I certainly wasn't questioning international tastes; I was merely expressing my own. Hell, the French apparently love Jerry Lewis, but I can barely stomach the silliness of his films! The bottom line is that one's culture may generally influence what is liked or disliked, but identifying tastes by culture is at the very least presumptuous and at worst stereotypical.
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- To each his or her own I guess. - Audiophilander 23:34:19 01/01/02 (10)
- Re: To each his or her own I guess. - Victor Khomenko 07:01:39 01/02/02 (9)
- 30-second clip - chiming in - Jim Susky 05:11:13 01/04/02 (0)
- A bit touchy, aren't we? - Audiophilander 15:45:58 01/02/02 (7)
- To each his own... - Victor Khomenko 16:20:21 01/02/02 (6)
- Okay, but our views on what constitutes art are very different. - Audiophilander 14:08:20 01/03/02 (5)
- Re: Okay, but our views on what constitutes art are very different. - Victor Khomenko 14:34:18 01/03/02 (4)
- Sorry about the link; I accidently posted the 1st draft with mistyped link. - Audiophilander 15:27:30 01/03/02 (3)
- Re: Sorry about the link; I accidently posted the 1st draft with mistyped link. - Victor Khomenko 19:05:04 01/03/02 (2)
- Solaris is like that 6'x10' canvis with the yellow dot ... - Audiophilander 08:20:44 01/04/02 (1)
- More like a Corot - Victor Khomenko 12:06:41 01/04/02 (0)
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