In Reply to: Re: Did I detect an hint of.... posted by patrickU on March 13, 2004 at 01:33:07:
The search engine is down but I figured I'd take the time to review Voctor's reviews of some American movies."It seems to me that in that part of the world - and I mean Eastern Europe perhaps even more than the Western one - the interest in the subject that I always find fascinating - the humans with their joys and sufferings - is still very much alive, while here, at Hollywood, it has been completely replaced with the monsters and deviants.
Case in point: a few days back I believe Tin suggested that the Hollywood film with a completely adolescent sounding title Monster was something special.
My reaction - sorry, but I am not going to waste my time and money watching yet another story of a serial killer.
There is something quite degrading in the American fascination with mass murderers, serial killers, morons (John Belushi and the warshipers of his church), deviants of all kinds, anti-social idiots, prostitutes-gone-housewives, and all other sorts of scum, human trash, refuse, garbage... enter your favorite word of disgust here."
Hmm. He didn't even see the movie but simply made a bunch of assumptions about it. But hey, it was an American movie so ho hum.
Here is his review of the classic film "The Right Stuff"
"OK, OK... I watched the Right Stuff last night! It doesn't get any more American!
Can't say I enjoyed it much, though."
Very insightful in depth analysis. Not.Here is another review with a familiar theme...
"Watched Ripley's Game last night... such kakaJust about everything about that film is weak.
A waste of time."
Not much to discuss there. Just another typical dismisal.That is as far as I can scroll back for now.
So when I see a well thought out critique of LOTRs by Victor that actually discusses real cinematic values, I will happily discuss what I liked about LOTRs in rebutal. Till then I think arogant dismisals of the sort I have cited above deserve the same sort of dismisals in response. It doesn't take a lot of thought to say something is kaka.
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- Re: Did I detect an hint of.... - Analog Scott 08:05:48 03/13/04 (5)
- Re: Did I detect an hint of.... - patrickU 08:27:00 03/13/04 (4)
- Re: Did I detect an hint of.... - Analog Scott 09:21:51 03/13/04 (3)
- Re: Did I detect an hint of.... - patrickU 10:14:23 03/13/04 (2)
- Re: Did I detect an hint of.... - Analog Scott 11:33:52 03/13/04 (1)
- Re: Did I detect an hint of.... - patrickU 12:29:25 03/13/04 (0)