In Reply to: Re: 11 Oscars or LOTR....From our " friend " the never tired Audiophilander ....nt posted by patrickU on March 13, 2004 at 12:45:38:
I really don't know how to talk about the LOTR without holding my nose.When I was in Russia I watched the TV sometimes, and as they ran the presentation clip several times, I couldn't keet buy wonder - what happened to the formerly formidable Australian movie art?
I always kept it in high esteem, but the LOTR is bound to shake that faith.
It looks like someone had set the goal for himself - to be more Hollywood than the Hollywood itself... and succeeded.
But on the other hand, there are thousands of films that I would rather discuss than the LOTR - so as I said before - I shall let AuPh celebrate a bit, as the only sad part about the LOTR is how many people went to see it. But perhaps we all need such a reminder from time to time - for if you simply keep watching Andrey Rublev and Rules of the Game you will never know the true state of decay in which the today's society exists.
Maybe later I will have a chance to look at AuPh's screams of joy, but I suspect it will destroy the effect of my blood pressure medicine - and perhaps even force me to say what I feel.
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Follow Ups
- I misplaced my gas mask - Victor Khomenko 14:23:53 03/13/04 (6)
- "I really don't know how to talk about the LOTR without holding my nose." - Dalton 09:39:57 03/15/04 (3)
- Re: "I really don't know how to talk about the LOTR without holding my nose." - Victor Khomenko 12:16:05 03/15/04 (2)
- I've always heard rumors that Russian TVs were prone to spontaneously catching on fire. - Dalton 12:34:22 03/15/04 (1)
- Re: I've always heard rumors that Russian TVs were prone to spontaneously catching on fire. - Victor Khomenko 15:02:35 03/15/04 (0)
- Re: I misplaced my gas mask - Analog Scott 17:26:08 03/13/04 (1)
- Thank you Scott for correcting me - Victor Khomenko 19:47:52 03/13/04 (0)