Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test:

Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on March 31, 2005 at 15:49:57

In Reply to: Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: posted by Victor Khomenko on March 31, 2005 at 12:44:37:

I am not sure what you mean. People generally like to see things that interest them. I played cowboys and indians when I was a kid. I suspect that experience has fueled my love of westerns. I assume that people interested in space exploration like science fiction. But I do not presume to tell someone who loves space exploration that the science fiction movies that they enjoy are, to use a word you are intimately familiar with, "kaka", because the subject matter is not to my liking. Rather, I would rather watch the film, and form my own opinions based on the execution. I am not particularly interested in space exploration, but Apollo 13 absorbed me.

My point was that there are people interested in the Mafia, and it's inner workings. Unless they start picking up some pea shooters and blasting away innocent folk, I do not think that interest has any more or less validity than, oh, say, someone's interest in a solder gun, capacitors, and tubes. Except the former makes for a better movie. The latter a more respectable profession.

If you review movies and form opinions about them based upon the fact that you do not find the subject matter interesting, then why watch the movie? Save yourself some time.

What sets the great movies which stand the test of time apart from the others is that they attract a huge audience beyond their subject matter, and do not rely upon their subject matter for their appeal. "'The Wizard of Oz' sucked because I hate good witches." "'High Noon' was terrible because, gasp, the lead carried a gun, and shot people."

Millions of people who have no interest in the Mafia consider the first two Godfather movies great. Which they are.

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Topic - "The Godfather I and II - rico 07:21:24 03/30/05 (23)

Re: "The Godfather I and II - patrickU 02:45:21 03/31/05 (0)

Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - tinear 16:44:36 03/30/05 (13)

Unless you step in it! - RGA 19:47:14 03/31/05 (0)

Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - jamesgarvin 12:15:25 03/31/05 (4)

Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - Victor Khomenko 12:44:37 03/31/05 (3)

Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - jamesgarvin 15:49:57 03/31/05 (2)

Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - Victor Khomenko 16:12:50 03/31/05 (1)

Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - jamesgarvin 06:50:41 04/01/05 (0)

Good observation - Victor Khomenko 19:20:40 03/30/05 (6)

Re: Part II - rico 02:16:17 03/31/05 (5)

Re: Part II - Victor Khomenko 04:37:15 03/31/05 (4)

Re: Part II - rico 06:05:28 03/31/05 (3)

Re: Part II - Victor Khomenko 06:14:31 03/31/05 (2)

Re: Part II - rico 06:58:10 03/31/05 (1)

Not just green lighted it - LWR 07:49:44 03/31/05 (0)

Imagine for a moment.... - Ex Lion Tamer 12:12:30 03/30/05 (3)

De Niro and Pacino - townsend 18:09:33 03/30/05 (1)

True about De Niro - Victor Khomenko 19:22:24 03/30/05 (0)

Re: Imagine for a moment.... - jamesgarvin 13:14:47 03/30/05 (0)

Re: "The Godfather I and II - jamesgarvin 07:59:17 03/30/05 (3)

Re: "The Godfather I and II - rico 11:35:04 03/30/05 (2)

I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when - Duilawyer 22:37:57 03/30/05 (1)

Re: I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when - rico 02:18:29 03/31/05 (0)

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Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - jamesgarvin 15:49:57 03/31/05 (2)

Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - Victor Khomenko 16:12:50 03/31/05 (1)

Re: Superb entertainment but it fails the greatness test: - jamesgarvin 06:50:41 04/01/05 (0)

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