tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post114040795663676810..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: Notes from the TrenchesBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140679227929979342006-02-23T02:20:00.000-05:002006-02-23T02:20:00.000-05:00Yeah, I suppose you didn't really say that. It jus...Yeah, I suppose you didn't really say that. It just seemed that you were demanding that women critics transcend their socially constructed gender in order to be worth anything. But if you're mostly saying that in terms of "worth anything to <I>you</I>" as a matter of personal taste, then I guess your comments can't be read as much as claims about the relative value of the two (constructed) Carl Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844566112033689884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140668514435814672006-02-22T23:21:00.000-05:002006-02-22T23:21:00.000-05:00I do, however, find Alex's implication that femini...<I>I do, however, find Alex's implication that femininity (or girliness) is somehow more constructed than masculinity (or manliness) quite interesting.</I> <BR/><BR/>Huh? Where did you get that? I don't remember saying or implying that femininity is more constructed than masculinity. In any case, I certainly don't believe that.Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140662591567273672006-02-22T21:43:00.000-05:002006-02-22T21:43:00.000-05:00I guess my only real question is, how many people ...I guess my only real question is, how many people here consider a "macho" viewpoint to be the best/only way to view film? Should I understand that to be a site-wide policy? Just curious. I mean, I'd keep reading, but perhaps through more of a testosterone filter. Personally, many of the films I loathe the most, whether chick flicks or "dick flicks," are those exact films that rely on the lowest Carl Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844566112033689884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140662428540847162006-02-22T21:40:00.000-05:002006-02-22T21:40:00.000-05:00I'd love to see an ipdated version of Sinclair Lew...I'd love to see an ipdated version of Sinclair Lewis's <I>Babbitt</I>. <BR/><BR/>I can't wait to see the nonresponse to this post!JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140644026244371712006-02-22T16:33:00.000-05:002006-02-22T16:33:00.000-05:00Truthfully, I thought they'd never be able to make...<I>Truthfully, I thought they'd never be able to make Hannibal the way it was written as a novel, and I was right. Thomas Harris pre-sold the movie rights, took the check, and then wrote an ending he KNEW they'd wuss out on. The end result was just pretty-looking mediocrity.</I><BR/><BR/>Funny you mention that, when I read the novel I kept on picturing it being adapted by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140637866534411972006-02-22T14:51:00.000-05:002006-02-22T14:51:00.000-05:00Hollow Man Stuffed Man said...Lookin' for some cla...<I>Hollow Man Stuffed Man said...<BR/>Lookin' for some classic man vs. Nature films. Something that instigates primordial fear instead of the hitchcockian type.</I><BR/><BR/><I>The Edge</I> gets a bad rap, but I love that big ugly bear. No, not Baldwin.<BR/><I>Alive</I>?<BR/><I>The Naked Prey</I>. (Does it count if the protagonist is threatened by people AS WELL AS nature?)<BR/><I>Ravenous.</I><Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140637580643623122006-02-22T14:46:00.000-05:002006-02-22T14:46:00.000-05:00I can’t contribute more to this discussion AJ, as ...I can’t contribute more to this discussion AJ, as you are adamant in sticking to your ludicrous and ill-defined “premise” regarding the relative weight of “girly”-ness—(which I’m still hoping was an unintentionally asinine aside that has gotten away from you). Though, I am hopeful in that: Pauline Kael’s gender ‘isn’t too much of a problem for (you)’….that’s a great first step in addressing the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140637437365702432006-02-22T14:43:00.000-05:002006-02-22T14:43:00.000-05:00Scott said...Back to pieces of writing that I woul...<I>Scott said...<BR/>Back to pieces of writing that I would love to see adapted, here's my list:<BR/>... 2)INFINITE JEST - David Foster Wallace</I><BR/><BR/>I think only the core of Jest -- the espionage story that brings the Quebecois amputee assassins swarming down on the gifted tennis academy and the neighboring rehab center (really, you've gotta read the book) -- would make any kind of good Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140635568706745692006-02-22T14:12:00.000-05:002006-02-22T14:12:00.000-05:00Chad: Yeah, I never got that either. Fried chicken...Chad: <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I never got that either. Fried chicken and watermelon are delicious for all. <BR/><BR/>Alex:<BR/><BR/>I definitely agree about Kael's writing making her opinion almost beside the point. I disagree with the majority of her reviews, yet I find them complelling because she proceeds with inarguable logic and pitch-perfect instincts.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140634935243602512006-02-22T14:02:00.000-05:002006-02-22T14:02:00.000-05:00Reh, I'm thinking about her hating Repulsion becau...Reh, I'm thinking about her hating Repulsion because it did what it set out to do and did it well. <BR/><BR/>Unique complaint to me probably, she hated Alan Parker because he was basically a muckraker, but she couldn't accept or enjoy the fact of his muckraking. <BR/><BR/>Similiarly with Dirty Harry, she thought that it was producing feelings in her that she didn't want to experience. She knew Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140628548197335612006-02-22T12:15:00.000-05:002006-02-22T12:15:00.000-05:00It's actually probably very much the same thing wi...<I>It's actually probably very much the same thing with Kael, who I revere, but had that same girly aversion to heavy painful cinema and that same girly attraction to frivilous films.</I><BR/><BR/>You really think this was true? I mean, she loved Peckinpah and <I>Yojimbo</I>.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140627306133711492006-02-22T11:55:00.000-05:002006-02-22T11:55:00.000-05:00Guys:Lookin' for some classic man vs. Nature films...Guys:<BR/><BR/>Lookin' for some classic man vs. Nature films. Something that instigates primordial fear instead of the hitchcockian type.Hollow Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027400445729272871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140611228561382662006-02-22T07:27:00.000-05:002006-02-22T07:27:00.000-05:00I always hoped that with CG becoming cheaper we'd ...I always hoped that with CG becoming cheaper we'd see more good SF books adapted to the screen, but with the notable exception of the new Solaris this seems not to be the case (and I have little hope for Scanner Darkly to be actually good). I'd love to see more of Lem's Books adapted, e.g. The Invincible or Eden. I'd also love to see a new take on "Roadside Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140587276523247012006-02-22T00:47:00.000-05:002006-02-22T00:47:00.000-05:00Back to pieces of writing that I would love to see...Back to pieces of writing that I would love to see adapted, here's my list:<BR/><BR/>1)A SON OF THE CIRCUS - John Irving<BR/>2)INFINITE JEST - David Foster Wallace<BR/>3) THE SENTRIES - Ed Mcbain<BR/>4) HARLOT'S GHOST - Norman MailerScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304014734147849036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140586352635576922006-02-22T00:32:00.000-05:002006-02-22T00:32:00.000-05:00What you seem to have done is couch a knee-kerk re...<I>What you seem to have done is couch a knee-kerk response ("I don't like this particular female film critic because she has what I perceive to be soft, feminine tastes that I disagree with") in as much frantic academic posturing as possible to distract from your original intent. Talk about gender construction and parenting manuals all you want, but it's hard to divorce the simplicity of your Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140585613676699822006-02-22T00:20:00.000-05:002006-02-22T00:20:00.000-05:00It's the Captain to the rescue for you: Hooray! Th...It's the Captain to the rescue for you: <A HREF="http://www.runningscaredthemovie.com/game/index.php" REL="nofollow">Hooray!</A> That should give you instant access to it, alternatively you can just put anything into the Age Verification database, as long as it's a real sounding name, a real e-mail (use those crappy hotmail accounts!) and a real zip code, you're in. The password to skip right to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140584769239403142006-02-22T00:06:00.000-05:002006-02-22T00:06:00.000-05:00Tuning out Alex's buttwattling for a sec (as poign...Tuning out Alex's buttwattling for a sec (as poignantly batshit as it may be), <A HREF="http://destinationdaniel.smugmug.com/gallery/1213678/1/56772264" REL="nofollow">this</A> is clearly why Jesus created the internet. The best part: Randy Quaid's lego version <I>looks just like him</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140577554344453002006-02-21T22:05:00.000-05:002006-02-21T22:05:00.000-05:00On the Running Scared website you can actually per...On the <I>Running Scared</I> website you can actually perform virtual cunnilingus on Vera Farmiga's character.<BR/><BR/>And that's all I have to say about that.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140577289816865062006-02-21T22:01:00.000-05:002006-02-21T22:01:00.000-05:00Screencap: A Better Tomorrow II? I am not confiden...Screencap: A Better Tomorrow II? I am not confident in that, as I don't remember that particular shot. Also, It looks more like a VHS cap than anything i've seen recently (1:33:1?). <BR/><BR/>If my delusions are correct, then I can follow my dreams, and do what I really want, which is to find the rights to and adapt the screenplay for Jonathan Lethem's <I>Gun, With Occasional Music.</I> It's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140574243041872552006-02-21T21:10:00.000-05:002006-02-21T21:10:00.000-05:00--I didn't like how unpleasant is was either, but ...--I didn't like how unpleasant is was either, but not cause I'm girly. The ugliness was unjustified given its inexorably happy trajectory. --<BR/><BR/>--it’s hard to take your critique of SZ’s value system seriously when you say things like: “masculinity is the inherently superior perspective because I am a man. Zacharek's lack of masculinity significantly reduces her utility as a critic for me” Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140567082315710072006-02-21T19:11:00.000-05:002006-02-21T19:11:00.000-05:00AJ, The funniest thing about Ricky Gervais' charac...AJ,<BR/><BR/> The funniest thing about Ricky Gervais' character on The Office or Sarah Silverman's standup is the way they illustrate how backpedalling rarely makes anything better. Your initial salvo about SZ -- who I read all the time and disagree with about as frequently -- was ill-conceived, but your response to Dave was kinda insane. A woman who likes Casanova (which sucks, sure) is like a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140559423381241782006-02-21T17:03:00.000-05:002006-02-21T17:03:00.000-05:00P.S. Yeah, is that AC meant to be air conditioning...P.S. Yeah, is that AC meant to be air conditioning or Alex Chaw? <BR/><BR/><BR/>Naw, “AC” was just a multi-tasking typo—much as I’d suspect the references to “masculity”, “feminity”, “unsurmountable” and “unsypathetic” were too---ya smart ass wankers... ;) ;)<BR/><BR/>Anyways, A…J… it’s hard to take your critique of SZ’s value system seriously when you say things like: “masculinity is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140555067302368072006-02-21T15:51:00.000-05:002006-02-21T15:51:00.000-05:00Of interest: Just published my Viddied It review f...Of interest: <BR/><BR/>Just published my Viddied It review for <A HREF="http://cc.usu.edu/~alexjack/viddiedreviews/godfather.html" REL="nofollow">The Godfather</A>. (Top ten for that site and two new FFC reviews up next). There I simulataneously praise and attack the film for it's glorification of a patriarchal male-oriented system that hates women. <BR/><BR/>Do I contradict myself? Probably. I'mAlex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140552303948241722006-02-21T15:05:00.000-05:002006-02-21T15:05:00.000-05:00At the risk of 86-ing any further discussion on th...At the risk of 86-ing any further discussion on the topic, masculity is the inherently superior perspective because I am a man. Zacharek's lack of masculinity significantly reduces her utility as a critic for me. <BR/><BR/><I>Is the natural conclusion then that the contrary opinions on “WoTW” are partly superior because all the reviewers you mentioned are men? If not, then are you suggesting thatAlex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-1140549884649848872006-02-21T14:24:00.000-05:002006-02-21T14:24:00.000-05:00Think you mean "AJ," Dave, unless the C stands for...Think you mean "AJ," Dave, unless the C stands for something colloquial.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.com