tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post3155639008111551369..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: CourageBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-67173983569075866332008-01-29T01:29:00.000-05:002008-01-29T01:29:00.000-05:00I love Blast from the Past.That is the funniest mo...I love Blast from the Past.<BR/>That is the funniest movie...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-17043708195092311282007-10-28T23:23:00.000-04:002007-10-28T23:23:00.000-04:00To say that the American Office, with all of its w...To say that the American Office, with all of its wonderful quirks and leaps of logic, is more realistic than the British Office, in all its public bathroom florescent lit horror, is just wrong. 70% of the episodes of the American Office are built around parties, field trips or bizarre digressions (charity runs, basketball games, Office Olympics). I have worked in a cubicle, and people get Benaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15970449360270088624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-90674447165087831552007-10-28T00:15:00.000-04:002007-10-28T00:15:00.000-04:00If you like James Joyce, you've stopped reading bo...<I>If you like James Joyce, you've stopped reading books for any reason that I can identify with.</I><BR/><BR/>Tried <I>Dubliners?</I>Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-46614367028012830492007-10-26T18:07:00.000-04:002007-10-26T18:07:00.000-04:00I never gave The Class a chance due to it being a ...I never gave The Class a chance due to it being a Monday Night CBS sitcom...JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-25594554612875307152007-10-26T17:37:00.000-04:002007-10-26T17:37:00.000-04:00Bill, be hostile; I can take it. What good is cou...Bill, be hostile; I can take it. What good is courage if there's no chance of being criticized? The point isn't only to give people an open forum to confess, but to do so knowing that they might finally get a chance to explain their shame. The conventional wisdom is that The Class was bad and deserved its fate, and I specifically think that's wrong. It was well acted, often funny, and its O'JohnLandishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560571840235787129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-110675883389662472007-10-26T13:29:00.000-04:002007-10-26T13:29:00.000-04:00All right O'J, I probably said that stupidly. Let...All right O'J, I probably said that stupidly. Let me try again: <BR/><BR/>The UK Office confessional bits expand the humor, hone in on the characters, and make the show funnier. Also they really seem like real people talking out their asses, trying to sound smart, and ending up hilariously far from their mark. Like my earlier comment. See Gareth's "Softly softly catch a monkey" soliloquy. Or Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491400400731162229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-44110776681924652722007-10-26T11:38:00.000-04:002007-10-26T11:38:00.000-04:00Ha--who doesn't? (But for the record, you're heavi...Ha--who doesn't? (But for the record, you're heavily paraphrasing me!) No, I realized I had written something that sounded unintentionally hostile vis-a-vis your like of "The Class". The point of this post is confessional and I made a kneejerk judgment call. Oh for Dr. Mierzwiak's Lacuna technology.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-43089292969593056702007-10-26T08:32:00.000-04:002007-10-26T08:32:00.000-04:00Bill, you deleted your "I want to fuck Veronica Ma...Bill, you deleted your "I want to fuck Veronica Mars from behind" comment. Where's your courage? You should see the Reefer Madness musical.<BR/> <BR/>As for The Class, I think it had the potential to be a rather good sitcom in the Friends style.<BR/> <BR/>I've only seen the first season/series of The Office UK, but I think it's pretty awful. Despite being darker, it doesn't have any dramatic O'JohnLandishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560571840235787129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-80550455997800739042007-10-25T19:16:00.000-04:002007-10-25T19:16:00.000-04:00Ok, I'll play too. I confess the following...-Zach...Ok, I'll play too. I confess the following...<BR/><BR/>-Zach Braff was sent from above to save our mortal souls. I still have not seen Last Kiss even though it was filmed in my beloved town of Madison.<BR/><BR/>-The Beatles are perhaps the most overrated band of all time. Their offkey caterwaulering has always been grating on my ears. Ingesting copious amounts of psychadelics does not always bodeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-82672957591386258422007-10-25T02:55:00.000-04:002007-10-25T02:55:00.000-04:00It's nice to hear some love for Clue and The Hulk....It's nice to hear some love for <I>Clue</I> and <I>The Hulk</I>.<BR/><BR/>For my part, I think <I>The Adventures of Pete and Pete</I> is one of the best TV shows ever made, and it's odd brand of surrealism directly influenced <I>Arrested Development</I>.<BR/><BR/>Also, Jose Saramago is a fraud and should have his Nobel Prize taken away. He's absolutely incapable of creating anything like a real Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-17835016066940895982007-10-25T01:40:00.000-04:002007-10-25T01:40:00.000-04:00I finally caught up with Hostel II on DVD, and yea...I finally caught up with Hostel II on DVD, and yeah... Pugh gave Roth waaaaay too much credit in his review. What a stupid, juvenile movie. Hell, the Saw movies are better, as they are at least honest about and have the courage of their convictions. Blech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-53270216736014980162007-10-23T13:55:00.000-04:002007-10-23T13:55:00.000-04:00The U.S. Office is inferior not because it's not a...The U.S. Office is inferior not because it's not as "dark" as the original, but because it's as worried as David Brent that someone won't get its jokes. The British show made an artform of "confessional" style interviews, usually segueing from a tangential or sly commentary upon the action toward absurdity and often surreality -- with a grace that suggests the actors' and writers' total Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483536218208607543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-51593781469962642272007-10-23T11:24:00.000-04:002007-10-23T11:24:00.000-04:00I think the two "Office" shows are now distinctive...I think the two "Office" shows are now distinctive enough that it becomes increasingly difficult to judge them as transatlantic mirror images. American comedy has always had a pervasively sentimental streak which precludes the US "Office" from replicating the inherent blackness of the British original. The language of British and American comedy have some fundamental tonal differences which Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-88904288793347235102007-10-23T10:13:00.000-04:002007-10-23T10:13:00.000-04:00John,The American Office was the best show on TV t...John,<BR/><BR/>The American Office was the best show on TV two season ago, but it has fallen off a bit. The first season of "Flight of the Conchords" was pretty much perfect and we can't forget The Wire. Maybe "The Office" is the best show on network television, but that is as much a function of the fact that it has no competition as its own merit.<BR/><BR/>The British Office is worlds better.Benaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15970449360270088624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-55828034894671647162007-10-23T04:34:00.000-04:002007-10-23T04:34:00.000-04:00Nothing against Jackie Brown, but Pulp Fiction is ...Nothing against Jackie Brown, but Pulp Fiction is still his masterpiece. Kill Bill might be a close second if it was one movie. And Death Proof is a flawed gem precisely because it has a soul. <BR/><BR/>Terminator 3 made one really stupid mistake: it introduced consistent time travel in a series that depended on inconsistent time travel. If the events of Terminator 2 don't prevent the war, O'JohnLandishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560571840235787129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-80347271927009508942007-10-22T20:49:00.000-04:002007-10-22T20:49:00.000-04:00What I admire most about "Jackie Brown" is that it...What I admire most about "Jackie Brown" is that it has the fucking guts to rely strictly on story and character to carry the show, which takes a hell of a lot of guts in today's age, that's for damn sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-3486210068463937222007-10-22T19:56:00.000-04:002007-10-22T19:56:00.000-04:00Dennis –and yet you like the soulless remakes of T...Dennis –<BR/><BR/><I>and yet you like the soulless remakes of The Hills Have Eyes and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre more than their forebears?</I><BR/><BR/>That I do. But that’s because I don’t find them soulless in the least. And visually, they punch me in the gut every time.<BR/><BR/><I>Do you mean that Commando is a kitsch masterpiece, or a genuine one?</I><BR/><BR/>A masterpiece of its genre, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-40944795421536476682007-10-22T16:25:00.000-04:002007-10-22T16:25:00.000-04:00The season finale of Mad Men was fantastic...can't...The season finale of <I>Mad Men</I> was fantastic...can't really say anything more than that...JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-49178906383156040242007-10-22T15:52:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:52:00.000-04:00Terminator 3 was definitely garbage. I still can't...Terminator 3 was definitely garbage. I still can't believe that the critical community was as openly accepting of it as they were. Ditto for Burton's abominable Chocolate Factory remake.<BR/><BR/>Another confession: I just watched Alfonso Cuarón's A Little Princess, and honestly, what's the big deal? It's brimming with shallow exoticism, possible racism, and one of the most insultingly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-78865983116285777492007-10-22T15:41:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:41:00.000-04:00[i]I think Blade Runner is incredibly overrated.[/...[i]I think Blade Runner is incredibly overrated.[/i]<BR/><BR/>Yeah. It's definitely the classic case of style over substance. (I prefer the original ending, by the way.)<BR/><BR/><I>I believe Commando is a masterpiece.<BR/><BR/>I think Class of 1984 is far better than A Clockwork Orange.</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, definitely a fan of Mark L. Lester's work. I just read a review of the newly-released <I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-33112142537406997272007-10-22T15:06:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:06:00.000-04:00I think I read in some Rolling Stone profile that ...<I>I think I read in some Rolling Stone profile that it's not a Coen Brothers movie unless there's a fat man yelling.</I><BR/><BR/>They say the same about Film Freak Central reviews.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-2720786343298964242007-10-22T14:22:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:22:00.000-04:00"I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!!!"I think I r..."I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!!!"<BR/><BR/>I think I read in some Rolling Stone profile that it's not a Coen Brothers movie unless there's a fat man yelling.Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-23484614123954355172007-10-22T12:39:00.000-04:002007-10-22T12:39:00.000-04:00...while a second marriage is the triumph of hope ......while a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850648333638683315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-27020804922662411592007-10-22T12:29:00.000-04:002007-10-22T12:29:00.000-04:00I think that was an H.L. Mencken line...love is th...I think that was an H.L. Mencken line...love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-23896275274341756842007-10-22T11:54:00.000-04:002007-10-22T11:54:00.000-04:00I was deeply cynical about the new Indiana Jones m...<I>I was deeply cynical about the new Indiana Jones movie--until the day I saw the picture of Karen Allen on-set and my inner child wept with joy. My heart is yours, and primed for breaking Mr. Spielberg.</I><BR/><BR/>Alas, yes! (We are so screwed -- what is that line, something about the triumph of hope over common sense?)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093453920666892035noreply@blogger.com