tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post4239663357119260916..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: The Rest is Up to You: Wild at HeartBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-36765660504607254892008-01-28T13:13:00.000-05:002008-01-28T13:13:00.000-05:00Enough about HIPSTERS: http://www.catandgirl.com/v...Enough about HIPSTERS: <BR/><BR/>http://www.catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=455Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-34241419103739133742008-01-22T18:48:00.000-05:002008-01-22T18:48:00.000-05:00The rebuttal against Omaha Wade was basically alre...The rebuttal against Omaha Wade was basically already written before he voiced his argument- Mr. Chaw's review of Reign Over Me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-26831818957704258162008-01-20T12:37:00.001-05:002008-01-20T12:37:00.001-05:00-- HMSM-- HMSMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-55750035680734940232008-01-20T12:37:00.000-05:002008-01-20T12:37:00.000-05:00I'll buy it, I promise. Just squeezed by the fucki...I'll buy it, I promise. Just squeezed by the fucking student loans right now. I'm telling my buddies too. <BR/><BR/>p.s. keep putting the guilt trip all year, Walt. We do seem to be a bunch of apathetic fuckers that need a kick start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-79212789414919061162008-01-19T23:17:00.000-05:002008-01-19T23:17:00.000-05:00I'd buy your FFC books, but I'm an uninsured colle...I'd buy your FFC books, but I'm an uninsured college student who can barely afford to eat. Lay off the guilt trip, man!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I feel you, Walter. This site has been invaluable to me for years. I appreciate all of your efforts.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Stardust, I agree with Alex that it was a total mess, but it had a certain je ne sais quoi that I found terribly charming. Danes most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-54586744719044260142008-01-19T22:45:00.000-05:002008-01-19T22:45:00.000-05:00Took the wife to see Stardust and really enjoyed i...Took the wife to see <I>Stardust</I> and really enjoyed it. Thought Deniro a little bit much, but overall it was a fun evening. <BR/><BR/>It's takes like that that prevented me from being a critic and led me to being a CPA.JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-53505804958544719932008-01-19T22:37:00.000-05:002008-01-19T22:37:00.000-05:00Piece of shit. Been declining for years.Piece of shit. Been declining for years.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-43169864303098448822008-01-19T22:05:00.000-05:002008-01-19T22:05:00.000-05:00Didn't like Stardust. Looked up to see what I said...Didn't like <I>Stardust</I>. Looked up to see what I said on somebody else's blog:<BR/><BR/><I>Well, I thought it was a mess. It simultaneously had way too many and way too few rules. That whole thing about stars not being able to enter the village. I didn't get it. Why couldn't people leave the village? Why couldn't the star enter? Did the people of the village know that stars are young girls Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-53362097990231419212008-01-19T21:19:00.000-05:002008-01-19T21:19:00.000-05:00Oh yeah! Stardust is great! Anyone seen it, yet?...Oh yeah! <I>Stardust</I> is great! Anyone seen it, yet? Very romantic. When Danes glows, and I'm of the mind now that she glows a lot, she really fucking <I>glows</I>. No Milton, Blake, or Eden in that review either, I think, though I suspect I mention "The Sandman" or <I>The Princess Bride</I>. I wonder if I should have given due diligence to those references for fear that I've left a few Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-67414990147705275362008-01-19T21:13:00.000-05:002008-01-19T21:13:00.000-05:00I dunno - movie's I like (or at least got recommen...I dunno - movie's I like (or at least got recommends) from 2007 that are uplifting: <I>Ratatouille, Darjeeling Ltd., Persepolis, Superbad, Simpsons Movie, Hairspray, Exiled, Go Master, Die Hard 4, Surf's Up, Knocked Up, Spider-Man 3, The Hoax, Hot Fuzz</I>. Do I reference Blake and Milton too much? How much is too much? When a movie reminds me of themes from Blake and Milton, I guess I'm Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-47443407059212910992008-01-19T21:00:00.000-05:002008-01-19T21:00:00.000-05:00I'm a different anonymous. I like reading Walter's...I'm a different anonymous. I like reading Walter's reviews, though they range from spot-on to incomprehensible. And enjoy the whole blog. But if I never saw the word "reductive" again, I wouldn't exactly mourn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-22542993455250259612008-01-19T20:51:00.000-05:002008-01-19T20:51:00.000-05:00The Kite Runner is exploitation? Garbage? Ignoble ...<I>The Kite Runner is exploitation? Garbage? Ignoble as all get out? OK, fine. Why? Isn't evidence just the least bit pertinent? Context? Something?</I><BR/><BR/>And why can't Walter be apathetic about films he dislikes? He certainly is passionate about the ones he does like.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879652646989670889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-13937810198351654652008-01-19T20:48:00.000-05:002008-01-19T20:48:00.000-05:00Beyond that, my bigger point is this Web site - we...<I>Beyond that, my bigger point is this Web site - well, Walter - has largely become dismissive of any movie that even has a whiff of uplift in it.</I><BR/><BR/><I>Ratatouille</I>? <I>Once</I>? <I>Stardust</I>? Those films and many others have received positive reviews from Walter in 2007 and were not driven by nihilistic themes. <BR/><BR/><I>Just like I know Ebert's a gravy train for certain Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879652646989670889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-29294817429121693502008-01-19T16:57:00.000-05:002008-01-19T16:57:00.000-05:00I must admit that, though I basically agree with W...I must admit that, though I basically agree with Walter's review (best movie in my lifetime), I found the last few sentences of the review a bit reductive (or, at least, a false dichotomy). That said, it's a little early to start making a straw man out of Mr. Chaw. The idea of "unnatural pursuits" is at the heart of the film, and Walter's is one of the only reviews I've read that gets at this in Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-87357547195811332842008-01-19T16:56:00.000-05:002008-01-19T16:56:00.000-05:00This is awful "anonymous" again...that fool withou...This is awful "anonymous" again...that fool without courage. I'd sign my name, but considering people on this site have told e-mailers to go fuck themselves and "get a fucking dictionary, read a book" in the past, eh, anonymous is about the response that's deserved.<BR/><BR/>Anyway...call me Omaha Wade. Will that work? <BR/><BR/>Seattle Jeff...depends on how you define "relevant." Popular? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-46240911816005264502008-01-19T16:04:00.000-05:002008-01-19T16:04:00.000-05:00Fuck, the post I just put up sounds retarded. I ca...Fuck, the post I just put up sounds retarded. I can't delete it though because it was posted as anonymous. I'm not able to post with my id for some reason. Maybe its my firewall or cookies or something. I dunno.<BR/><BR/>-- HMSMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-90887915034377014562008-01-19T16:00:00.000-05:002008-01-19T16:00:00.000-05:00Well, i think its kind of futile to criticize Walt...Well, i think its kind of futile to criticize Walter's review for its brevity and lack of explanation. One, because thats his style and doesn't necessarily indicate a lack of conviction or understanding of it. If I were to speculate, it would enough be much to the contrary. And two, because really ,hiw much could you squeeze into a review that size that we expect to read at FFC. Now if it was on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-47322558373688437922008-01-19T02:17:00.000-05:002008-01-19T02:17:00.000-05:00Well, I don't know about y'all, but I think 'folks...Well, I don't know about y'all, but I think 'folks' is fine to say, any time.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous is asking for the big shots to stretch. Well, we all should, as much as possible, on this I agree. I also agree that it's lame to criticize without at least a 'screen name'.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I find Tom Wolfe to be kind of lame.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762164283789249806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-4889578406967001282008-01-19T00:06:00.000-05:002008-01-19T00:06:00.000-05:00Sorry, the best unpronounceable acronym for 2007 i...Sorry, the best unpronounceable acronym for 2007 is TAOJJBTCRF.<BR/><BR/>RE: Blade Runner, big Ebe actually responded to my e-mail over the same subject wherein I asked him why he is now equating his "Great Movies" series with some sort of generic clearing house for "canon" works, especially because he doesn't seem to have revised his opinion of "Blade Runner", so instead equivocates to popular Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-91693918238520410282008-01-18T23:45:00.000-05:002008-01-18T23:45:00.000-05:00Yeah, the site doesn't seem to focus on those rele...Yeah, the site doesn't seem to focus on those relevant movies like "First Sunday", "Mad Money", and "27 Dresses"....<BR/><BR/>Walter wastes too much of his time worrying about say, what a movie's theme is or...you know, what kind of warped view the filmakers have. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Sarcasm aside, never trust anyone who uses the word "folks"...<BR/><BR/><I>Bible readin', pork chop eatin', just JG Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880088540166440777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-82265608200161422492008-01-18T22:40:00.000-05:002008-01-18T22:40:00.000-05:00Gotta say, I'd be a lot more inclined to listen to...Gotta say, I'd be a lot more inclined to listen to your objections if you had the courage to sign them.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-14896241148920879972008-01-18T22:05:00.000-05:002008-01-18T22:05:00.000-05:00Ebert has his flaws, but at least he doesn't use e...Ebert has his flaws, but at least he doesn't use every other review he writes to inject this tiring, high-brow nihilism Walter's decided to embrace.<BR/><BR/>Not only are Walter's "Eden was never ours to begin with" just pithy one-offs that he's never taken the time to fully develop, they're constant. How many more Paradise Lost and William Blake references will we get in 2008? <BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-8824359785237521132008-01-18T17:48:00.001-05:002008-01-18T17:48:00.001-05:00Seconds if we mean it's his best review so far in ...Seconds if we mean it's his best review so far in 2008, I guess, but I gotta say that last year's pieces on <I>Knocked Up</I> and <I>American Gangster/I'm Not There/No Country For Old Men</I> are my faves. I've read each a bunch of times already.<BR/><BR/>And speaking of awesome writing on the site, Travis' <I>Jazz Singer</I> piece is, to paraphrase of one of his colleagues, a fucking jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-72966779039440813622008-01-18T17:48:00.000-05:002008-01-18T17:48:00.000-05:00TWBB is too easy. Apocalypse Now is slippery, mult...TWBB is too easy. Apocalypse Now is slippery, multi-faceted, and haunted in ways TWBB can only feign. It's a staggering technical achievement, but I'm not convinced it has a soul, or much else to savor beyond its ridiculously on-the-nose allegory and sheer alien-ness. It sure does pander to types like Chaw though, that's for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-9165103205519390802008-01-18T11:11:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:11:00.000-05:00Also TWBB is the definitive film for the dire 00s ...Also TWBB is the definitive film for the dire 00s in a way that Apocalypse Now was for the 70s and Die Hard was for Reagan-omaniacal 80s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com