I just saw Donnie Darko recently. When it was over, I was all Huh. But I keep thinking about it. It's one of those movies that messes with your head. In general, I like that in a movie, so I've moved Donnie Darko into my "like" column.
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
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Megan E. - Jul 29, 2004 6:58:01 am PDT #1570 of 10001
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2004 6:58:18 am PDT #1571 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hec, a lot of the things you cite are hallmarks of a revolutionary or iconic movie. I think P-C is more concerned with why it's a good movie.
Hayden - Jul 29, 2004 6:58:56 am PDT #1572 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I agree with every word David S said in the above post.
Give it time, P-C, and then watch it again. I think you'll flip-flop on it with repeated viewings.
kat perez - Jul 29, 2004 6:59:04 am PDT #1573 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
The only thing I liked about Forrest Gump was Gary Sinise. I thought he was fabulous.
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2004 6:59:46 am PDT #1574 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've had this reaction to a few things. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, a few others.
Okay, Citizen Kane bored me. I'm really excited that the sets had ceilings, less so about anything that happened between the start and finish of the flick.
Love Casablanca, though, for the most part.
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2004 7:00:25 am PDT #1575 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The really funny thing, Tep, is that I also have that book. It's fab.
Whoa.
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2004 7:00:59 am PDT #1576 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Casablanca
I think I liked this one straight-off.
Citizen Kane
I liked this too, and wrote a paper on it for my film class. I forget why; I saw them both in high school. I liked the structure of it, I think; finding out the man's life via his interactions with all these other people.
My tastes are personal and peculiar, as most tastes are. Despite effectively minoring in film, were I to translate my credit hours to real school standards, understanding != liking, or caring to watch something again.
Yeah.
Hec, a lot of the things you cite are hallmarks of a revolutionary or iconic movie. I think P-C is more concerned with why it's a good movie.
And yeah.
P.M. Marc - Jul 29, 2004 7:01:04 am PDT #1577 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I don't see the up side to Forrest Gump. It's a Magical Negro movie, where the black guy doesn't even get to be the negro.
It's the related Magical Retarded Person trope.
I saw it because someone I was friends with at the time worked on it, we had it in the house, and I'd just dumped my boyfriend of two years in a messy way. I cried all through the movie, and when I thought about it with my rational brain, realized just how much I actually hated it, even if I was in the PERFECT emotional space for it at the time of viewing.
§ ita § - Jul 29, 2004 7:04:05 am PDT #1578 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's the related Magical Retarded Person trope.
And we have to applaud Cuba for going for the two-fer in Radio. Or the three-fer, if you include sports as metaphor for life.
Jessica - Jul 29, 2004 7:04:46 am PDT #1579 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've had this reaction to a few things. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, a few others.
I definitely had this reaction to Casablanca. Also Bladerunner.
Citizen Kane, though, I adored, and I didn't expect to, because it is so iconic. (And after hearing it called The Greatest American Film EVER about a thousand times, I thought there was no way it wasn't going to be horribly overrated and disappointing. But it wasn't! And I was all, yay!)