I found the breakdown scene in Schindler's List way too much, but the film was so good up to that point--Neeson and Fiennes were both blazingly intense--that I forgave it. I am also incredibly fond of Close Encounters.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
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Scrappy - Jun 29, 2005 7:43:26 am PDT #4879 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Volans - Jun 29, 2005 7:45:03 am PDT #4880 of 10002
move out and draw fire
The DVD is great though - you can start the movie after the Spielbergian Old Dude Scene (tm), just watch the beach landing, i.e., the Spielbergian Movie-Within-a-Movie Intro (tm), and call it good.
Lilty Cash - Jun 29, 2005 7:47:21 am PDT #4881 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I'm going to see WotW on Saturday with a friend who worked on it, and suspects she isn't going to be credited, although I gather her position usually is. So we're going to sit through the credits and either cheer, or boo. Maybe I'll let that dictate my liking for the film.
I'm going to try very, very hard to not let Tommy get to me.
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2005 7:49:14 am PDT #4882 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm going to try very, very hard to not let Tommy get to me.
::cancels order for Ronco Lilty-Getter 3000::
Nutty - Jun 29, 2005 7:50:42 am PDT #4883 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
As Miracleman once said -- from the moment Hanks' character finally tells everybody he's a school teacher, you know he's a goner.
That late? My prediction in the theatre (at the 20-minute mark) was that everybody except Ryan would buy it. Just having Tom Cruise in Very Dramatic Movie was the signal that he would buy it (or, like, argue a Supreme Court case), and surrounding him with a very nice band of Hot Young Hollywood Dirty Dozen was just like neon: "Each one of these exciting young thesps will get a death scene! It'll be great!!"
I think Ed Burns must have pissed everybody off during filming, so he didn't get to die.
Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2005 7:52:41 am PDT #4884 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I found the breakdown scene in Schindler's List way too much
Where he laments how many more people he could have saved? How many people his pin was worth, his car, etc.?
That's what made me cry.
Strega - Jun 29, 2005 7:52:49 am PDT #4885 of 10002
the desperation with which he tries to get to us is repulsive.
Particularly since it almost always involves an adorable moppet in danger. When no moppet is available, I guess he makes do with Tom Hanks.
Lilty Cash - Jun 29, 2005 7:53:04 am PDT #4886 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
cancels order for Ronco Lilty-Getter 3000
Bah! The 3000 model does NOTHING!
The 4500, however......then I'd have make use of my "I'm kicking the air in front of me, anything that gets in my way is it's own fault" technique.
Should that fail, a slappy fight could ensue.
P.M. Marc - Jun 29, 2005 7:53:47 am PDT #4887 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Really, Spielberg's two best are among his oldest -- Raiders and the first shark movie.
I think Empire of the Sun is better than the first shark movie, but I think it's also good in spite of him than because of him. (In fact, I'd say about 75% of what's good in that movie can be attributed to Christian Bale.)
Scrappy - Jun 29, 2005 7:54:09 am PDT #4888 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have a question about the resistance to emotional manipulation. I don't quite get it. I have no problem with it, as long as it's good. Go ahead, fuck with me, is my motto with the arts. I love Dickens' novels and that's what he was all about. I don't mind intellectual manipulation, emotional manipulation, pop songs making me get up and dance--go ahead, make me think, make me feel, why not? Of course, if the film or book is bad, I don't like it, manipulation or no.