Oy.
I have to give the reviewer credit for typing that long a piece one-handed.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 09, 2007 9:05:55 am PDT #19 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
§ ita § - Jul 09, 2007 9:07:37 am PDT #20 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica, my response to that is "Oh, fuck off. Welcome to being a minority. Please keep up."
Okay, I'm a bit snappish, but you can read most anything into anything, and he's not revealing much other than his own issues by doing so.
When I can't tell what's going on, how am I to tell he's being creative, and it's not just an accidental splicing of film?
Dunno. I didn't have any problem with it. I was just surprised to see a devaluation of conveying raw experience. Some storytellers should be so lucky. Hell, more should.
Hayden - Jul 09, 2007 9:13:47 am PDT #21 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
This post may not be top ten, but it is old enough to drink.
SailAweigh - Jul 09, 2007 9:32:43 am PDT #22 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I can't say as I had a problem with the previous Bourne movies. All I thought was that if you were going to make any movies out of Ludlum books, those would be the best choice. I'm looking forward to that one and to Ratatouille. We'll see which one I can talk my dad and/or my nephew into going to see.
megan walker - Jul 09, 2007 9:34:08 am PDT #23 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
This post may not be top ten, but it is old enough to drink.
You were just waiting for that one, weren't you?
Laga - Jul 09, 2007 9:34:52 am PDT #24 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If Ratatouille is about Jewish assimilation X-Men is about homophobia. Oh, wait. Maybe art is what we bring to it.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2007 11:21:50 am PDT #25 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Official Cloverfield trailer. Bootleg no more!
le nubian - Jul 09, 2007 11:33:47 am PDT #26 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh, that looks like some good shit, P-C. thanks.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2007 11:43:55 am PDT #27 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I'm excited. When I saw it in the theatre, it physically affected me; I could feel my entire body tense up. I hope the movie lives up to the promise.
Sean K - Jul 09, 2007 11:59:32 am PDT #28 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Bourne fights kinda kravlike. I dig that.
I was hooked on the Bourne series after that first fight with the French cops rousting him from the bench. They were hassling Bourne.... Bourne just wanted to be left alone.... then one of them touched him and all of the sudden both cops were flipping around in painful-looking, crunchy-sounding, the-body-isn't-meant-to-move-like-that ways, and half a second later, Bourne was standing over two unconscious cops with a surprised look on his face and one of their guns in his hand.
That was the point of no return.
And I know that some people have problems assimilating the shakey, frenetic camera style of the car chase at the end of 2, but I always like that sort of thing, and agree with ita that it is meant to convey raw experience. Yes, it's also meant to showcase Bourne's extreme craftiness, and yes the film is maybe not so successful at that during the chase for some people, because of said visual style. But it is also intended to convey raw experience as well, and at that it is very successful.