Barry Levinson said some time ago that if you want stories about people, you want television.
What are movies, then, in contrast?
That's not what making out sounds like -- unless I'm doing it wrong?
Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 12:50:43 pm PDT #13863 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 12:51:03 pm PDT #13864 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
[that was a surreal double post]
Typo Boy - Mar 31, 2011 12:53:03 pm PDT #13865 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh and if you have Comcast On demand Justified is on on-demand.
erikaj - Mar 31, 2011 12:56:58 pm PDT #13866 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Yeah, I should do that... ita, I think his point was that movie characters are far larger-than-life than they used to be. Not that he is completely unbiased, having once made a period comedy about aluminum-siding salesmen, but, you know, fwiw.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2011 1:00:18 pm PDT #13867 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What are movies, then, in contrast?
From someone who doesn't really buy into that quote, a finite amount of time/event that can shed light on how characters behave in that situation/that amount of time. But, with tv you see them go through many events etc. and that sheds more light on the characters as people?
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 1:06:56 pm PDT #13868 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But, with tv you see them go through many events etc. and that sheds more light on the characters as people?
I don't think it's inherent, though. Someone with a good way with words can shed so much light with a drabble, and you can spend years on a character and say nothing deep or consistent.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2011 1:08:54 pm PDT #13869 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Like I said, I don't buy into the quote, but I think that may have been where he was coming from when he said it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2011 1:10:14 pm PDT #13870 of 30000
"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
I think all too many movies these days are stories about explosions. Or possibly Nicholas Cage.
tommyrot - Mar 31, 2011 1:21:07 pm PDT #13871 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Years ago, the Chris Rock show had a fake commercial for a movie called "Explosions" or "The Explosions". Chris's character is a cop obsessed with the explosions. At one point, Chris's wife says to the effect, "It's either me or the explosions." But then she gets killed by an explosion.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2011 1:25:04 pm PDT #13872 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Just because someone's told a particular story once doesn't mean that another telling of it can't be enjoyable or worthy. I'm not sure where all the vilification comes from, unless you're being emotional like I am.
What's wrong with doing it again? Why shouldn't each story be judged on its own merits?
My issue with the Arthur remake is not so much the retelling of the story, but that Dudley Moore was so excellent in the original, I don't want to see anyone else in the role. I get that the remake has been updated, blah blah blah, and I don't have a problem with that. (I quite liked Clueless as a modern adaptation of Emma, and I have nothing but big love for 10 Things I Hate About You [pause to sniffle over Heath].)
I just love Dudley Moore too much in the title role to be cool with someone else doing it. (To be fair, I *also* thought that Gene Wilder should have reprised his role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I'm just One Of Those People.)