Wait, are you calling Will Ferrell a nihilist?
Watching him certainly makes me feel like there's no point to human existence.
Man, truer words have never been spoken.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
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Steph L. - Apr 21, 2010 5:53:44 am PDT #7775 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Strega - Apr 21, 2010 7:10:02 am PDT #7776 of 30000
I think a good movie can stimulate thought, but I don't know if there's any movie that I'd call profound in itself. I like Kubrick because I find it entertaining to watch his movies, think about them afterwards, and then watch them again; it's not that complicated. I like their humor, I like the topics he explores, I like his anthropological remove, and I like the pretty, pretty pictures. I do understand why a lot of people find his movies boring or sterile -- or nihilistic. I just don't. I think the Coens have a similar sensibility, although they're more visceral.
But I like Tarantino as well (speaking of viscera). I think the fact that he keeps making movies about movies is a bit limiting. I do enjoy that kind of thing immensely, but I still think it's time for him to do another Jackie Brown.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2010 7:17:41 am PDT #7777 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I so don't get Tarantino. I do love Reservoir Dogs to pieces and quite enjoy Jackie Brown but I feel that if I don't get Pulp Fiction I don't get the guy. And I hate Pulp Fiction. I found it so deliberately hip and snappy. Just irritating.
megan walker - Apr 21, 2010 7:27:33 am PDT #7778 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
::stands happily next to Tom::
Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2010 7:32:49 am PDT #7779 of 30000
hwæt
::feels validated::
Ailleann - Apr 21, 2010 7:37:01 am PDT #7780 of 30000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
but I feel that if I don't get Pulp Fiction I don't get the guy... I found it so deliberately hip and snappy. Just irritating.
On the contrary, ita, I think you get him just fine.
le nubian - Apr 21, 2010 7:57:26 am PDT #7781 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I liked Pulp Fiction, but I didn't love it. Much of the time, I love the concept of non-linear narratives, so that aspect was going to pre-dispose me to enjoying the film.
Otherwise, I didn't see what the big deal with the film was. I did want to know if Harvey Keitel went through a "cleaner" period in his acting career because he sure knows how to play that role.
Scrappy - Apr 21, 2010 8:03:22 am PDT #7782 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I adore Pulp Fiction. It managed to wrap a pretty fierce morality tale in a flashy cinematic playground--and both worked.
erikaj - Apr 21, 2010 8:15:11 am PDT #7783 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
wrod. Jackie Brown was good too, but since then? we've grown estranged.
-t - Apr 21, 2010 9:04:43 am PDT #7784 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I really hate the facile nihilism of Trainspotting or, for that matter, Fight Club, especially when that sort of adolescent anti-philosophy is glorified as if it were actually about something.
That is the complete opposite of how I see those movies. For me, they expose the non-utility of nihilism while accepting that the superficial appeal is actually appealing.