Posted on 05/22/2004 11:02:05 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Save us from this Moore mockumentary, pseudo-truth and foreign-fed b.s.
If you want to watch some real cinema get your hands on a copy of "Caged Heat III." Not only does it incisively point out the sadistic nature of communism in Eastern Europe, but it has hours of intense, girl-on-girl action.
Now that's what I call film-making!
Al Qaeda would also like to give Moore an award. He can pick it up at Abu Ghraib prison.
They all have blood on their hands as far as I'm concerned. Earthly rewards.
I detest democrats. They sit around hoping and praying for disaster to befall our country and our President. If the disaster isn't disastrous enough, they have to make it worse. They want the country to fail, our President to fail, our military to fail . . . then and only then will they find happiness. WHAT A BUNCH OF EVIL BAST--DS!
The fact is, this was a political award from his fellow travelers, pure and simple.
The mere fact that they felt it necessary to disabuse concerned cinema watchers/foreign media of the notion that it was a political award just shows you where their true intentions lie in coming to this decision.
I don't happen to agree with your characterization of Tarantino though. Even though I have yet to see the "Kill Bill" franchise, I've watched a lot of the films he's directed or wrote up to this point in time, e.g. Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers, etc., and think that he's pretty good insofar as his particular cinematic niche is concerned.
In fact, "Jackie Brown" is probably one of the best action dramas that was made in the '90s. I suggest that you rent it if you ever have the opportunity.
The only thing that annoys me about Tarantino is my obnoxious acquaintances continual reference to him when trying to come up with an analogous physical archetype.
Telling me that I look like Quentin Tarantino is not a compliment in my judgment. And, if it's meant as an insult, than I think that they should be able to think of something a little bit more creative.
>>then and only then will they find happiness
I wouldn't bet on it....They have an infinate supply of negativity...When the country goes down the shooter - they'll blame it on capitalism and install a Marxist dictatorship.
Someone set them up the ringer
Maybe they should have been forced to watch a Merchant-Ivory film for a few hours.
I am disgusted to hear of Moore's twisting of a fine , provocative science fiction story. (But if the critics praise a movie or book,I will USUALLY dislike it; now why is that?)
17. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George W. Bush's driving record is none of our business.
No, in fact George Bush's driving record was public, otherwise that yahoo up in Maine would have never found out about his little episode up there. Besides, I don't think George Bush was ever bribed thru a driving ruse.
18. You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a right to adopt.
Not sure what you are referring to there, but it has long been established that states cannot intrude on Constitutional Rights. I think we may have fought a Civil War over that one. I guess its okay with you when big government libs use the fed government to grind their heal into the states but federal power is the worst thing in the world when Republicans are in control, isn't it?
19. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.
Unless Bush was openly protesting his country on foreign soil during wartime I can't really argue with this statement.
20. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
And who led the charge for trade with Vietnam? None other than the Manchurian candidate himself, John F'n Kerry! I'm not sure the label "Communist" really fits the Chinese anymore. Based on their recent economic activity, I'd call them a "capitalistic dictatorship" whose dictators happen to be Communists. Other than that, I can't really argue this one except for perhaps citing the Monroe doctrine with regard to Cuba.
Michael has been grasping a conspiracy theories since the day the planes hit. I think Michael even bought into the "Timothy McVeigh - white guys" hijackers in the first couple of days. He also admits that his world was shattered as he was completing "Columbine" and here this massive attack was carried out without any guns.
I found this on Ray Bradbury's website but no quote from Ray himself:
On censorship, Bradbury is very clear in the F451 dialogues (Montague, Faber, and Beatty) that the main problem was not top-down censorship, but bottom-up laziness.
04/04/03
Author Ray Bradbury thinks Michael Moore's title will confuse people with his classic sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451 and he wants Moore to change it. "He can't have my title," said Bradbury. "We've got an important film coming out [Fahrenheit 451], the book's having its 50th anniversary in October. If he wants his movie to be an homage to me, why not title it, 'Bradbury, where the hell are you now that we need you?'" (Variety)
Jackie Brown is probably his best because it follows a narrative structure more than the other post modern attempts at films depicting violemce for violence's sake.
Certain scenes are memorable in Pulp Fiction but entertaining or enlightening...not at all. Purely ego driven manic and distressingly meaningless drivel driven by good performances...and that's about it.
USA Today contacted me, will run my letter to the editor on this topic in the next day or two...
I can understand your larger point. A lot of the stuff he directs is merely a carbon-copy of lame Japanese/Southeast Asian cinema.
I remember having a drawn-out, utterly pointless conversation with my brother one time about a particularly dreadful piece of Japanese filler. He claimed that "Ichii the Killer" was an extraordinary cinematic experience; I attempted to refute his argument by deliberately delineating all of the major failings of this film, the chief one being that it was total piece of crap.
We weren't able to come to an agreement but I was satisfied that I had pointed out the glaring failures of this film.
"Jackie Brown" is by far the best Tarantino flick out, most likely for the reasons cited in your post.
Why did you bother to bite your tongue? I would have said:
"Dudette, where's your brain?"
http://www.pabaah.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=494&mode=&order=0&thold=0
USA Today printed my letter to the editor in today's paper...
exactly, ignoring won't work...must confront this threat head on!
My letter to editor in USA Today:
http://www.pabaah.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=494&mode=&order=0&thold=0
Well stated.
thx
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