tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post1563873868393677019..comments2024-02-16T10:27:42.320-08:00Comments on Krell Laboratories: Tongue TiedVulnavia Morbiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-51022466572491407732011-02-08T15:47:18.371-08:002011-02-08T15:47:18.371-08:00Hi, Rory. Welcome!
I know what you mean about her...Hi, Rory. Welcome!<br /><br />I know what you mean about hero worship. Auteurism is very useful, but it has a downside. I don't think it's possible to have a long career in movies without making a bad movie. I mean, I think Hitchcock's late forties slump has a couple of them (Under Capricorn). So does John Ford's late period. Some late Billy Wilder movies are almost unwatchable. It's a rare filmmaker who hits all the time. I sometimes thing that Charles Laughton is the ideal auteur. One masterpiece and done. <br /><br />Oh, and for what it's worth, I tend to glom onto editors and cinematographers. And screenwriters. Especially screenwriters. I'm sure the Writer's Guild would approve. <br /><br />Thanks for commenting!Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-69981651222447723472011-02-08T14:41:23.685-08:002011-02-08T14:41:23.685-08:00Wonderful exchange of movie thoughts. Just surfin...Wonderful exchange of movie thoughts. Just surfing for the moment, caught your blog on a Lamb post and followed it over. Entirely too much going on in this thread to 'jump into the middle' but I wanted to say hello and given that I have not seen The King's Speech yet, I'm not going to stumble through a line-by-line until I've seen it. Sounds like you're right on though, just from the trailers and what I've heard around -- and there is a line in the thread somewhere, about taste and preference and that really does sum up the movie going experience. I'd like to think there are certain films that appeal to just about everyone for similar reasons and while it happens, I think it is rarely for the same reason. I mean I could go on and on about Inception but I've already done that on my blog (inquiring minds interested in a different take than most, please drop by). I also think people attach themselves to directors and actors, sometimes cinematographers, rarely editors or production designers unless that's your bag, and it is like blinders on a horse - that particular person can do no wrong. I'm immediately reminded of the Coen brothers. I think in a Pepsi challenge they'd score pretty well but they also made some awful films too. The Ladykillers anyone?<br /><br />cheers, looking forward to seeing you around->Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-18329569167250126622011-02-08T13:34:35.465-08:002011-02-08T13:34:35.465-08:00Hi, Simon.
I hope you haven't come to the co...Hi, Simon. <br /><br />I hope you haven't come to the conclusion that I don't like <i>The King's Speech</i>. As I said in my post, it's a good movie, and all the Oscar frou frou is going to do is obscure that fact. I liked it a lot. <br /><br />I don't agree with you about <i>There Will Be Blood</i>, but it doesn't matter, I guess, because at a certain point, the difference between the relative excellence of one movie and the relative excellence of another comes down to a matter of taste. Is <i>How Green Was My Valley</i> better than <i>Citizen Kane</i>? No. But it's not worse, either. It all depends on what you want from movies. <br /><br />I like <i>Shutter Island</i> a lot, by the way, but I haven't figured out how to write about it yet. I probably need to watch it again. It's been a while.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-8444041701673561372011-02-08T13:20:37.377-08:002011-02-08T13:20:37.377-08:00im just reading a few of the comments and, to be h...im just reading a few of the comments and, to be honest, I really liked THE KINGS SPEECH. Soemthing really inspirational about it.<br /><br />Maybe Oscar bait, but then again - and this would make a good post - what IS Oscar bait? I'm sure, with THE KINGS SPEECH, you could find a bunch of things that make it less oscar-bait-ish. For one, its a very personal story (one guy learning to speak) that is placed on an epic stage (royalty). More importantly, Hooper manages to make us not feel disconnected - we are all rooting for King George VI!<br /><br />I think INCEPTION is incredible - I think SHUTTER ISLAND is better, but where the hell is that??? not even nominated!! - but, lets be honest, Oscar will pick the most mainstream one and, I think there is a certain pretentiousness - albeit, not pretenetious for me - in the whole psycho analysis-of-dreams that just is a stumbling block.<br /><br />THERE WILL BE BLOOD is better than NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, but I knew NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN would win because its just that little bit more mainstream.<br /><br />Simonsimoncolumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-72208833350872092972011-02-08T12:06:49.147-08:002011-02-08T12:06:49.147-08:00Hi, Jess. Thanks! And welcome!
@Fletch. I suspect...Hi, Jess. Thanks! And welcome!<br /><br />@Fletch. I suspect that you're right. I picked Inception out of a hat because I'm already seeing invective about how Chris Nolan got snubbed. (Mind you, I don't have an opinion on Inception, myself. I haven't seen it yet). But the X film could well be any number of others.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-33020083538999780232011-02-08T11:44:05.352-08:002011-02-08T11:44:05.352-08:00"we were doomed to look forward to twenty yea..."we were doomed to look forward to twenty years of people bitching about how Inception got robbed"<br /><br />That's the rub for me, and the reason I put "fill in the blank" in my previous comment. I placed Inception at the top of my list for 2010, but I'm not even sure that's the movie we'll think Speech robbed from. I know there are ardent supporters of a number of films, from Winter's Bone to Scott Pilgrim to Social Network and on and on, but I don't know if I've had or will have that one movie from this year that I think will stand above all of the others...though I am fairly certain that whatever it is, it won't be this one.Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-53378962578629271722011-02-08T11:15:46.517-08:002011-02-08T11:15:46.517-08:00Wow - I love your writing. It's biting without...Wow - I love your writing. It's biting without being mean, circumspect and deliberate while stating your opinion. I think you nailed The King's Speech description. It's a great movie, but perhaps not what we should be rewarding. -YBLMJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06679283194534387443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-72277417763446705672011-02-08T10:09:55.108-08:002011-02-08T10:09:55.108-08:00Hi, Fletch. Welcome.
Yeah. All I could think as I...Hi, Fletch. Welcome.<br /><br />Yeah. All I could think as I drove home from the theater was that we were doomed to look forward to twenty years of people bitching about how Inception got robbed. It's Annie Hall all over again, methinks (by the way, LOVE Annie Hall, so that's not a derogatory). Forget it, Jake. It's the Academy.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-56879893510542203772011-02-08T10:00:49.392-08:002011-02-08T10:00:49.392-08:00Oh, and YBLM! (but you already knew that)Oh, and YBLM! (but you already knew that)Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-18231346605222825862011-02-08T10:00:34.867-08:002011-02-08T10:00:34.867-08:00Your first couple paragraphs really encapsulate my...Your first couple paragraphs really encapsulate my feelings toward this as well. Just saw it last night, and yes, it's a very well-made film with prestige yada yada yada. It also will be largely forgotten and in 10-15 years, people will wonder "Why did THAT win Best Picture when it clearly should have gone to (fill in the blank)?"<br /><br />It's enjoyable with expert acting, and is well-written; the biggest hurdle for me to declare it amongst the best is that it failed to really get me emotionally engaged. I tried, I wanted to, but I couldn't. And this didn't even have to do with the "oh look, poor king with a disability" aspect; I just never felt engrossed. Perhaps the inevitability of it all hampered it some.<br /><br />It did, however, remind me once again why I love Geoffrey Rush so much.Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-34222328949659191802011-02-07T11:25:57.040-08:002011-02-07T11:25:57.040-08:00I want to see The Illusionist so bad I can taste i...I want to see The Illusionist so bad I can taste it. <br /><br />I'm sympatico about movies about the problems of white men with power, but I don't let it stop me from going to the movies. <br /><br />I haven't seen The Social Network. I may not see it. David Fincher is still on my shit list.Vulnavia Morbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722740955194993451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18814440.post-53119711674907788692011-02-07T09:44:11.365-08:002011-02-07T09:44:11.365-08:00"it shows just how engrossing watching two pe...<i>"it shows just how engrossing watching two people just talking to each other can be."</i><br /><br />That was my reaction to The Social Network. I still haven't seen The King's Speech, mostly because after 8 years of W, I'm having difficulty finding sympathy for men with power and their unique problems. I probably will see it before Oscars, but I expect I'll be seeing it alone.<br /><br />I'm still completely blown away by The Social Network for how smart and fast the dialog was written. And how engrossing it was for a movie that is 100% dialog driven. The downside for me was that I found it ugly, but I suspect it was very underlit as clips I've watched on-line don't look nearly as muddy. Oh and I have a weak spot for unlikable protagonists.<br /><br />But I need to get out and see The King's Speech, The Illusionist and probably The Social Network again, before oscar night.DeAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02200742286951395986noreply@blogger.com