Harry Potter got turned down originally.
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
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A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Kevin - Mar 25, 2008 2:20:12 pm PDT #4596 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
beekaytee - Mar 25, 2008 2:20:25 pm PDT #4597 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Hee! Awesome, indeed.
Thanks for finding that P-C. It cracked me all the way up.
And go you, Micheal Bay, with your self-awareness. Welcome to the cool school of making the most out of the bad opinions of others. Your lab partner is William Shatner.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2008 3:34:36 pm PDT #4598 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
munches contentedly on popcorn
flea - Mar 25, 2008 4:17:41 pm PDT #4599 of 10000
information libertarian
Harry Potter: art? or not art?
Nutty - Mar 25, 2008 4:18:27 pm PDT #4600 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
making the most out of the bad opinions of others
I will gladly piss off millions and millions of me if somebody will pay me eleventy gazillion dollars for it.
Amy - Mar 25, 2008 4:28:31 pm PDT #4601 of 10000
Because books.
Movies, books, or both, flea?
Sean K - Mar 25, 2008 5:04:17 pm PDT #4602 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Really popcorny convo, but I'm only jumping in to say:
I have the suspicion that any study on the entertainment industry done by someone that calls themselves Dr. Drew is highly suspect.
In mild defense of Dr. Drew, unlike many other people who are semi-famous (and somewhat narcissistic) for having nationally broadcast call-in radio shows and call themselves Dr. Firstname, Dr. Drew is a licensed, practicing psychiatrist.
Don't know that it lends his study any credibility, unless he actually wrote something up to be published in a journal.
Sean K - Mar 25, 2008 5:06:02 pm PDT #4603 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Serial to add:
Looking at the article, it sounds like he did publish the study in a peer-reviewed journal.
le nubian - Mar 25, 2008 5:20:58 pm PDT #4604 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
FWIW, I think Bay's The Island is a piece of trash. I'm not convinced that every movie is art. Art is inherently personal, yes. But it isn't art just because it was created.
I haven't seen every Bay movie, but The Island isn't art. I think "art" is something that is creative, that ultimately will prove influential, that is unique, laudatory. Art isn't everything.
I cannot draw or paint worth 2 damns, but if I paint something tomorrow, it won't be art. It will be an attempt at art. But it won't be art.
Laga - Mar 25, 2008 5:48:09 pm PDT #4605 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
my Mom and I keep having this conversation but one thing we can agree on is that art elicits a reaction. The gag reflex counts as a reaction. Therefore Precious Moments is art.
edit: Wikipedia says, "Generally art is a (product of) human activity, made with the intention of stimulating the human senses as well as the human mind; by transmitting emotions and/or ideas. Beyond this description, there is no general agreed-upon definition of art. Art is also able to illustrate abstract thought and its expressions can elicit previously hidden emotions in its audience."