Hec,
I kind of see what you mean, but for 80-90% of the movie (except for the person who discussed Kubric's directorial choices and the set), I felt like what the movie did was inspire people to write fiction. This is not a bad thing, but nearly all of their interpretations had very little foundation in the movie.
That is why I felt the movie lacked value. This is the kind of thing you hear on a bad blind date or sitting next to the wrong person on a plane. Sure we all can see things and have creative interpretations of anything, but I'm not sure a movie needs to be made out of it.
RIP Roger Ebert.
Man, sometimes I completely disagreed with him, and sometimes I completely agreed with him, but I always loved his reviews. Film criticism has lost a major voice.
Oh wow, PC. I saw an article a day or two ago that his cancer was back...but man, that was fast. RIP indeed.
My sister IM'ed me about it and I thought she must have misread one of the articles about his cancer/leave of absence. Wow.
End of an era.
That's what I thought, too, Suzi. So sad. But he battled it for a long time.
Also, what Jessica said.
My sister IM'ed me about it and I thought she must have misread one of the articles about his cancer/leave of absence. Wow.
Yeah, I saw the first RIP post on Facebook and was like what are you talking about, and then I saw the articles from yesterday, and then she quoted me the Tweet, and dammit.
Wow, that was fast! Except for how he's been fighting cancer for a long time. But I saw a post from him on my RSS feed just a couple of days ago...
It's sad, but I'm glad it was fast and he didn't have time to dwell on being unable to write.
Like P-C said, I didn't always agree with him, and sometimes on things he didn't like I thought he was belligerently NOT GETTING IT to make a point. But I always liked reading him. And watching him and Gene on Sneak Previews (and other incarnations) was always fun. I will miss him. When he loved something, he really loved it and was very expressive of why he did.
Although he was still dead wrong on The Phantom Menace being a great movie. Ce la vi. RIP Roger.
All the buzz about
End of Watch
was true. Damn, that was a good movie.
