I have learned my lesson and never read AV Club comments...too much hipper-than-thou makes me "Hulk Smash" Although probably not among Ron Burgundy defenders.
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'Sleeper'
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erikaj - Dec 04, 2009 7:51:09 am PST #5322 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Polter-Cow - Dec 04, 2009 7:54:23 am PST #5323 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I disagree. He's presented as an object of pity rather than of hate, but I don't think that's the same thing - the emotion we're supposed to feel is disgust, not sympathy.
Yeah, it's been a while since I saw it, but I do remember finding the whole thing totally creepy and fucked-up. And I think I was supposed to.
javachik - Dec 04, 2009 7:57:08 am PST #5324 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
And I think I was supposed to.
Hmmmmm. I won't rewatch the movie, but it's interesting that you guys felt like you were supposed to be creeped out. The audience I saw it with walked out oooohing and aaaaaahing about how in love the guy had been, and how he was just "so misunderstood". YAMV?
Jessica - Dec 04, 2009 7:57:50 am PST #5325 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think part of my problem was that the posters and the other adverts I'd seen, and the tone of the movie, presented it as a love story.
To me, that's why it's effective. So much of the movie is told from the main character's POV, and in his own head it is a love story. I think telling the same story from an omniscient 3rd person POV would have lessened the emotional impact of the friend character finally realizing what's really been going on.
javachik - Dec 04, 2009 8:00:01 am PST #5326 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I think telling the same story from an omniscient 3rd person POV would have lessened the emotional impact of the friend character finally realizing what's really been going on.
I can see that. I don't think it was a poorly made film. It just didn't work that way for me.
Glamcookie - Dec 04, 2009 8:04:20 am PST #5327 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Yeah, I'm javachik on this one.
I think my fave PA is All About My Mother.
javachik - Dec 04, 2009 8:05:48 am PST #5328 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I really need to see All About My Mother. Okay, time to add it to the queueueueueueueue.
Polter-Cow - Dec 04, 2009 8:12:30 am PST #5329 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I liked All About My Mother more than Volver but less than Talk to Her. Those are the only three I've seen.
megan walker - Dec 04, 2009 8:14:16 am PST #5330 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I liked All About My Mother more than Volver but less than Talk to Her. Those are the only three I've seen.
P-C, run, don't walk, and see Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
javachik - Dec 04, 2009 8:14:34 am PST #5331 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, what Megan said!