Comments on: Recent movies… http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/ Out here, it's different... Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: all ps2 games http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-69 all ps2 games Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:01:51 +0000 http://seattlekarma.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/recent-movies/#comment-69 <strong>all ps2 games</strong> Really nice site you have here. I’ve been reading for a while but this post made me want to say 2 thumbs up. Keep up the great work. all ps2 games

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]]> By: seattlekarma http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-68 seattlekarma Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:34:14 +0000 http://seattlekarma.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/recent-movies/#comment-68 Paul: lol, ok, it was a bit strongly worded. And I should have qualified it a bit more. I wasn't referring to all of Fincher's fans. Heck, I like his movies too for the most part. But there is a subsegment of his fans who seem pretty rabid, and would watch his grocery list if he filmed it. I'm talking about people who think "Alien 3" is the best of the series, and that "The Game" was the best movie of 1997, the same year we saw "L.A. Confidential", "In the Company of Men", and "The Sweet Hereafter" (see http://www.panix.com/~dangelo/col26.html). So anyway, I wasn't trying to be "harsh", I just wanted to contrast what I thought of his previous movies with what I thought of "Zodiac". I have always thought Fincher is a fine director with a lot of potential, who wasn't very self-restrained or disciplined and who tended towards the pretentious. But because I think highly of his skillset, I expect more, and so my criticism may have seemed "harsh". With a lesser director, I wouldn't expect as much and wouldn't be as harsh, and I admit that prejudice freely. It's actually a compliment to Fincher in the end. Regarding "Pan's Labyrinth", how was it portrayed in the UK? Here in the US, it wasn't marketed as a kid film and it received an R rating (Restricted to 18 and older), though there were plenty of inattentive parents who brought their young ones expecting another Harry Potter or C.S. Lewis tale. Honestly, doesn't the adult rating clue these people in? ;) Paul: lol, ok, it was a bit strongly worded. And I should have qualified it a bit more. I wasn’t referring to all of Fincher’s fans. Heck, I like his movies too for the most part. But there is a subsegment of his fans who seem pretty rabid, and would watch his grocery list if he filmed it. I’m talking about people who think “Alien 3″ is the best of the series, and that “The Game” was the best movie of 1997, the same year we saw “L.A. Confidential”, “In the Company of Men”, and “The Sweet Hereafter” (see http://www.panix.com/~dangelo/col26.html).

So anyway, I wasn’t trying to be “harsh”, I just wanted to contrast what I thought of his previous movies with what I thought of “Zodiac”. I have always thought Fincher is a fine director with a lot of potential, who wasn’t very self-restrained or disciplined and who tended towards the pretentious. But because I think highly of his skillset, I expect more, and so my criticism may have seemed “harsh”. With a lesser director, I wouldn’t expect as much and wouldn’t be as harsh, and I admit that prejudice freely. It’s actually a compliment to Fincher in the end.

Regarding “Pan’s Labyrinth”, how was it portrayed in the UK? Here in the US, it wasn’t marketed as a kid film and it received an R rating (Restricted to 18 and older), though there were plenty of inattentive parents who brought their young ones expecting another Harry Potter or C.S. Lewis tale. Honestly, doesn’t the adult rating clue these people in? ;)

]]> By: Paul Burns http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Paul Burns Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:45:46 +0000 http://seattlekarma.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/recent-movies/#comment-67 btw, just finished watching pan's labyrinth - excellent movie! ending i thought could have been handled slightly better but, very solid overall, surprised how it was portrayed in the media over here (UK) as it is definitely much more 'adult' than I expected! btw, just finished watching pan’s labyrinth – excellent movie! ending i thought could have been handled slightly better but, very solid overall, surprised how it was portrayed in the media over here (UK) as it is definitely much more ‘adult’ than I expected!

]]> By: Paul Burns http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Paul Burns Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:43:01 +0000 http://seattlekarma.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/recent-movies/#comment-66 '...and that are vastly overrated by his blindly loyal fans' Come on now! You seem like an intelligent person, I'm sure you understand that opinions are subjective and strong comments like the aforementioned should really be used sparsely, especially when you yourself admit that the films have some merit (previous comment). Fight club is a favourite among young men (including myself), it would seem, because of the overall impression/feeling it gives and emotional chord it stirkes within them. Moviegoers, in general, don't necessarily care too for art direction and camera angles, or the score of a movie - that is left to armchair critics, much like me and thee! ;) Although I do agree that Fincher is very hit and miss, I just think such harsh criticism should be saved for the truly awful, rather than just something that is not your cup of tea. ‘…and that are vastly overrated by his blindly loyal fans’

Come on now! You seem like an intelligent person, I’m sure you understand that opinions are subjective and strong comments like the aforementioned should really be used sparsely, especially when you yourself admit that the films have some merit (previous comment). Fight club is a favourite among young men (including myself), it would seem, because of the overall impression/feeling it gives and emotional chord it stirkes within them. Moviegoers, in general, don’t necessarily care too for art direction and camera angles, or the score of a movie – that is left to armchair critics, much like me and thee! ;)

Although I do agree that Fincher is very hit and miss, I just think such harsh criticism should be saved for the truly awful, rather than just something that is not your cup of tea.

]]> By: seattlekarma http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-65 seattlekarma Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:31:31 +0000 http://seattlekarma.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/recent-movies/#comment-65 Don't get me wrong, I like "Fight Club" and "Se7en", and even "Panic Room" was entertaining enough. They just could have been better, and when a director has such obvious potential, I tend to hold them to a higher standard. So I judge Fincher harder than I might judge Joe Director, if you get my drift. (I think the first 30 minutes of "Fight Club" is brilliant, actually. The rest of the film just doesn't live up to the first quarter.) Don’t get me wrong, I like “Fight Club” and “Se7en”, and even “Panic Room” was entertaining enough. They just could have been better, and when a director has such obvious potential, I tend to hold them to a higher standard. So I judge Fincher harder than I might judge Joe Director, if you get my drift.

(I think the first 30 minutes of “Fight Club” is brilliant, actually. The rest of the film just doesn’t live up to the first quarter.)

]]> By: Squidly http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Squidly Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:03:59 +0000 http://seattlekarma.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/recent-movies/#comment-64 BTW, Brian and I saw "Children of Men" again on Thursday night. Second time for me, first time for him. It pretty much cemented my opinion of the film. I came away even more impressed by the art direction, pretty much flat on the plot. BTW, Brian and I saw “Children of Men” again on Thursday night. Second time for me, first time for him. It pretty much cemented my opinion of the film. I came away even more impressed by the art direction, pretty much flat on the plot.

]]> By: Squidly http://www.kohary.com/blog/2007/07/27/recent-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Squidly Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:00:27 +0000 http://seattlekarma.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/recent-movies/#comment-63 Fight Club is among my favorite films. I love that film. Se7en has it's moments. Alien 3 was awful. Never saw Panic Room because the premise held no interest for me. Fight Club is among my favorite films. I love that film. Se7en has it’s moments. Alien 3 was awful. Never saw Panic Room because the premise held no interest for me.

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