Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood's
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies
tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy
crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the
Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood's
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies
tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy
crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the
Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood's
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies
tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy
crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the
Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
On Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at 8:59:48 PM UTC-7, Mike Henley wrote:
Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood'sDoes this apply to IKIRU?:
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.
Roger Ebert
Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood's
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies
tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy
crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the
Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood's
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies
tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy
crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the
Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
On Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at 8:59:48 PM UTC-7, Mike Henley wrote:
Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood'sBritish remake:
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
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Having watched, over the past few weeks, some of Hollywood's
celebrated movies over the past few years (well, the ones that come to
mind include Happiness and Magnolia... *gag*), I watched two movies
tonight; Shawshank redemption and Ikiru.
I guess the fact that I watched Ikiru says something about not being
fully satisfied by shawshank redemption, which was one of those
superficial and fluffy
inspiring/moving/touching-inspirational/motivational movies that
hollywood seems to mass produce like cheese curd about values like "hope"/Belief/Faith/You-Can-Do-It(TM) ... etc. (I can't believe that
its makers even dared to follow it up with The Green Mile *gag*). At
least it didn't suck as much as those other ones that set out to be
artsy but ended up being awfully pretentious and unbearably
unwatchable. Anyhow, As for Ikiru, I watched it and then watched it
again with the commentary running! Oh boy, I really should've gone to
bed much earlier, but yes, that's how good and compelling it was, and
the difference in filmmaking between it and Hollywood's recent "cool"
stuff is phenomenal. What art, what craft, what maturity, what
experience, what talent, what beauty, what simplicity, what
sophistication, what zen.
Hollywood seems to make wanna-be artsy movies for the wanna-be artsy
crowds. I'm now bothered at hearing that Dreamworks will actually
remake Ikiru and am quite annoyed, especially so that they signed on
Jim Sheridan for it; I disliked his In America movie (*gag*) and
thought it was very mediocre. I can already imagine scenes from the
Hollywood and Sheridan version (*gag gag gag*); in fact, I know
already that I won't be wasting 2 or 3 hours of my life watching it.
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