George's comments
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Actually, I liked Schindler over all, but it's so well known I didn't see any need to mention it.
it's been a while for me as well. I think maybe it just felt black and white, not a lot of color inside the wire.
Sobibor. Alan Arkin and a number of others. Sobibor was connected to the death camp Treblinka. the inmates overthrew the guard force, killing a number and escaping out the wire. most of those who escaped were eventually turned over to the Germans by the local Poles. but some did survive the war.
I liked Defiance quite a bit, in particular as the Jews weren't simply victims, and were able to fight and survive, for the most part anyway. the scenes with the Soviet resistance, with their own antisemetic attitudes were very interesting as well. It is too wearing emotionally to simply watch these films one after another. I generally put a lot of space between them with all sorts of other fare, most of which appeals to me as well anyway.
yes, I agree, it would be nice to think so.
well, in reality, there would have been no little boy running around in a death camp, much less with time to spare for talk and play. it would have been straight off to the gas chamber. there's nothing particularly realistic about the premise, so it either works as allegory or not at all.
that will be my recommendation the next time I attend one.
well, so do we.
an older frat man/boy perhaps, although this fellow looks like he could mix right in at any barbeque I've ever been to.
also known as Dunlap disease where I come from.
offend? if I gave that impression, I truely do apologize. I thought I was just playing along.
No doubt, no doubt. some literature professor named Bruce somewhere, I'm sure.
Most Americans tend to confuse hillbillies with all Southerners, but those of us who grew up there know there are many different subcultures down South, each vying for the title of most uncultured. many can only be distinguished by the size of their trailers.
so, then why the distinction between the two words? isn't it, more or less, assumed as a given? what's the origin anyway?
Yes, indeed, Wolf Creek will do.
I like Easy Rider quite a bit, all except for the stuff at the commune, which is indeed coma inducing. plus having grown up in the Deep South in the 60s, I found the ending plausible enough, especially then, when it came out.
Phillip,
a kissing gourami perhaps?
well, it got some good reviews but it just didn't work for me. Ha Shem doesn't owe anyone any answers and apparently neither do the Coen Brothers. didn't really find it all that funny and unlike Tom especially and Alex less so, I generally really like these guys. had its moments,but too too deadpan for me.
just went to see the Coen brothers' latest, A Serious Man. no doubt their most personal film to date, but it just fell very flat for me. very low key, very deadpan. I just kept waiting for something to break out, but it never did. not without any moments, but far too few for me.
well, the last couple of times I saw QT on TV he seemed to be on a massive I Love Me campaign. Like he was head over heals in love with himself. So, I sort of lost interest in him as a human being, much less a director. It's a bit like watching Eddie Murphy as a director. He seems to be still trying to find his natural level, and just hasn't gone low enough yet. too bad. I really liked his earlier work a lot more as well.
I liked it as well. but it was never intended to be more than it was. quite the contrary, it was intended to be flawed on various levels. drive in fodder. Philip, I take it you think QT has a short attention span or maybe that his material isn't up to full movie treatment anymore. I thought his latest effort was very peculiarly paced. actually, I thought it would have been better if he had focused on the Basterd team and its behind the lines activities. they actually didn't do all that much in the film, but as I noted, I really did enjoy the Jew Hunter's performance. interesting moments that didn't really jell as a film.
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