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Re: LoTR # 1 on IMDB
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Mon, 24 Dec 2001 04:12:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Richard Marchetti writes:
> What other film is so rich with the societal angst thing [as Fight Club], and
> why is it a wrong subject for a film? Hasn't everything already been done
> anyway?
"Heathers" springs to mind, as does "Doom Generation," and even "A Clockwork
Orange," to a certain point (though admittedly in a different direction. Even
the awful film "Strange Days" addresses the blurring and isolation of the
individual.
There's nothing wrong with exploring a themes again, since it's almost
impossible *not* to do so... My complaint is not in the re-doing, but in the
praise that Fight Club received critically and by word-of-mouth as if it were
addressing something revolutionary.
> So just out of curiousity Dave!, what film would be your preferred Arthur
> myth telling?
To date, I don't know that there's been a good one. I didn't have cable and
therefore couldn't watch Zimmer-Bradley's recent miniseries, so I have no
opinion on it. Anyone know if it was any good?
> BTW, I myself took a course in Arthurian romances at Berkeley as part of my
> English major. As to the disparity in our opinions over the movie
> Excalibur, maybe I am just more forgiving about it given the task presented
> in telling that story.
You're right in that it's a huge story arc to convey in a single film. I'm
still not thrilled at the acting or cinematography, both of which may simply be
functions of the time. I try not to be too anal about armor-type things, but
in a case like this, when the disparity was *so* large, it stuck out for me.
Of course, if they made a 6th century Arthur, there wouldn't be much of a
Crusade, and no romance between Lancet & Gwen, either...
> Although the film came out in the early 80s, I stated
> it was 70s damaged because of the obvious influence of the 70s in terms of
> make-up, hairstyles, and to some extent even the costumes -- I didn't
> necessarily mean any more than that.
That's cool--I wasn't trying to be pedantic.
Dave!
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| (...) Ah, I have almost no idea what kind of press it got -- I rented it on video some several months later on a whim and was happily surprised. It's funny how things like that can work for and against a film. I had no expectations, and therefore (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I just think it has great style -- way more style than most films. In a way the story is almost incidental to the main agenda of presenting a series of blacker than black comments and political criticisms about the modern world, and often (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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