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In Reply to: RE: Oliver Stone has me watching and enjoying... posted by mpathus on July 25, 2011 at 21:18:36
"... his socially and culturally relevant movies for our times."
I find him using the metaphors of what is considered socially and culturally relevant as ways to 'yank' the chain to feed his ego.
Some teenagers behave like that.
"Stone has a reporter's eye....."
...yes, yellow journalism reporter's eye.
"... and the good sense of a skilled movie maker (and writer) for when fictionalizing is called for."
I do agree technically he is proficient. I just don't care much for his 'chain yanking' just to feed his ego/vanity.
"Not quite as daring or artistic as Francis Ford Coppola,....."
Surely you must over-estimate Coppola. I find most of his movies real bores.
... I feel that the "kid in him" makes for an honesty and freshness in his film's point of view that is endearing.
Not all share this sensibility or are able to ignore Stone's "stamp", but it doesn't bother me enough to dismiss his earlier works.
I was repulsed by "Natural Born Killers", and haven't gotten over that one enough to venture into other of his films since - but that doesn't keep me from "hope".
I sense, like some here, that he has perhaps crossed a threshold past innocence into self-indulgence and for that might have overstayed his welcome to tell stories that relate artistically or socially.
Still, Stone has done enough to retain my appreciation.
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