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• RE: To what are you comparing it? Eggs with tomatoes? - patrickU 08:58:00 07/11/08 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: Almost good. Compared to "Withnail and I" it's bellybutton fluff. posted by tinear on July 11, 2008 at 08:19:53

  I mean it has nothing in common with W& I.
  I mean you can compare it with, dunno, like Peter´s Friends " or somethink like that, what was this picture with the homosexual guy, an English film...
  Don´t remember we had dicussed it here too...
  
  Anyway...See what I mean..
  " Mieux vaut une tête bien faite qu'une tête bien pleine."
  
  

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  • It was described as a terrific, "best" depiction of a time. It's nothing - tinear 14:04:19 07/11/08 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: To what are you comparing it? Eggs with tomatoes? posted by patrickU on July 11, 2008 at 08:58:00

    close to "W&I."
    Hollywood crapola, as Vic would say.
    Popcorn seller.
    
    

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    • RE: It was described as a terrific, "best" depiction of a time. It's nothing - jamesgarvin 14:52:31 07/11/08 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: It was described as a terrific, "best" depiction of a time. It's nothing posted by tinear on July 11, 2008 at 14:04:19

      The film was autobiographical, based upon Cameron Crowe's early life. He started out as a rock journalist. Heck, he married a rock star. I would argue that Cameron Crowe did not make a film to depict those times. Rather, I think his film was about a young kid who had certain dreams of what it was like to be a writer covering your heroes, and then finding that not only was being a writer not the dream he thought it would be, but also that his heroes were not the heroes he thought they were.
      
      A similar film could have been made about an athlete, student, etc. The story is about loosing the mind of innocence that kids have, and seeing that innocence in their eyes evaporate when they enter the real world. The music is icing on the cake.
      
      Hollywood often churns out happy, melodramatic endings, and these are the films that Victor lambastes. AF does not have a happy ending. It has a depressing ending, that most adults know all too well.
      
      

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      • RE: Well this is not an immortal oeuvre...Just a good fun we all wish would happen more often-- - patrickU 02:02:51 07/12/08 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: It was described as a terrific, "best" depiction of a time. It's nothing posted by jamesgarvin on July 11, 2008 at 14:52:31

        And also enough deeph to keep one thinking after the show is over.
        There are no receipts for good films, only people who have a story to tell-
        " Mieux vaut une tête bien faite qu'une tête bien pleine."
        
        

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