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I'm glad there's someone else in this world who hates SPR as much as I do (nt)

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In Reply to: RE: Another cookie-cutter crap Hollywood "war" movie from the creator of SPR? posted by Victor Khomenko on March 16, 2010 at 13:07:55

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Your not alone, brother! - Victor Khomenko 05:57:06 03/17/10 (11)
Now, if you also do not like the LoTR - that will make Patrick's day, and spoil AuPh's appetite...
- RE: Your not alone, brother! - C.B. 09:48:13 03/17/10 (10)
  LoTR--endless CG battles.
  
  What was it about, anyway?
  - The heroic quest? - Harmonia 13:14:21 03/24/10 (0)
    Making choices? The changing of eras? The futility of despair?
    
    I hate SPR, but I quite like LOTR:FOTR, the first of the three LOTR films. Jackson's version would not have been the movie I'd have made but it was quite good in many ways, and the type of movie I would have preferred would never have been produced much less made any money.
    
    In fact, I think FOTR is one of the few blockbuster movies that uses CGI in support of story and character. The are tons of examples where it's the other way 'round, but IMO FOTR isn't one of them.
    
    If that makes me shallow, so be it.
  - "What was it about, anyway? " AuPh and his lost childhood. - Victor Khomenko 10:37:34 03/17/10 (0)
    Soiled diapers, warm milk out of mama's breasts... pulling the cat's tail...
  - "What was it about anyway?" - J.R. 10:19:53 03/17/10 (7)
    The heroic quest, the most common theme in literature; some would argue
    the only theme in literature; some would argue the only theme in
    everything. At the very least, it's a recurring theme. Try reading
    Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." Precocious ignorance
    is a ludicrous combination; it makes one look like a dumb fuck. Regards,
    
    J.R.
    - No need to use profanity or be insulting. (nt) - C.B. 17:11:02 03/17/10 (6)
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      - You call that insulting? - J.R. 18:26:18 03/17/10 (5)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No need to use profanity or be insulting. (nt) posted by C.B. on March 17, 2010 at 17:11:02
        
        If I'd insulted you, kid, you'd be in intensive care somewhere. Look
        above you; Victor's insulting Auph without provocation. It's what he
        does. By the way, did you know that J.R.R. Tolkien held the Rawlinsonian
        Chair of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford for twenty years? He was a world famous
        philologist and a close friend of C.S. Lewis, but I bet you don't like
        or understand the Narnia films either. Go bite some tires or suck some
        trailer hitches. Yours,
        
        J.R.
        
        I'm very well acquanted with Tolkien and his books... - C.B. 19:07:47 03/17/10 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: You call that insulting? posted by J.R. on March 17, 2010 at 18:26:18
        
        I've even re-traced many of the rooms and buildings that Tolkien inhabited at Oxford.
        
        I just don't think the films (especially the mind-numbing computer-effects) did justice to his books.
        
        But then, most film adaptations of great literature fall short, don't they?
        
        Cool. - J.R. 19:22:01 03/17/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I'm very well acquanted with Tolkien and his books... posted by C.B. on March 17, 2010 at 19:07:47
        
        I wrote my Master's thesis on Tolkien many years ago; it was entitled
        "An Annotated Glossary of the Proper Names in the Mythopoeic Fiction of
        J.R. Tolkien." I thought Jackson did a pretty fair job with an
        extremely difficult task and I thought most of the CG stuff was adequate
        especially in the opening battle scenes where the One Ring is taken from
        Sauron. With the advances in CG, as evidenced in "Avatar", I would think
        that a remaking of LotR would be astonishing. Anyway, I thought Jackson
        did rather well the primitive technology at hand. But, hey, I'm hardly
        an objective observer. I really wanted to like the films, and I did, but
        I've been told I'm a cheap date. Regards,
        
        J.R.
        
        Wow. You do have some problems. What's with the anger, lately, around here? - tinear 18:51:43 03/17/10 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: You call that insulting? posted by J.R. on March 17, 2010 at 18:26:18
        
        Be happy, health care reform is on the way. That means you can afford stronger meds and shock therapy!
        
        Why are you not watching "Gadjo Dilo"? NT - J.R. 19:06:20 03/17/10 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Wow. You do have some problems. What's with the anger, lately, around here? posted by tinear on March 17, 2010 at 18:51:43
        
        NT
        
        Been there! Good film though I'd say overrated. nt - tinear 08:28:41 03/18/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Why are you not watching "Gadjo Dilo"? NT posted by J.R. on March 17, 2010 at 19:06:20
        
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