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In Reply to: RE: the message wasn't "7" point 1 posted by Joe Murphy Jr on March 13, 2009 at 20:52:40

Sorry, I like my action movies smarter than this one.

I can suspend disbelief just fine thank you very much - *if* the movie's good enough.

I like plenty of movies that aren't deathless art - really - I have the special edition DVD set of The Hidden!

And I don't mind if if folks groove on the PQ and sound of T3, which is obviously a very finely produced BD. If this movie entertains you and helps you unwind, gives the HT a good work-out, well OK.

But it isn't a good movie, and it isn't a movie that I would ever bother to rent. ANd I dunno the reviewer but I'm guessing this is someone whose opinion I would not take seriously. The snippet is not a "review" , it's justification for liking a lame movie. Which isn't a sin, see my guilty pleasure above. But at least I admit it's a guilty pleasure.

"Mindless"???? - he said it. There ain't enough time left in my life for me to waste it with this kind of fare.

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and here's mine - Joe Murphy Jr 22:44:58 03/14/09 (2)
I find most art boring as the fuck. That doesn't mean I don't or can't appreciate it, but sometimes I just want to be entertained and taken on a thrill ride. Movies like this "do it" for me and many others. Waste of time? That's your opinion and it's no better or worse than mine or that of anyone else (same goes for my "boring" comment). If it's not your cup of tea, so be it. The comment I posted is in reference to the artsy-fartsy crowd, most of whom think their shit don't stink.
- Ouch! Bourne is an "art" movie? - Harmonia 16:46:37 03/15/09 (1)
  That's news to Paul Greengrass and the studio.
  
  Some "art" movies aren't art at all, they really are boring. But the good ones are as thrilling as any action flick.
  
  The whole of commercial cinema hardly divides only between mindless, loud, action flicks and somber, glacial treatises on the human condition. There are good, better and bad movies of all types.
  
  Since I seem to have struck a nerve with someone whom I've always regarded as a friendly presence and ally here, that's all I have to say and I'm off to the movies - to see Coraline in fact. At least the BD medium is showing what a nice HT systme is capable of...whatver floats youe boat.
  - have no idea what you're talking about - Joe Murphy Jr 17:10:17 03/15/09 (0)
    Bourne? When did I mention Jason? Or are you referring to someone else?
    
    Maybe it is better we both watch a movie instead of argue over this issue. I piss off enough people without adding to the count. :-)

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