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<blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 846968" data-attributes="member: 7473"><p><strong>Re: Most reviewers are lit. majors who couldn't get a better job <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As a former film critic myself, may I be the first to tell you: bite me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>OK, Kane is definitely better than Phantom Menace, any way you cut it. But while I haven't seen XXX (I had a desperate appointment to have my toenails split with a railroad spike), have you ever actually tried watching Gone with the Wind? Man, people would watch anything in 1939 if you threw a few movie stars in it.</p><p></p><p>My point, and there is one, is older does not necessarily equal better. Never underestimate the power of nostalgia. Newer doesn't mean better either. Take FotR and SW:ANH. I loved Fellowship. I never liked Tolkien, and that film alone made me want to read it. What Peter Jackson is doing is nothing short of a miracle. But I'd still take Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie any ol' day. Not because it does what Fellowship tried to do, but better (which it's not), but just because it's more <em>enjoyable</em>. A New Hope isn't trying to be important. It's just trying to entertain.</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-size: 9px">Not sure how OT this all was. Just something I wanted to talk about. Ignore as you see fit. After all, I'm just a lit major who couldn't get a better job.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tarrasque Wrangler, post: 846968, member: 7473"] [b]Re: Most reviewers are lit. majors who couldn't get a better job ;)[/b] As a former film critic myself, may I be the first to tell you: bite me. :D OK, Kane is definitely better than Phantom Menace, any way you cut it. But while I haven't seen XXX (I had a desperate appointment to have my toenails split with a railroad spike), have you ever actually tried watching Gone with the Wind? Man, people would watch anything in 1939 if you threw a few movie stars in it. My point, and there is one, is older does not necessarily equal better. Never underestimate the power of nostalgia. Newer doesn't mean better either. Take FotR and SW:ANH. I loved Fellowship. I never liked Tolkien, and that film alone made me want to read it. What Peter Jackson is doing is nothing short of a miracle. But I'd still take Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie any ol' day. Not because it does what Fellowship tried to do, but better (which it's not), but just because it's more [I]enjoyable[/I]. A New Hope isn't trying to be important. It's just trying to entertain. [SIZE=1]Not sure how OT this all was. Just something I wanted to talk about. Ignore as you see fit. After all, I'm just a lit major who couldn't get a better job.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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