The other side of film dissonance...

[Villano]

This is getting a little too close to political. I honestly wasn't trying to steer it in that direction, and I hope you weren't either, Villano. Maybe we should quit while we're ahead. Agreed?

Yeah, I left it off my original list because I was worried that it would be considered "political", but, like I said, politics has nothing to do with my annoyance with it.

We can drop it, though, to keep the thread safe.

I just read an article about how many documentarians are bemoaning the fact that many docs cited by the Academy are becoming more and more "cinematized", punched up for the public. This is blurring the line between truth and fiction, and seems to not be a problem invented by Michael Moore. Not that this excuses any alleged liberties he's taken in making his films, but it does point out how vigilant we as consumers of media need to be.

Exactly. I have the same proble with biopics. Granted, you can expect some streamlining of someone's life in order to fit in a movie's running time, but sometimes they go overboard. I remember reading a review of a film (I can't recall which one) in which it was pointed out that they producers strangely altered the name of one person. Nothing else was altered, just his name. And I believe it was set in the distant past, so it isn't like the person was going to sue.

This reminds me of an article in which the author said that if a big studio were to film the battle of Gettysburg today, it would end with Lee and Grant in a swordfight to the death amid the burning ruins of Atlanta.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

This reminds me of an article in which the author said that if a big studio were to film the battle of Gettysburg today, it would end with Lee and Grant in a swordfight to the death amid the burning ruins of Atlanta.

Duh. Everyone knows it ended when George Washington dropped the first atomic bomb on the Crimea.

-Tarrasque Wrangler, proud product of the California public school system.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Duh. Everyone knows it ended when George Washington dropped the first atomic bomb on the Crimea.

-Tarrasque Wrangler, proud product of the California public school system.

Noooo, it was Rip Van Winkle disguised as the evil maniac George Washington who dropped the atomic bomb from his spacecraft on the mon.

-Ankh-Morpok Guard, proud product of the Georgia public school system. Who's got the worst education in the nation? We do! Huzzah!

 

[John Crichton]

Noooo, it was Rip Van Winkle disguised as the evil maniac George Washington who dropped the atomic bomb from his spacecraft on the mon.

-Ankh-Morpok Guard, proud product of the Georgia public school system. Who's got the worst education in the nation? We do! Huzzah!

Who's this Washington fellow?

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Who's this Washington fellow?

Well, our history books say he was a Northern Communist that saved the world from the evil aliens in "that cool movie. You know....that...one...with the creeepy woman!"

 

[Pants]

Who's this Washington fellow?

A supermodel, right?

 

[Fast Learner]

Gah! I'm with you, Sr. Crichton: some of the films mentioned are on my top 10 list, and others on my top 50.

Moulin Rouge was genius. American Beauty was brilliant, and made perfect sense. Traffic was very good, especially towards the end. Three Kings was fantastic in its political statement, while being an enjoyable film to boot. The Sixth Sense was awesome.

Yes, I think Dogma is Smith's best film. Micheal Moore is the left's Rush Limbaugh: both are extreme to the point of being misleading or lying, but both have something at the core of their message that they think is important. And AI definitely should have ended with him looking wistfully at the Blue Fairy underwater -- heck, I even thought that was the end of the film and started gathering my stuff up.

 

[John Crichton]

A supermodel, right?

I thought it was a robot...

 

[Villano]

Noooo, it was Rip Van Winkle disguised as the evil maniac George Washington who dropped the atomic bomb from his spacecraft on the mon.

-Ankh-Morpok Guard, proud product of the Georgia public school system. Who's got the worst education in the nation? We do! Huzzah!

I was going to argue that my school was worse than your's, but then I saw you misspelled "moon".

You win!

 

[John Crichton]

Gah! I'm with you, Sr. Crichton: some of the films mentioned are on my top 10 list, and others on my top 50.

Moulin Rouge was genius. American Beauty was brilliant, and made perfect sense. Traffic was very good, especially towards the end. Three Kings was fantastic in its political statement, while being an enjoyable film to boot. The Sixth Sense was awesome.

Yeah, I enjoyed every one of those films. Even 6th Sense where the ending was told to me before I saw it. Was still entertaining, the "twist" just was just gravy. Moulin Rouge blew me away. American Beauty was a given because I have loved every movie Kevin Spacy has ever been in. Three Kings shocked me because I didn't expect it to be that good. I enjoyed Traffic as well for not being preachy yet still getting a powerful message across.

I do have a question for everyone: The one movie I have ever encountered that ever single person has loved was Shawshank Redemption. Anyone not like that flick or met anyone who didn't. Just curious...