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Posted on 8/12/11 at 6:13 pm to Douglas Quaid
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You are without a doubt the most pretentious sack of shite in all of tigerdroppings.com
Which quite frankly is one hell of an accomplishment.
How is it that this clown can continue to post, but Mastermind and DanMullenIsOurMan were banned? Neither of them were close to being this bad.
This post was edited on 8/12/11 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 8/17/11 at 1:39 pm to Flair Chops
Glee the 3D Movie Concert Earlier this month, three Mandeville teenagers planned an attack on their schoolmates and teachers. The plan was to murder others and then murder themselves. While it is an extreme case, it illustrates a major social problem we face: exclusion which pushes people to do anything for acceptance. Some people act with meanness to gain acceptance by the group, as we saw in socialites in The Help; others turn to vice, such as doing illegal drugs and posting threads that debase women like WOWHI threads. Everyone in this world yearns for acceptance. The Christian doctrine of justification is essentially a description of this deep desire within us to be accepted, not just by others but by God.
Glee 3D is essentially a cheesy pop-culture retelling of that doctrine: a movie of acceptance despite, and perhaps, because of our flaws. In that sense, it was, in this world of such high standards of beauty and talent, quite a refreshing surprise to watch. I had never seen the show before, so I went into the film only knowing it was a concert movie about a TV show about singers. Unlike the J.B. Never Say Never movie where I walked out a full-fledged Belieber, I don't know if I'm ready to count myself part of the Gleek membership. It might be because the producers of Glee 3D essentially stole the Never Say Never movie format and put in their cast instead of J.B.
Although the movie is an emotional high from start to finish, I felt that the stories, while strangely beautiful, were also contrived and manipulative with the audience's emotions. Speaking of manipulative, the guy in the wheelchair doesn't need a wheelchair? What? I just didn't get that sequence or why he was in a wheelchair in the first place. For me, the highlight of the movie was the opening scene: Don't Stop Believe In. From there, the songs were good, but did not match the intensity and fervor of that first song. The 3D was rather unnecessary, with the majority of the 3D being scenes of the crowd to make you feel like there were fans in front of you. I must say, however, that at times I forgot I was in a theater and thought I was at a concert.
The overall message of the movie is positive, if not a little pop-culture, self-help preachy. Essentially it tells us that it's okay to be a loser. We'll love you anyway, indeed, because you are a loser. Very similar to the idea of God accepting us while we are still sinners, and the Church being a collection of sinners. Glee replaces the idea of sinner with the idea of a loser. The Christian understanding is much more realistic because it teaches people that there's something we must do after we realize our sin. Glee teaches that we should be happy to accept being a loser. We are accepted and nothing else matters. There we find the version of hyper-justification: being accepted is all that matters. Life stops with acceptance. In a society of laziness, it's a very tempting alternative to the notion of justification/acceptance giving us meaning and energy to become better. Just because we have flaws, IMO, does not mean we should be content to live with them. Perhaps, though, due to our society that is so exclusionary and turns normal people into monsters who seek acceptance, this hyper-justification has a place. 6/10
Glee 3D is essentially a cheesy pop-culture retelling of that doctrine: a movie of acceptance despite, and perhaps, because of our flaws. In that sense, it was, in this world of such high standards of beauty and talent, quite a refreshing surprise to watch. I had never seen the show before, so I went into the film only knowing it was a concert movie about a TV show about singers. Unlike the J.B. Never Say Never movie where I walked out a full-fledged Belieber, I don't know if I'm ready to count myself part of the Gleek membership. It might be because the producers of Glee 3D essentially stole the Never Say Never movie format and put in their cast instead of J.B.
Although the movie is an emotional high from start to finish, I felt that the stories, while strangely beautiful, were also contrived and manipulative with the audience's emotions. Speaking of manipulative, the guy in the wheelchair doesn't need a wheelchair? What? I just didn't get that sequence or why he was in a wheelchair in the first place. For me, the highlight of the movie was the opening scene: Don't Stop Believe In. From there, the songs were good, but did not match the intensity and fervor of that first song. The 3D was rather unnecessary, with the majority of the 3D being scenes of the crowd to make you feel like there were fans in front of you. I must say, however, that at times I forgot I was in a theater and thought I was at a concert.
The overall message of the movie is positive, if not a little pop-culture, self-help preachy. Essentially it tells us that it's okay to be a loser. We'll love you anyway, indeed, because you are a loser. Very similar to the idea of God accepting us while we are still sinners, and the Church being a collection of sinners. Glee replaces the idea of sinner with the idea of a loser. The Christian understanding is much more realistic because it teaches people that there's something we must do after we realize our sin. Glee teaches that we should be happy to accept being a loser. We are accepted and nothing else matters. There we find the version of hyper-justification: being accepted is all that matters. Life stops with acceptance. In a society of laziness, it's a very tempting alternative to the notion of justification/acceptance giving us meaning and energy to become better. Just because we have flaws, IMO, does not mean we should be content to live with them. Perhaps, though, due to our society that is so exclusionary and turns normal people into monsters who seek acceptance, this hyper-justification has a place. 6/10
Posted on 8/17/11 at 1:41 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:
Don't Stop Believe In
Believing
Posted on 8/17/11 at 1:46 pm to ellunchboxo
Thanks for seeing that. 
Posted on 8/17/11 at 2:08 pm to TulaneLSU
I don't think there has ever been a story saying it's ok to be a loser. I think they are trying to say you are not a loser and that everyone has gifts you just have to be in tune with it.
I've never seen Glee or the movie, so you may be correct. But I can't think of "It's ok to be a loser" as a theme.
Even in "Nerds" the learn to use thier brains and understanding of technology to become "cool"
Other than that .. I am sorry you had to pay 3D bucks to see this fluff
I've never seen Glee or the movie, so you may be correct. But I can't think of "It's ok to be a loser" as a theme.
Even in "Nerds" the learn to use thier brains and understanding of technology to become "cool"
Other than that .. I am sorry you had to pay 3D bucks to see this fluff
Posted on 8/17/11 at 2:13 pm to vilma4prez
Maybe I oversimplified it. What I think Glee 3D is trying to say is that according to the high standards cliques and organizations place on people, everyone in the world is a loser. Groups and clubs, no matter how exclusive they are, are filled with losers. One way they avoid looking at their own flaws is looking at and criticizing the flaws of others, people who are outside their club. Being a loser simply means being human, because each person has something wrong with them, something others can look down on if they want. To paraphrase St. Paul, "we are all losers and fall short of being cool." Once we make this realization, we'll stop worrying and working so hard on gaining acceptance from others who are just as broken, just as ridiculously imperfect as we are.
This post was edited on 8/17/11 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 8/17/11 at 2:18 pm to TulaneLSU
do you have one for Cedar Rapids?
Posted on 8/17/11 at 7:03 pm to Maximus
No, I have not seen that movie. I will try to watch it and review it for you.
Posted on 8/19/11 at 2:19 pm to TulaneLSU
Conan the Barbarian Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear boldly states, "The worst is not / So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'" Somewhere along the way, I picked up the idea that Conan was to be a big movie, one of those classics of adventure that come along only once every couple of years. The facts that it opened the week after school began and had not one decent actor should have tipped me off.
If there is anything redeeming about this movie, it's that the lead actress is not butt ugly. Besides that, this movie is nothing more than gore, violence, cheap CGI, and a terrible, terrible script. I don't even know if I should attend to this movie any longer, even if it is to give it a thorough berating. Let's first discuss the scenes. Holy marshmallows and attention deficit disorder. The writer must have intended for this movie to go on for five hours. Mercifully for us, it was chopped down to less than two, but all the scenes in part survive. As a result, we are on a non-stop journey through borrowed scene after borrowed scene. We go from Season of the Witch to Pirates of the Carbs to the Lord of the Rings to Indian Jones within three minutes! Chop, chop, Suey! We travel from kingdom to kingdom like we're changing scenes in Seinfeld. Like being thrown into a genealogy in Genesis, we're flooded with an undue mass of names, legends, and places. And the dialogue, my God, my ears were bleeding. "She must be pretty" - that's all that can be said of the lead lady, whose beauty is supposed to be great. I kid you not.
None of the characters matter. They are all caricatures: Conan: a child man set on revenge. The bad guy with the crown: a man driven by ambition. The witch: a woman who jealously wants to be her mother. Her outfits look like the design department raided the costume aisle at Walmart the day after Halloween. There was the possibility to make her character interesting, but the director, I think, was not intelligent enough to see it. Instead, we get characters that mean nothing. Even in the movie's one sex scene, there is not an iota of emotion. It's wham, bam, thank you sir. And yet the audience is expected to believe that these characters are so bound to each other that they will risk all to save the other! After an interesting opening scene where the character of a boy is building, I could not say a single scene in the rest of the movie mattered in character development. All was vain and empty.
Whoever made this movie, and let's pray he's not allowed to make another movie, must have a fetish for blood because in the end, all this movie is about is revenge and blood. And even the blood scenes are terribly dark and quickened so the viewer cannot see how poorly the scenes are acted and made. A formulaic film that tries to be monumental, it fails on every level. It's easily the worst remake since Russel Crowe's Robin Hood, and likely, a lot worse. Is it the worst action adventure movie ever made? If I said it is, would that mean it isn't? 1/10
If there is anything redeeming about this movie, it's that the lead actress is not butt ugly. Besides that, this movie is nothing more than gore, violence, cheap CGI, and a terrible, terrible script. I don't even know if I should attend to this movie any longer, even if it is to give it a thorough berating. Let's first discuss the scenes. Holy marshmallows and attention deficit disorder. The writer must have intended for this movie to go on for five hours. Mercifully for us, it was chopped down to less than two, but all the scenes in part survive. As a result, we are on a non-stop journey through borrowed scene after borrowed scene. We go from Season of the Witch to Pirates of the Carbs to the Lord of the Rings to Indian Jones within three minutes! Chop, chop, Suey! We travel from kingdom to kingdom like we're changing scenes in Seinfeld. Like being thrown into a genealogy in Genesis, we're flooded with an undue mass of names, legends, and places. And the dialogue, my God, my ears were bleeding. "She must be pretty" - that's all that can be said of the lead lady, whose beauty is supposed to be great. I kid you not.
None of the characters matter. They are all caricatures: Conan: a child man set on revenge. The bad guy with the crown: a man driven by ambition. The witch: a woman who jealously wants to be her mother. Her outfits look like the design department raided the costume aisle at Walmart the day after Halloween. There was the possibility to make her character interesting, but the director, I think, was not intelligent enough to see it. Instead, we get characters that mean nothing. Even in the movie's one sex scene, there is not an iota of emotion. It's wham, bam, thank you sir. And yet the audience is expected to believe that these characters are so bound to each other that they will risk all to save the other! After an interesting opening scene where the character of a boy is building, I could not say a single scene in the rest of the movie mattered in character development. All was vain and empty.
Whoever made this movie, and let's pray he's not allowed to make another movie, must have a fetish for blood because in the end, all this movie is about is revenge and blood. And even the blood scenes are terribly dark and quickened so the viewer cannot see how poorly the scenes are acted and made. A formulaic film that tries to be monumental, it fails on every level. It's easily the worst remake since Russel Crowe's Robin Hood, and likely, a lot worse. Is it the worst action adventure movie ever made? If I said it is, would that mean it isn't? 1/10
This post was edited on 8/19/11 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 8/25/11 at 3:04 pm to TulaneLSU
One Day Life, which for humans is defined by relationships, has a sort of beautiful symmetry to it. Where we begin, we often end, or "In my beginning is my end," as T.S. Eliot so elegantly stated in "East Coker." And so it is in the strong writing of One Day, a sweeping, sometimes mawkish, story of the birth, regression, transgression, secession, and consummation of a friendship, friendship that is always evolving because its participants are always changing.
Through the relationship of Hathaway's fey character and the Cockaigne born and raised character played by Jim Sturgess, we see two of the most important aspects of humanity: the being of joy and the becoming of someone better. The two play off each other, all their lives long; the two need each other like the yin, bringing to mind that old passage from Proverbs: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." The journey of both lives is captivating. As one ascends, the other descends. But somehow, like in the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, there is a point of intersection where, despite the past and the future, the two are equals. Gone, then, are the nostrums of alcohol, drugs, manipulation and use of others for their company. All that remains is love, the love of best friends, the love of knowledge of the other, for what is romantic love, a lower form of love yes, but what is it but a knowledge of and acceptance of the other? Even despite their foibles. One day, we all hope to return home, to the one, or One, who knows us completely as we are.
As for the particulars, Anne Hathaway is terrible. She is not a good actress, and she should have quit with Princess Diaries. The saving grace of this movie, besides the terrific writing, is Sturgess, his mother, played by Jackie Clarkson's daughter, and his father. Those three actors hit the ball deep in the corner. It may not be a homerun, but considering what's out there, they make it worth leaving home to see. 7/10
Through the relationship of Hathaway's fey character and the Cockaigne born and raised character played by Jim Sturgess, we see two of the most important aspects of humanity: the being of joy and the becoming of someone better. The two play off each other, all their lives long; the two need each other like the yin, bringing to mind that old passage from Proverbs: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." The journey of both lives is captivating. As one ascends, the other descends. But somehow, like in the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, there is a point of intersection where, despite the past and the future, the two are equals. Gone, then, are the nostrums of alcohol, drugs, manipulation and use of others for their company. All that remains is love, the love of best friends, the love of knowledge of the other, for what is romantic love, a lower form of love yes, but what is it but a knowledge of and acceptance of the other? Even despite their foibles. One day, we all hope to return home, to the one, or One, who knows us completely as we are.
As for the particulars, Anne Hathaway is terrible. She is not a good actress, and she should have quit with Princess Diaries. The saving grace of this movie, besides the terrific writing, is Sturgess, his mother, played by Jackie Clarkson's daughter, and his father. Those three actors hit the ball deep in the corner. It may not be a homerun, but considering what's out there, they make it worth leaving home to see. 7/10
Posted on 8/25/11 at 3:10 pm to TulaneLSU
I'm soooo doing one of these next year. And I'm posting about every frickin' movie I watch. Not just at the theaters.
Posted on 8/25/11 at 3:13 pm to alajones
You should. It is a good artistic outlet, and I think we all learn from thoughtful, if brief, reviews. By writing reviews, we learn how better to watch and appreciate films, and we expand our ability to communicate our thoughts. Reviews of what we experience serve as personal journals, which in the end, lead to personal growth. Reflection of our experiences is a key to the human experience.
This post was edited on 8/25/11 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 8/25/11 at 3:51 pm to TulaneLSU
Sweet 5000th post, brah
Posted on 8/25/11 at 5:27 pm to TulaneLSU
wow, dont get out much do you?
Posted on 8/25/11 at 8:21 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:
Winnie the Pooh 0/10
Agree 100%. It was terrible. I remember the cartoon as a kid and i thought my little ones would enjoy it but what the hell was that... my gosh.
Posted on 8/25/11 at 8:32 pm to TulaneLSU
I told myself I wasn't going to post in this thread anymore because all it has become is just you bumping it every other day and you're pretentiousness is extremely frustrating.
But. The number of *excrement movies you see is #stupefying. If I could ^emancipate the +medium of exchange you ~evote on `slipshod $art... I'd be a -opulent "swain.
*shite
#crazy
^save
+money
~spend
`bad
$movies
-rich
"man
But. The number of *excrement movies you see is #stupefying. If I could ^emancipate the +medium of exchange you ~evote on `slipshod $art... I'd be a -opulent "swain.
*shite
#crazy
^save
+money
~spend
`bad
$movies
-rich
"man
Posted on 8/25/11 at 9:01 pm to iwyLSUiwy
Mother - Albert Brooks (1996)
This is not your typical family comedy. This is also not a laugh out loud comedy. This is Albert Brooks in his true form playing a character that focuses on the small things with his mother. Although the story is simple, and the ending is run of the mill, the film got to me.
Here's why: The relationship between Albert Brook's character and Debbie Reynold's character is the same relationship I have with my grandmother. There is a severe generation gap and sometimes it gets heated because she is so set in her ways. This film made me realize that there was a writer out there who understands the difference between our generations, and the miniscule struggles that escalate into bigger issues. I got a lot out of this simple film.
This is not your typical family comedy. This is also not a laugh out loud comedy. This is Albert Brooks in his true form playing a character that focuses on the small things with his mother. Although the story is simple, and the ending is run of the mill, the film got to me.
Here's why: The relationship between Albert Brook's character and Debbie Reynold's character is the same relationship I have with my grandmother. There is a severe generation gap and sometimes it gets heated because she is so set in her ways. This film made me realize that there was a writer out there who understands the difference between our generations, and the miniscule struggles that escalate into bigger issues. I got a lot out of this simple film.
Posted on 8/25/11 at 9:42 pm to TulaneLSU
Tulane,
I'll be looking forward to your review of Cedar Rapids as well.
Thanks for all the reviews that you've brought to this thread and the Arts Board, they've been great.
To all the people hating on Tulane/CB: Not sure what's to hate about this guy. He doesn't flame. He posts insightful opinions that help bring in traffic to this board. He treats everyone in a respectful, Christian way. Not sure what the guy has done to anger so many people? If he was a douche as CharlesBronson before my time here, I apologize for being ignorant to the situation and understand.
I'll be looking forward to your review of Cedar Rapids as well.
Thanks for all the reviews that you've brought to this thread and the Arts Board, they've been great.
To all the people hating on Tulane/CB: Not sure what's to hate about this guy. He doesn't flame. He posts insightful opinions that help bring in traffic to this board. He treats everyone in a respectful, Christian way. Not sure what the guy has done to anger so many people? If he was a douche as CharlesBronson before my time here, I apologize for being ignorant to the situation and understand.
Posted on 8/25/11 at 10:08 pm to iwyLSUiwy
quote:Are you having a stroke or something?
iwyLSUiwy
Nevermind. It just took me a second.
This post was edited on 8/25/11 at 10:09 pm
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