Hmmmm. All I did was write a film review, suggesting that two people -- based on their comments about the filmmaker in question here on FFL in the past -- would never see it.
This has now elicited five angry shoot-the-messenger responses, several of them from people I never even mentioned (both of whom felt the need to reply twice to something that wasn't about them). Kinda makes me think I hit the nail on the head. Each of the three people who responded can "clear their names" of any imagined slight against them by simply posting their own review of the film. At least one of them -- again based on her FFL posting history -- won't even feel she has to see the film to write the review. :-) Might I suggest that, as was the case with Michael Dean Goodman's recent drop-in hit piece against Vaj, getting your buttons pushed enough to feel that you have to lash out at the person who pushed them says a great deal more about you than your hit pieces say about the button-pusher? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > The good news for fans of Roman Polanski's work > as a filmmaker is that "The Ghost Writer" is > pretty damned good. > > The bad news for people who hate Roman Polanski > because of the recently-renewed furor over his > sometimes-less-than-admirable private life is > that "The Ghost Writer" is pretty damned good. > > It would piss the latter off righteously if > "The Ghost Writer" were to become recognized as > what some critics have already called it, one > of the best films of the year. > > But that's not likely to happen now. The Edg's > and the Raunchydogs of the world will never see > it, and neither will most people, because of the > controversy. If I were in Bhairitu conspiracy mode, > I might see something suspicious about the U.S. > government getting heavily involved in reacti- > vating a 33-year-old case against a filmmaker > whose latest film, about to be released, was about > British politicians being bought and paid for by > the CIA. Since the movie was based on a fairly > popular novel, that particular conspiracy theory > may not hold water, but it's interesting to think > about in light of the pressure put on the Swiss > to extradite him, the intensity of which surprised > even them. > > Bottom line, however, is that this is another film > by the guy who made "Chinatown" and "The Pianist" > and "Repulsion," and that it fits more comfortably > in the company of those three films than it does > his lesser work. > > Good plot, good writing, and consistently excellent > performances by a tremendous cast, including Ewan > McGregor, Olivia Williams (even better than she was > in "Dollhouse," for fans), Pierce Brosnan, Kim > Cattrall, and Tom Wilkinson. > > Not "Chinatown," but definitely not "Bitter Moon" > or "The Ninth Gate," either. Those interested in > a taut, well-done political thriller who can get > past their personal distaste for the filmmaker > would find their time better invested in this > film than it would be in any other political > thriller in recent years. >
