I wonder what some of those execs thought about movies like Taxi Driver back when it was released? Some of the older movies had complex plots but suffered from static scenes that often killed the pacing of the movie. Deer Hunter is a good example of that. I like going back to watch the older films to look at the huge difference in pacing that is totally missed now.
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:16 PM, B Smith <daikaij...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm starting to creep toward curmudgeonville and I loved it. It's great to > see a summer movie that actually expected an audience to have a brain. > > I'm still shaking my head at the critics that complained about the plot > being too complex. That was very telling. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Adrianne Brennan <adrianne.bren...@...> > wrote: > > > > Actually Ebert, the old school fart he is, loved the movie. Gave it > positive > > review. :) > > > > Saw it, LOVED IT. I don't think it was as groundbreaking as the Matrix > for > > awesome storyline but it was definitely very, very cool. I had no > problems > > following it and I'm not a "ooh shiny" when it comes to special effects > > either. > > > > > > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > > Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: > > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon > > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: > > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath > > The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): > > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Resending... > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxter7@ > ...>wrote: > > > > > >> Having just turned 46, rave, I'm led to wonder where I'll fall in > this... > > >> > > >> IMO, I see this as the young who prefer visual effects to highlight > their > > >> movie-going experience against old-schoolers (such as myself) who grew > up > > >> with nothing but the words to get the message across. > > >> > > >> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2010/08/why-is-it-that-the-older-you-are-the-more-you-cant-stand-inception-.html > > >>> > > >>> The other day I was talking to an old Hollywood hand who was > astounded by > > >>> the runaway success of "Inception." It turned out that he'd seen the > film on > > >>> its opening weekend in a private screening room with a number of > industry > > >>> elder statesmen, including at least two former studio chiefs and a > couple of > > >>> their young offspring. After the movie was over, the industry elders > were > > >>> shaking their heads in disbelief, appalled by the film's lack of > clarity, > > >>> having been absolutely unable to follow the film's often convoluted > story. > > >>> > > >>> But before anyone could register their complaints, one of the younger > > >>> people on hand, flush with excitement, praised the film to the > rooftops. To > > >>> him, it was such a thrill ride that if the projectionist could show > the film > > >>> again, he'd sit through it again right away. > > >>> > > >>> But what makes "Inception" so fascinating is that it joins a host of > > >>> groundbreaking movies that have inspired either a generational or > critical > > >>> divide. The contentious reaction to "Inception" has a lot in common > with the > > >>> response to such equally daring films as "Breathless," "Bonnie and > Clyde," > > >>> "The Wild Bunch," "A Clockwork Orange," "Taxi Driver," "Reservoir > Dogs," > > >>> "Pulp Fiction" and "Natural Born Killers," to name but a few. People > either > > >>> love 'em or hate 'em, with young moviegoers usually being the first > to wrap > > >>> them in a firm embrace. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody > hell > > >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > >> > > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody > hell > > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
