Re: [MOPO] Music to the ears of the popCORN crowd

2006-08-17 Thread Ron Wisberg
I've just got to say, when if comes to filmmakers today.   Kevin Smith - A total wash, not even a one hit wonder, more of a one hit blunder (he likes to claim he has two hits, but not really). Boring and more interested in himself than in making a good film. Clerks 2 is his best film to date (a s

Re: [MOPO] Music to the ears of the popCORN crowd

2006-08-17 Thread JR
Kirby,   Right. That's what I meant about the wrongness of his sweeping statement -- no one in their right critical mind would claim, as Golstein did,  that the "The vanguard filmmakers of the '60s " were limited to being "under the spell of the intellectual fervor sparked by existentialism a

Re: [MOPO] Must see DVD

2006-08-17 Thread Randall Petersen
Agree 110%. Every American should watch this. Even if you're predisposed to disagree with the premise, the movie still makes some cogent points. And Eisenhower's farewell address and other comments about the 'military-industrial complex' (his term, of course) have proven quite prophetic. For

[MOPO] Must see DVD

2006-08-17 Thread Posteritati
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2006-08-17 Thread Tony Calvert
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Re: [MOPO] Music to the ears of the popCORN crowd

2006-08-17 Thread Kirby McDaniel
I understand what you are saying, but I must say I agree with him in part, but I would not limit to only these three.  Truffaut, Sam Fuller, Fellini, several others, as well as real mavericks like Robert Altman.K.On Aug 17, 2006, at 11:49 AM, JR wrote:Kirby, The short answer to your question is "Ye

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2006-08-17 Thread Michael B
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2006-08-17 Thread Helmut Hamm
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Re: [MOPO] Music to the ears of the popCORN crowd

2006-08-17 Thread JR
Kirby,   The short answer to your question is "Yes, of course". I mean, with the kind of success these empty-headed films have been enjoying for many years now, why wouldn't we seen summers like this indefinitely? The "summers" have now extended all the way through to Christmas now, and star

[MOPO] Music to the ears of the popCORN crowd

2006-08-17 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Film critics not as influential.Does this mean we can look forward to more summers like this one?All in all, it's been a rotten tomato of a summer for America's embattled film critics.By Patrick GoldsteinTimes Staff WriterAugust 15, 2006Who says critics don't matter anymore? The new trailer for Par