A Gay O'Time

Jun 20, 2004 15:30

Viewing movies with a Hollywood savvy "film-ologist" is a double edge sword: I get the inside knowledge that I desire but I take a chance on viewing crappy films. Their excuse is "you gotta take the good with the bad"; my excuse is "the more you play with trash, the more you smell like it". Last night movie marathon included Time Line, I'm Gonna ( Read more... )

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dihrdnintndokid June 20 2004, 23:11:17 UTC
You know I was a pirate once... and a keystone cop... all in the same play. it was so fun... too bad my mother and step-father didn't stay to see me...

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dihrdnintndokid June 20 2004, 23:12:39 UTC
I didnt know you liked musicals....
Oh yeah... those three giggly chicks kicked much ass. that poor dog. canadian animation is the best.

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Over Your Head publix120 June 21 2004, 19:01:04 UTC
You missed the joke, dihrdnintndokid...go ask high_on_celery

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I didn't know you liked so many live action movies. tremereunliving June 26 2004, 02:27:07 UTC
I stand by what I've quoted from Pauline Kael. "Movies are so rarely great art, that if we don't appreciate the trash, what's the point". Please note, this is not the actual quote, just the essence of her statement.

You like Jackie Chan movies. I find him puerile and cloying. Are either of us right? No. It's perception.

Once again, I must remind you that this is part of what makes me see you as rigid. I will no longer makes "excuses" for my intentions to see a movie regardless of it's merits or lack thereof. Live a little, enjoy the experience of just witnessing grandeur and idiocy. When we die, we are not being scored by an afterlife olympic jury on aesthetics.

I am tired and a bit incensed from an earlier post...will have to consider my desert island discs as well as deal with my TremereUnliving stuff later.

-t

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dihrdnintndokid July 3 2004, 17:24:38 UTC
If you were stranded on a desert island with a solar powered cd player, what 5 cd's would you bring?

hmmm funny how this question mutated for me...

well lets see...

the last five cd's i bought probably...

5. The Faint "Danse Macabre Remixes"
4. Armand Van Helden "New York: A Mix Odyssey"
3. Pink Panther's Penthouse Party
2. Miss Kittin "Radio Caroline Volume 1"
1. Miss Kittin "I Com"

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