Comments for The Cinema Guy http://thecinemaguy.com Film Reviews, Articles, Video Clips, and Lists Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:38:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on The 40 Most Beautiful Cinema Actresses of the Past 40 Years by Tom Weber http://thecinemaguy.com/the-most-beautiful-women-in-cinema/#comment-6353 Tom Weber Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:47:43 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=648#comment-6353 No Brooke Shields? Unless I missed it - she definitely belongs on there somewhere No Brooke Shields? Unless I missed it - she definitely belongs on there somewhere

]]> Comment on Hearts, Heads & Hats and the Business of Criminal Ethics in The Coen Brothers Miller’s Crossing by Seriously http://thecinemaguy.com/hearts-heads-hats-and-the-business-of-criminal-ethics-in-the-coen-brothers-miller%e2%80%99s-crossing/#comment-6297 Seriously Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:37:05 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=1539#comment-6297 Nice post! The Cinema Guy » Blog Archive » Hearts, Heads & Hats and the Business of Criminal Ethics in The Coen Brothers Miller’s Crossing honestly makes my week a little better :D Keep going with the outstanding posts! Heed, Seriously Nice post! The Cinema Guy » Blog Archive » Hearts, Heads & Hats and the Business of Criminal Ethics in The Coen Brothers Miller’s Crossing honestly makes my week a little better :D Keep going with the outstanding posts! Heed, Seriously

]]> Comment on The Descendants (2011) by travis http://thecinemaguy.com/the-descendants-2011/#comment-6278 travis Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:38:32 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=5733#comment-6278 Hi CG, I wouldn't necessarily say I am enamored by misanthropes but I can't argue that Melvin would not fit that description at least for the majority of the film until his metamorphosis into a less self absorbed victim of some medical problem. I think it is the misfit more than the misanthrope however that I am enamored with in film. I initially vicariously discovered this world as a college student by studying some fellow classmates. Ever since that time, I have been interested in those characters. As far as I am concerned, it is the misfit (Melvin Udall, Howard Beale, Virgil Starkwell etc etc) that intrigues the audience in a film when this breed of underdog prevails despite his/her iconoclastic leanings. Thanks, Travis Hi CG,

I wouldn’t necessarily say I am enamored by misanthropes but I can’t argue that Melvin would not fit that description at least for the majority of the film until his metamorphosis into a less self absorbed victim of some medical problem. I think it is the misfit more than the misanthrope however that I am enamored with in film. I initially vicariously discovered this world as a college student by studying some fellow classmates. Ever since that time, I have been interested in those characters.

As far as I am concerned, it is the misfit (Melvin Udall, Howard Beale, Virgil Starkwell etc etc) that intrigues the audience in a film when this breed of underdog prevails despite his/her iconoclastic leanings.

Thanks,
Travis

]]> Comment on The Descendants (2011) by The Cinema Guy http://thecinemaguy.com/the-descendants-2011/#comment-6259 The Cinema Guy Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:36:08 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=5733#comment-6259 Thanks Travis. I know you are enamored with misanthropes and the OCD afflicted Melvin Udall was certainly one of them. Thanks Travis. I know you are enamored with misanthropes and the OCD afflicted Melvin Udall was certainly one of them.

]]> Comment on The Descendants (2011) by travis http://thecinemaguy.com/the-descendants-2011/#comment-6237 travis Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:15:59 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=5733#comment-6237 I would be interested in your thoughts on the movie "As good as it gets".....not trying to create work for you but curious about how your charachter analysis. I think Melvin Udall was one of the great movie charachters of the past 20 years I would be interested in your thoughts on the movie “As good as it gets”…..not trying to create work for you but curious about how your charachter analysis. I think Melvin Udall was one of the great movie charachters of the past 20 years

]]> Comment on The Descendants (2011) by The Cinema Guy http://thecinemaguy.com/the-descendants-2011/#comment-5262 The Cinema Guy Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:27:04 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=5733#comment-5262 Thanks Dan. I'm a fan of Alexander Payne, though I'm probably not as enamored with The Descendants as you, or many others, seem to be. Look forward to a second viewing, but just felt some level of disconnect in terms of the storyline involving the family land. Also, when praising Payne the writer, keep in mind the original material was a novel and there were two other screenwriters on board. Thanks Dan. I’m a fan of Alexander Payne, though I’m probably not as enamored with The Descendants as you, or many others, seem to be. Look forward to a second viewing, but just felt some level of disconnect in terms of the storyline involving the family land. Also, when praising Payne the writer, keep in mind the original material was a novel and there were two other screenwriters on board.

]]> Comment on The Descendants (2011) by Dan O. http://thecinemaguy.com/the-descendants-2011/#comment-5243 Dan O. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:36:49 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=5733#comment-5243 Clooney and everybody else included is great but it’s really Payne who shines as the writer bringing out some funny humor but not without forgetting about the real rich moments of human drama. Good review. Check out mine when you get the chance. Clooney and everybody else included is great but it’s really Payne who shines as the writer bringing out some funny humor but not without forgetting about the real rich moments of human drama. Good review. Check out mine when you get the chance.

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]]> Comment on Tree of Life (2011) by J.S. http://thecinemaguy.com/tree-of-life-2011/#comment-4317 J.S. Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:39:33 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=5423#comment-4317 “The Tree of Life” is Malick’s “heterotopia”, the cinema theatre the place where he can suspend normality, that belly you see O’Brien putting his ear to listen what’s inside, the place where he can play God and make all of you his sons: “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth, when the morning stars sang together... and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” – weren’t you seated at the cinema’s chair? I was. It is Malick asking. He’s God in this movie. Nothing but a riddle, like the Sacro Bosco ones, from where he took the "moth of hell" shot. Do you know what's the source of the shot of the bridge with a bird flying along? "Heidelberg", from Holderlin. http://reviewingtreeoflife.blogspot.com/ There is Kubrick, yes, but there is much more Hitchcock (Vertigo) in the Tree of Life. Much, much more. “The Tree of Life” is Malick’s “heterotopia”, the cinema theatre the place where he can suspend normality, that belly you see O’Brien putting his ear to listen what’s inside, the place where he can play God and make all of you his sons: “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth, when the morning stars sang together… and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” – weren’t you seated at the cinema’s chair? I was. It is Malick asking. He’s God in this movie. Nothing but a riddle, like the Sacro Bosco ones, from where he took the “moth of hell” shot.

Do you know what’s the source of the shot of the bridge with a bird flying along?

“Heidelberg”, from Holderlin.

http://reviewingtreeoflife.blogspot.com/

There is Kubrick, yes, but there is much more Hitchcock (Vertigo) in the Tree of Life. Much, much more.

]]> Comment on The White Ribbon (2009) by The Cinema Guy http://thecinemaguy.com/the-white-ribbon-2009/#comment-4305 The Cinema Guy Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:33:50 +0000 http://thecinemaguy.com/?p=4545#comment-4305 Thanks for the kind comment Keshia. Appreciate the link. Thanks for the kind comment Keshia. Appreciate the link.

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