Thanks for the Miss Congeniality reference. The trailers were a turn-off, but I'll put it on the list..It really got whacked. Other people like Vertical Limit?
Sorry your censorship software is messed up, but ain't nobody putting a gun to your head..Just skip it, and let people who want to read and talk read and talk. A free site, no? Keep your blood pressure down.
I guess I'd have to respectfully disagree with this. I'd say the movie is definitely out of the martial arts tradition -- apparently a throwback to the original cinematic style. Fight scenes take up an enormous part of the movie, vastly more than romance, I'd guess. The Legend of Drunken Master was great..funny and great fight scenes, but I'm not sure the comparison holds up..Completely different kinds of movies..I can't quite see Yo-Yo Ma doing the score of Drunken Master.
if it's brilliant and original, but without giving the story away, it's more than inspired by Nosferatu..but to say more would be spoiling, I think, assuming you're struggling to be witty and sarcastic..
I think Hanks is over-hyped, and the Hopkins performance is a good one to summon up..There was a grand-slam. Hanks is great to me at playing one kind of probably non-existent character, the everyday American hero that we want to believe exists but have a hard time running across. I think Hopkins is the greatest actor alive, though I'd be curious about other people's nominees...
I don't have box office stats but I know the movie was successful in China and praised there. I'd also be interesting in knowing anybody's thoughts about this question, but I'm not sure I get how it would be pandering to women, who are portrayed in very different ways. I would be amazed of there were women warriors like this in Confucius's time, but one thing about Slashdot, somebody will know.
Noted and fixed...and you should know. Why would the audience laugh at those parts, though? I left the movie wondering about the ending..I don't want to discuss it here, but did she really make the right choice..
I've heard mixed things about this movie, so it's good to hear this..I think Shadows has definitely overshadowed it..We ought to have a Dracula discussion in a week or two..Nosferatu, Shadows of the Vampire and Dracula 2000 would make a memorable topic..
Yes, it wasn't Matrix inspired, but Yuen Wo ping has said the decision to take off on the Matrix stuff in this movie was definitely inspired by the success of the Matrix and his work there.. That might be a clearer way to put it.
Why the giggles at all? The movie is so clearly not a comedy..it is a reflex, or genuine confusion, or some kind of a statement..I saw the movie twice, and heard laughs throughout, but not at the ending. It's good, I think, to prepare people for it, so that it doesn' t take away from this amazing movie. But I'm glad it's not just my town..seems to me to be youngish males who are laughing, but I could be wrong.
I don't read comics much anymore, and it's hard to say what a good comic is. Insofar as the movie is concerned, I think the older idea of the Superhero seems to have inspired it, but your point about Marvel is very well taken..Makes me want to go out to get some and revisit the issue. Thanks.
Thanks, Alkali for adding this to the list. I did see it a month or so ago, and it is terrific. And I completely agree with you..it's not a chick flick at all but a great movie about family. I also thought Matthew Broderick was terrific and unheralded as the dorky bank manager. I'm figuring on seeing the Family Man this weekend.
I hear many mixed things about it. Family values porn is a great term...
This is a great opportunity, and thanks for posting. A question..I wondered why Fedex would cooperate in a movie which shows one of their planes crashing..though I did note that in the movie the crash was specifically attributed to mislabeled cargo..customer error.
Do you think the movie did well by Fedex? The company is sure portrayed as if it cares deeply about its ontime performance...They are also shown as being compassionate re: the accident.
. I do go to the megaplex many days of the year, silly. Specially in December. That should be obvious..and a great job it is. You can't get rich from it, but it sure beats commuting...
You're right. The whole film wasn't inspired by the Matrix, but Yuen Woo Ping's involvement was, or so he says. It's quite great, though I'm not sure I'd compare it to Drunken Master..
I've heard a lot about the great films coming out of India, but don't know of any and haven't seen any. Could AC or anybody else name some? I'd be interested. And where in Eastern Europe? This would be helpful. Can't say all Hollywood films stink, but can't disagree with the schmaltzy notion either.
I don't know of any certain absolute criteria for a good film, as it happens, nor do I consider that this is great art. I wouldn't know, for sure. Just talking movies. But you are completely right. There is no right way to interpret art, just conversations about what we like and what we don't. Did I say otherwise?
As a member of the Author's Guild, I was worry to see them take this position. It's absurd to suggest that used books shouldn't be sold. Is the AG suggesting that they be destroyed? Books are like other cultural content in this period -- once they are out there they enter the public realm.
But the fact is that whole genres of writing are disappearing. For writers, advances are getting smaller, royalties fewer as publishing moves quickly towards publishing only the "big book". Writers aren't entitled to any more protection than anybody else, but the AG is trying to stick it's finger in the dike.
I think the issue being described very well here is responsibility. People online are not yet held accountable for their words, as in real communities. Good Sportsmanship is one term for it, but I think both sites and members are responsible for the ethics of the words and the way they use them. On Slashdot, I doubt that 50 people flame regularly. But most visitors think that all of the hundreds of thousands of people here do..Very misleading.
I think when the lurkers and others really start insisting that discussions be confined to issues and ideas and that personal attacks are neither cool nor appealing, then the sense of appropriate feedback will be strengthened. But most people, including me, to be fair, see flaming as background noise, or something like traffic that you just have to put up with.
But the problem is that reading about v-communities (I've just finished about 20 books) you see how much damage tolerance for assaultive posts have done over the years. Probably killed off more communities than any other thing. In that context, they become less cute and tolerable. But most people simply avoid places where this kind of communications go on. only a tiny fraction of/. readers ever go near Threads. That's a real shame and a real casualty.
I think what Scotay is describing is just what people have learned.... Virtual communities aren't utopias, and I agree, Slashdot does very well. But there are lots of people who do wonder if real communities are possible online, and many do mourn the growing realization that,as Scotay says, that may not be possible..On the other, later on in the series you'll all have a chance to offer your own ideas and I hope you do.
I think real ID's do really help the WELL (as a member) but one difference is that the function of the WELL vs Slashdot is different. The WELL only wants to be a v-community, not a news source. And on Slashdot, Ithink the experience is that AC posts, while most are stupid and infantile, do occasionally yield some real news and info on companies like MS and others that would otherwise be unknown.
Slashdot is a lot newsier than the WELL, the WELL's conversations a lot more coherent. I'd argue that Slashdot might consider providing some separate areas on the site where members could post topics (a la the WELL) and moderate them clearly and strongly. The children could still play on Threads and elsewhere, which they have a right to do, but people who want to have actual conversations could have them, which they also have a right to do but can't because of the small number of people acting out in public.
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Thanks for the Miss Congeniality reference. The trailers were a turn-off, but I'll put it on the list..It really got whacked. Other people like Vertical Limit?
Sorry your censorship software is messed up, but ain't nobody putting a gun to your head..Just skip it, and let people who want to read and talk read and talk. A free site, no? Keep your blood pressure down.
I guess I'd have to respectfully disagree with this. I'd say the movie is definitely out of the martial arts tradition -- apparently a throwback to the original cinematic style. Fight scenes take up an enormous part of the movie, vastly more than romance, I'd guess. The Legend of Drunken Master was great..funny and great fight scenes, but I'm not sure the comparison holds up..Completely different kinds of movies..I can't quite see Yo-Yo Ma doing the score of Drunken Master.
Naww..the real reason is to get rich..
I don't know this, but I assume they popped it out this week to qualify for the Oscars for the past year, like a bunch of others..anybody know?
if it's brilliant and original, but without giving the story away, it's more than inspired by Nosferatu..but to say more would be spoiling, I think, assuming you're struggling to be witty and sarcastic..
I think Hanks is over-hyped, and the Hopkins performance is a good one to summon up..There was a grand-slam. Hanks is great to me at playing one kind of probably non-existent character, the everyday American hero that we want to believe exists but have a hard time running across. I think Hopkins is the greatest actor alive, though I'd be curious about other people's nominees...
I don't have box office stats but I know the movie was successful in China and praised there. I'd also be interesting in knowing anybody's thoughts about this question, but I'm not sure I get how it would be pandering to women, who are portrayed in very different ways. I would be amazed of there were women warriors like this in Confucius's time, but one thing about Slashdot, somebody will know.
Noted and fixed...and you should know. Why would the audience laugh at those parts, though? I left the movie wondering about the ending..I don't want to discuss it here, but did she really make the right choice..
I've heard mixed things about this movie, so it's good to hear this..I think Shadows has definitely overshadowed it..We ought to have a Dracula discussion in a week or two..Nosferatu, Shadows of the Vampire and Dracula 2000 would make a memorable topic..
Yes, it wasn't Matrix inspired, but Yuen Wo ping has said the decision to take off on the Matrix stuff in this movie was definitely inspired by the success of the Matrix and his work there.. That might be a clearer way to put it.
Isn't this sort of the point of the movie?
Why the giggles at all? The movie is so clearly not a comedy..it is a reflex, or genuine confusion, or some kind of a statement..I saw the movie twice, and heard laughs throughout, but not at the ending. It's good, I think, to prepare people for it, so that it doesn' t take away from this amazing movie. But I'm glad it's not just my town..seems to me to be youngish males who are laughing, but I could be wrong.
I don't read comics much anymore, and it's hard to say what a good comic is. Insofar as the movie is concerned, I think the older idea of the Superhero seems to have inspired it, but your point about Marvel is very well taken..Makes me want to go out to get some and revisit the issue. Thanks.
Thanks, Alkali for adding this to the list. I did see it a month or so ago, and it is terrific. And I completely agree with you..it's not a chick flick at all but a great movie about family. I also thought Matthew Broderick was terrific and unheralded as the dorky bank manager. I'm figuring on seeing the Family Man this weekend.
I hear many mixed things about it. Family values porn is a great term...
This is a great opportunity, and thanks for posting. A question..I wondered why Fedex would cooperate in a movie which shows one of their planes crashing..though I did note that in the movie the crash was specifically attributed to mislabeled cargo..customer error.
Do you think the movie did well by Fedex? The company is sure portrayed as if it cares deeply about its ontime performance...They are also shown as being compassionate re: the accident.
. I do go to the megaplex many days of the year, silly. Specially in December. That should be obvious..and a great job it is. You can't get rich from it, but it sure beats commuting
You're right. The whole film wasn't inspired by the Matrix, but Yuen Woo Ping's involvement was, or so he says. It's quite great, though I'm not sure I'd compare it to Drunken Master..
But a sheep, not a goat...or was it a cow?
I've heard a lot about the great films coming out of India, but don't know of any and haven't seen any. Could AC or anybody else name some? I'd be interested. And where in Eastern Europe? This would be helpful. Can't say all Hollywood films stink, but can't disagree with the schmaltzy notion either.
I don't know of any certain absolute criteria for a good film, as it happens, nor do I consider that this is great art. I wouldn't know, for sure. Just talking movies. But you are completely right. There is no right way to interpret art, just conversations about what we like and what we don't. Did I say otherwise?
As a member of the Author's Guild, I was worry to see them take this position. It's absurd to suggest that used books shouldn't be sold. Is the AG suggesting that they be destroyed? Books are like other cultural content in this period -- once they are out there they enter the public realm.
But the fact is that whole genres of writing are disappearing. For writers, advances are getting smaller, royalties fewer as publishing moves quickly towards publishing only the "big book". Writers aren't entitled to any more protection than anybody else, but the AG is trying to stick it's finger in the dike.
I think the issue being described very well here is responsibility. People online are not yet held accountable for their words, as in real communities. Good Sportsmanship is one term for it, but I think both sites and members are responsible for the ethics of the words and the way they use them. On Slashdot, I doubt that 50 people flame regularly. But most visitors think that all of the hundreds of thousands of people here do..Very misleading. /. readers ever go near Threads. That's a real shame and a real casualty.
I think when the lurkers and others really start insisting that discussions be confined to issues and ideas and that personal attacks are neither cool nor appealing, then the sense of appropriate feedback will be strengthened. But most people, including me, to be fair, see flaming as background noise, or something like traffic that you just have to put up with.
But the problem is that reading about v-communities (I've just finished about 20 books) you see how much damage tolerance for assaultive posts have done over the years. Probably killed off more communities than any other thing. In that context, they become less cute and tolerable. But most people simply avoid places where this kind of communications go on. only a tiny fraction of
I think what Scotay is describing is just what people have learned.... Virtual communities aren't utopias, and I agree, Slashdot does very well. But there are lots of people who do wonder if real communities are possible online, and many do mourn the growing realization that,as Scotay says, that may not be possible..On the other, later on in the series you'll all have a chance to offer your own ideas and I hope you do.
I think real ID's do really help the WELL (as a member) but one difference is that the function of the WELL vs Slashdot is different. The WELL only wants to be a v-community, not a news source. And on Slashdot, Ithink the experience is that AC posts, while most are stupid and infantile, do occasionally yield some real news and info on companies like MS and others that would otherwise be unknown.
Slashdot is a lot newsier than the WELL, the WELL's conversations a lot more coherent. I'd argue that Slashdot might consider providing some separate areas on the site where members could post topics (a la the WELL) and moderate them clearly and strongly. The children could still play on Threads and elsewhere, which they have a right to do, but people who want to have actual conversations could have them, which they also have a right to do but can't because of the small number of people acting out in public.