tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post1490735134548572320..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-52453982726983261052014-08-09T21:34:52.606-04:002014-08-09T21:34:52.606-04:00Of the other screenplay contenders, I was never a ...Of the other screenplay contenders, I was never a fan of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and always thought it was overrated. On the other hand, the screenplays of "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and "Do The Right Thing" have always seemed to be under-rated. The plotting for both those movies is deceptively intricate; "Do The Right Thing," in particular, seems like it's just a Spike Lee comedy until you realize how all those seemingly separate storylines are converging in an ending that you may not have expected but in retrospective seems inevitable and true.Fred Appnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-35231412812273828122014-08-08T13:55:01.486-04:002014-08-08T13:55:01.486-04:00Wait, TPE - do you now even hate Popeye!?Wait, TPE - do you now even hate Popeye!?Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-83767014493177240502014-08-07T17:14:16.468-04:002014-08-07T17:14:16.468-04:00And yes, every one of the other screenplay contend...And yes, every one of the other screenplay contenders is better.Tinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-44808424697107130992014-08-07T15:47:34.749-04:002014-08-07T15:47:34.749-04:00Or The Year of Living Dangerously, a movie I love,...Or The Year of Living Dangerously, a movie I love, love love.<br /><br />(Or in the more popular realm, The Truman Show, for additional goodness' sake!)Tinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-85637787082798034802014-08-07T14:22:06.655-04:002014-08-07T14:22:06.655-04:00Oh dear. One of *those.*Oh dear. One of *those.*Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-46117846454068880862014-08-07T14:11:59.970-04:002014-08-07T14:11:59.970-04:00He's a jerk, yes. But he's not a jerk in ...He's a jerk, yes. But he's not a jerk in the same way as the fellow from my childhood of whom I am thinking. The "your going to Harvard to become a doctor" guy.The Pathetic Earthlingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-74356466846588607002014-08-07T14:11:00.620-04:002014-08-07T14:11:00.620-04:00Your homework then.
What are you legs? Springs. ...Your homework then.<br /><br />What are you legs? Springs. Steel springs.<br />How fast can you run? As fast as a leopard.<br />How fast are you gonna run? As fast a leopard.The Pathetic Earthlingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-82482147763468306712014-08-07T11:08:38.334-04:002014-08-07T11:08:38.334-04:00The ending has always bothered me, too. I feel lik...The ending has always bothered me, too. I feel like the "courage" of the boys standing on their desks for Keating is betrayed by their earlier cowardice. While their actions are understandable, it doesn't mean that they truly honored their teacher at the end with a gesture.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-90466749612146199292014-08-07T10:36:58.400-04:002014-08-07T10:36:58.400-04:00I'll admit I've never seen that one. I kn...I'll admit I've never seen that one. I know!Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-79719956971404707922014-08-07T10:36:38.413-04:002014-08-07T10:36:38.413-04:00Wait, I thought you meant Hawke's father, who&...Wait, I thought you meant Hawke's father, who's the one who forces him to sign the letter condemning Keating. 'Cause he's just as bad as Leonard's father.Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-54181885232918539092014-08-07T10:36:20.181-04:002014-08-07T10:36:20.181-04:00Or Gallipoli, for goodness' sake.Or Gallipoli, for goodness' sake.The Pathetic Earthlingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-29657454506030229522014-08-07T10:34:36.333-04:002014-08-07T10:34:36.333-04:00Oh, right. I confused Ethan Hawk with Robert Sean...Oh, right. I confused Ethan Hawk with Robert Sean Leonard.The Pathetic Earthlingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-35986123506191347642014-08-07T10:22:00.013-04:002014-08-07T10:22:00.013-04:00I read that out loud to my wife this morning and w...I read that out loud to my wife this morning and we looked at each other in full agreement as he crystallized just a bit more of how annoyingly preachy and smug and kind of horrible this movie is.<br /><br /><br />(It being from Peter Weir just makes it even more annoying; I'm re-watching Picnic at Hanging Rock, which is either the greatest Australian horror movie or a perfect example of a fever dream film, for a Criterion project in the comments section at The Dissolve and it's almost incomprehensible that the two movies are from the same director.)Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-74100128695768943682014-08-07T10:19:14.542-04:002014-08-07T10:19:14.542-04:00Totally agreed; conversely, the Robert Sean Leonar...Totally agreed; conversely, the Robert Sean Leonard and Kurtwood Smith subplot is the only good part of the movie to me.Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-12103509891845334952014-08-07T10:09:39.562-04:002014-08-07T10:09:39.562-04:00I always hated that movie because Ethan Hawke'...I always hated that movie because Ethan Hawke's Dad was so appallingly like the father of a kid I knew growing up. Also, I've come to so loathe Robin Williams that it has tainted my memory of every movie he's been involved in (even ones I'm sure I thoroughly enjoyed at the time).The Pathetic Earthlingnoreply@blogger.com