tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.comments2009-08-31T11:01:10.107-05:00the not so hardcore gamerDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07613967493348433142noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-18159881619075341562009-08-31T11:01:10.107-05:002009-08-31T11:01:10.107-05:00Well since I speak the best I-talian...awesome rev...Well since I speak the best I-talian...awesome review Dr. for an AMAZING movie. Wonderbar! I agree that this is QT's best film since Pulp Fiction, and I've also struggled with which is my favorite.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07597567825330985429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-44263890912801986342009-08-28T15:47:42.469-05:002009-08-28T15:47:42.469-05:00Thanks for the comments guys!
Definitely an epic ...Thanks for the comments guys!<br /><br />Definitely an epic movie.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613967493348433142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-25652343306478326472009-08-26T17:06:23.580-05:002009-08-26T17:06:23.580-05:00Epic Review! Cristoph Waltz was so great. So afflu...Epic Review! Cristoph Waltz was so great. So affluent in different languages, truly a Javier burden of the Nazi era. He has not stared in a movie in nearly a decade. Definitely front runner for an academy award for best actor. he won best actor at Cannes! The movie itself was on the same level as Cristoph Waltz just plain epic ha ha. CheanonsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013216311781854048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-27533433441267431152009-08-26T00:18:22.622-05:002009-08-26T00:18:22.622-05:00The way the war should have ended. What an outstan...The way the war should have ended. What an outstanding movie! I couldn't help but giggle like a little school girl every time Mr. Pitt said something in that twangy accent. But you are right, The Jew Hunter stole the show and coincidentally enough, he eerily reminded me of you! Odd, but true. I love how the Bear Jew got a boner each time he saw an opportunity to massacre some Nazis. I usually don't get into Tarantino's movies but this one had me right from the beginning.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11980864655643084147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-31160843376545390442009-08-25T10:13:48.479-05:002009-08-25T10:13:48.479-05:00Great review and I agree with your closing stateme...Great review and I agree with your closing statement... <br /><br />I said it too.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16952435113999508220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-5575557616997820672009-08-24T17:47:52.676-05:002009-08-24T17:47:52.676-05:00Ahh man! I'm jacked to see it. Great review th...Ahh man! I'm jacked to see it. Great review though, buddy!Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11980864655643084147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-23918757989123965662009-08-21T11:20:17.844-05:002009-08-21T11:20:17.844-05:00I was not sure what to expect from the movie, but ...I was not sure what to expect from the movie, but in the end, it offered the very traditional sci-fi formula of cool technology and social commentary, that is often credited to Arthur Clarke and Ray Bradbury. Good review, good movie, highly recommended.Trent Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14241748019290243041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-71421690922244630932009-08-20T12:52:06.787-05:002009-08-20T12:52:06.787-05:00Aaron,
Great comment man, and thanks for reading...Aaron, <br /><br />Great comment man, and thanks for reading. You bring up some great points, I remember when one of the first interviews, in the very beginning said something like "no one had any idea that he would have done such terrible things" and I was like, what in the world, and then they show Wikus.<br /><br /> This little dude in a suit basically, and all that unravels when he goes out to hand out the evictions and starts doing some pretty terrible stuff in his treatment of the aliens.<br /><br />I definitely agree with your idea that if the aliens/people/whatever are different enough, we will find a way to condemn them.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613967493348433142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-29413190637587866372009-08-20T12:35:36.751-05:002009-08-20T12:35:36.751-05:00I thought this movie was awesome, too. There are t...I thought this movie was awesome, too. There are two things I want to mention: what this movie is based on and what it represents.<br /><br />You mentioned that this movie is based on something that happened in South Africa's history. That's very true, but it's actually very reminiscent of the current conditions there. There are still huge slums filled with refugees, so this movie is particularly poignant there.<br /><br />The other thing is what this movie represents. It would be nice to say that it just represents some places that exist on the other side of the world, but that's not the point. What the movie is saying is that, if the aliens look different enough, then men who kiss their wives goodbye in the morning and read stories to their children at night can leave their homes in the morning and be a torturer when they walk through the office door. I think Terry Pratchett said something akin to "One man's horrible torture is another man's boring job."<br /><br />At one point in the movie, during a talking head sequence with apparent random South Africans on the street, one says, "If it were people from another country, it would be different, but they [the aliens] are from an entirely different world." The thing that's so meaningful about this one sentence shoved into the movie at roughly the halfway point is that it's a complete lie. It wouldn't be different because it never has been.<br /><br />One reason I love this movie so much is because of its honesty. It not only tells the story of what men are capable of, but what they are apt to do. When the aliens are different enough, be they human or prawn, we will always find it easy to offhandedly hate and condemn them, deserving or not.Aaron Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444074893991952991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-13121542898379294992009-08-20T12:29:04.022-05:002009-08-20T12:29:04.022-05:00The line you wrote, "turns into a thinking ma...The line you wrote, "turns into a thinking man's stone-cold killer of a thriller." Classic. That's good stuff man. I really liked this movie. I went and saw it by myself 'cause a) I have no friends in Tampa (lulz)and b) my family is not into Sci-fi, but I enjoyed the hell out of it nevertheless. I'm going to start searching in the trash for alien parts with that liquid so I can start playing around with the legendary lightning gun. There is a few people I wouldn't mind exploding from the inside-out. Great blog, bud.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11980864655643084147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-6950148563599216412009-08-20T12:05:03.679-05:002009-08-20T12:05:03.679-05:00Epic Movie, Glad that you thought the Gravity gun ...Epic Movie, Glad that you thought the Gravity gun was in it too. Kind of a Half-life esque. Good review, totally agree.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013216311781854048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-65164699674768450992009-08-18T12:50:16.089-05:002009-08-18T12:50:16.089-05:00HAHA! We should see if Madden could settle differe...HAHA! We should see if Madden could settle differences in the Middle East as well as it does in a Gamestop. Classic.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11980864655643084147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-80147462493330134422009-01-14T21:24:00.000-06:002009-01-14T21:24:00.000-06:00I hear you docta! But what you don't realize is t...I hear you docta! But what you don't realize is that once you finish school, you'll have a 40 hour a week job with a 2 hour per day commute turning it into a 50 hour week. Factor in new responsibilities of home-ownership and girlfriending and you'll be looking at almost the exact same schedule but a lot more coin.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to life.Carl B Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12735006714957921792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315109881079262597.post-43190145620447533902009-01-14T12:37:00.000-06:002009-01-14T12:37:00.000-06:00Sack up and get it done!But, seriously, ouch. Let'...Sack up and get it done!<BR/><BR/>But, seriously, ouch. Let's break it down science style:<BR/><BR/>Hours in a day: 24<BR/>Hour spent working: 8<BR/>Schooling: 3<BR/>Gaming: 2<BR/>TVing: 3<BR/>Homeworking: 0 (let's face facts, here)<BR/>Grooming: 1<BR/>Girlfriending: 1-3<BR/>Sleeping: 5-7<BR/><BR/>At a maximum, you have 1 hour free every day. At a minimum, you need three extra hours in the day to actually finish everything.<BR/><BR/>Kill yourself.Aaron Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444074893991952991noreply@blogger.com