tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post5498610324645343..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Django Unchained, Les Miserables, The Snowmen (Dr. Who Christmas Special), Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Angel Face, Christmas HolidayNoel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-12836504393771625172013-06-10T11:12:06.270-04:002013-06-10T11:12:06.270-04:00Hey, Kevin--chill. It's only a movie.Hey, Kevin--chill. It's only a movie.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-9576846584095121172013-03-01T02:20:24.630-05:002013-03-01T02:20:24.630-05:00Taken from (http://badassdigest.com/2012/12/27/fil...Taken from (http://badassdigest.com/2012/12/27/film-crit-hulks-10-mostest-favorite-movies-of-2012/)<br /><br />" THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO MR. TARANTINO BENEATH THE SURFACE. LIKE INGLORIOUS BASTERDS, HIS NEWEST FILM DJANGO UNCHAINED IS AUDACIOUS. BIG, BOLD, HILARIOUS AND AN EPIC THAT FEELS LIKE IT GOES BY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. LIKE MOST GREAT ART IT’S MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE DANGEROUS. TO WIT ON THE POPULAR CONVERSATION, SPIKE LEE HAS MADE SOME OF THE BEST FILMS EVER MADE AND HULK DOESN’T THINK HE’S WRONG IN WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THE FILM. BUT IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS DISSERVICE TO THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF TARANTINO. HE’S DONE IT TOO MANY TIMES TO IGNORE NOW. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE’S GOT A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT TO SAY AND HE’S ENDLESSLY FASCINATED BY REFLEXIVISM, MORAL OR OTHERWISE. TAKE THE THEATER SEQUENCE IN BASTERDS, WHERE WE ARE A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE IN A MOVIE THEATER CHEERING AT THE VIOLENT MURDERS OF A ROOM FULL PEOPLE IN A MOVIE THEATER, WHO WERE JUST CHEERING AT THE VIOLENT MURDER OF PEOPLE WHILST IN A MOVIE THEATER… THIS IS NOT INANE STUFF, FOLKS. AND IN DJANGO WE HAVE AS MUCH ROLE REVERSAL AND CONTEXTUAL POLITICKING AS HULK HAS EVER SEEN FROM HIM YET. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TARANTINO MAKES A LOT OF FILMS ABOUT UNEASY POWER, THE HUMOR IN WICKEDNESS, AND THE SUBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE. AND THESE ARE ALL TO GREAT IMPORT, THE CLASHING OF A HISTORY’S WORTH OF CINEMATIC AMALGAMATIONS TO CREATE THE NEW MYTH. PUT SIMPLY, HAVING DJANGO DOING GENE AUTRY’S HORSE TRICKS IS NOT A MERE REFERENCE, ITS CODIFIED LANGUAGE THAT'S MEANT TO USURP TRADITIONAL ROLES AND BLOW THE DOORS OFF CONVENTION. DISMISS IT AS HOLLOW ALL YOU LIKE, BUT THE FILM, LIKE ALL HIS FILMS, IS A TRIUMPH."<br /><br />My sentiments exactly. The man who wrote this article missed the point because he didn't see the movie HE WANTED TO MAKE. And that, folks, is bullshit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641266908398180086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-28990040592247233332013-03-01T02:04:19.397-05:002013-03-01T02:04:19.397-05:00This review is VERY misguided. "Plausibility ...This review is VERY misguided. "Plausibility is a wall inside the mind. Demolish it." This is cinema, this is narrative, this is storytelling. Guess what? Most of it is bullshit. Remember how Death shows up and plays chess with a knight? It's implausible - doesn't bother me one damn bit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641266908398180086noreply@blogger.com