tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post27385589748383941..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: The Film Emotion BlogathonDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-89009096280330150282015-08-13T07:41:47.818-04:002015-08-13T07:41:47.818-04:00I have no idea what I watched with Gummo either. I...I have no idea what I watched with <i>Gummo</i> either. I just know all of it was a major turnoff for me.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-46021540128480310752015-08-12T23:36:32.224-04:002015-08-12T23:36:32.224-04:00I love these picks, bro! Love. I still need to see...I love these picks, bro! Love. I still need to see Cavalry, but I'm right with you on these picks, for the most part. I didn't hate The Barbarian Invasions nearly as much as you. Really dig that you went with Requiem for a Dream for Fear. That movie is truly horrific...in a powerful way. Haven't seen it in years. Too hard. Coming to America is pure joy. <br /><br />Gummo though. I was unable to pass judgment. I still have no idea what I was watching. I will say that there are some unforgettable moments in that film. Truly. And the scene with Roy Orbison's "Crying" on the soundtrack. So amazing! Some of it is just so hard to stomach. Kevin Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219017960488448934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-41316338397680042072015-08-11T23:27:06.560-04:002015-08-11T23:27:06.560-04:00Anytime is a good time for Coming to America. Calv...Anytime is a good time for Coming to America. Calvary is really a good movie...just disheartening.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90795280078888028652015-08-11T22:46:34.457-04:002015-08-11T22:46:34.457-04:00LOVE Coming to America, you made me want to rewatc...LOVE Coming to America, you made me want to rewatch it now! I'll avoid the last three picks you have here but I've been curious about Calvary for some time and I'm even more intrigued now.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313168799746450979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-52351525797733397332015-08-11T01:28:48.065-04:002015-08-11T01:28:48.065-04:00Glad it went through this time! And Coming to Amer...Glad it went through this time! And <i>Coming to America</i> always gives me the warm and fuzzies.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-72154715268693326932015-08-11T01:27:44.428-04:002015-08-11T01:27:44.428-04:00Requiem for a Dream is one of my favorites precise...<i>Requiem for a Dream</i> is one of my favorites precisely because of all those things it does. I view it as one of the best horror movies I've seen. <i>Calvary</i> is very well done with a magnificent performance by Brendan Gleeson. It may make my top 10 of 2014 (still working on that). It's just happens to be a downer of a film. Great story about <i>Coming to America.</i> Also love what you wrote about <i>When a Stranger Calls</i> and <i>Sophie's Choice.</i>Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-29115247450918767962015-08-11T01:21:18.478-04:002015-08-11T01:21:18.478-04:00Oh my god, I hate blogger!
Okay, third and last at...Oh my god, I hate blogger!<br />Okay, third and last attempt to post:<br />Great picks. I was more profuse in my previous attempts ;)<br />Particular warm fuzzies for the Eddie Murphy throwback.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90498663471670734472015-08-10T20:39:54.853-04:002015-08-10T20:39:54.853-04:00I haven't seen all of these but the ones are h...I haven't seen all of these but the ones are have are very fitting. <br /><br />I like Coming to America but I haven't seen it since it came out for a very specific reason. I was managing a movie theatre when it premiered and since it was a big hit I can't even begin to count the number of times I've seen bits and pieces of it, especially the parts near the reel changes and by the time it left I was seriously fatigued with the film. It's not just that one, you'd have to tie me down to sit through Good Morning Vietnam or The Living Daylights again! <br /><br />I felt more sadness and disgust with Requiem but you make an excellent point for fear. That's one movie I'd never watch again and I'm mystified when I've had people tell me it's a favorite of theirs. <br /><br />Calvary is one that just popped up as a recommendation for me the other day on Netflix but after reading the description I wasn't sure I really was interested. With your take on it now I'm sure it's not.<br /><br />I remember reading about your complete disdain for Barbarian Invasions which is good enough for me to steer clear and I never heard of Gummo but now if I happen upon a reference I'll know better than to follow up on it. Thanks!!<br /><br />I haven't seen Inside Out, and honestly I won't but I love the idea of this blogathon so these are mine: <br /><br />Joy-Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)-From the moment the gaudy, spangled red curtain opens to reveal the equally red spangled and sequined Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell singing about their quest for rich men to its Technicolor finish this fun musical is a simple joy. Marilyn and Jane share such a captivating and easy chemistry and the musical numbers are so fun and iconic how can you not feel better after watching?<br /><br />Sadness-They Shoot Horses, Don’t They (1969)-Now I’m not a crier so I picked something that made me feel sorry for the whole stinking world. This incredibly powerful study in nihilism is enough to drain any joy you might have felt for several days on end. To know that it’s based on an event, marathon dances that were a real occurrence and traded on people’s desperation makes it even more tragic. I think it’s fair to say that it’s a film that has such a bleak outlook it’s too sad to make you cry.<br /><br />Fear-When a Stranger Calls (1979)-My cousin and I went into this without a lot of foreknowledge of the plot. She was heavily pregnant at the time and desperate to get out of the house and see a movie and this one was starting the soonest so in we walked, lambs to the slaughter as it were. The movie is flabby in the middle but to me has the most tension filled first and last 15 minutes of any one I can think of, so intense that in a particularly taut moment my cousin was so scared that the baby jumped and made her scream! For weeks after I couldn’t go to sleep at night until I had checked that all the closets were empty and the doors firmly shut.<br /><br />Anger-Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)-I don’t like to be cheated or deceived at any time, who does, but when watching a movie it makes my blood boil! This so called romantic comedy spends almost the entire movie leading the audience down the garden path that its two leads are headed to a great realization that they belong together only to have the rug pulled out from under them in the last few minutes and have the pair go off with characters we’ve never seen before!! A dirty cheat of a film, I was spitting nails when I left the theatre and too this day when I think about the film I feel my bile rising. GGGRRRRRRRRRR<br /><br />Disgust-Sophie’s Choice (1982)-I think everybody knows what the choice is by now and the film is a grindingly sad study of man’s inhumanity to man. Perhaps because when I saw the film I had determinedly remained as uninformed as possible it hit me especially hard. I felt depleted at the end, full of disgust for all the world. <br />joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-47035214810535303532015-08-10T20:05:47.416-04:002015-08-10T20:05:47.416-04:00Umm...no. I think you misread that one. Can't ...Umm...no. I think you misread that one. Can't stand it.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-56170650454779482432015-08-10T19:55:29.094-04:002015-08-10T19:55:29.094-04:00You liked Gummo? YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!You liked <i>Gummo</i>? YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-45832407099087226602015-08-10T16:11:15.131-04:002015-08-10T16:11:15.131-04:00Ok. That makes sense. And the egg is definitely th...Ok. That makes sense. And the egg is definitely the commercial I was thinking about.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-54642872492722245562015-08-10T14:31:39.853-04:002015-08-10T14:31:39.853-04:00Reading that back I'm realizing it sounds like...Reading that back I'm realizing it sounds like I just want high schoolers to learn the hardest lessons of life early but I swear that's not so! Well, maybe a little, but mostly, I meant it should be shown in a "this is what happens when you do drugs" way. Even more effective than the egg "this is your brain on drugs" commercial.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-13056470969926766312015-08-10T13:55:18.859-04:002015-08-10T13:55:18.859-04:00I was the same way, lol.I was the same way, lol.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-71636462863369192112015-08-10T13:54:32.602-04:002015-08-10T13:54:32.602-04:00Don't be in a rush to see Gummo. Just don'...Don't be in a rush to see <i>Gummo.</i> Just don't see it, at all. That pic tells you need to know about it.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-91232944281010780862015-08-10T13:52:22.176-04:002015-08-10T13:52:22.176-04:00Lol. Gummo is a painful memory for me, too. As for...Lol. <i>Gummo</i> is a painful memory for me, too. As for <i>Requiem for a Dream</i> I think it should be played in high schools, too, but for different reasons. I think this would be a way more effective PSA about the dangers of drug addiction than anything...ever.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-48518235813793156012015-08-10T13:50:17.268-04:002015-08-10T13:50:17.268-04:00Matt - Thanks. I only went with all of my choices ...Matt - Thanks. I only went with all of my choices after mulling over several options, except for <i>Gummo.</i> I knew I was picking that one, right away.<br /><br />Drew/Stephanie - Haven't see Julien Donkey-Boy. Thankfully.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-16968390768890258792015-08-10T11:59:51.733-04:002015-08-10T11:59:51.733-04:00I saw part of Julien Donkey-Boy. What a shit-fest....I saw part of Julien Donkey-Boy. What a shit-fest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-18906920984272922592015-08-10T11:43:39.466-04:002015-08-10T11:43:39.466-04:00LOL at what you said about The Barbarian Invasions...LOL at what you said about The Barbarian Invasions. These are great picks, especially Requiem. I've heard of Gummo, but never seen in. That picture you chose looks disgusting by itself. Korine is a peculiar writer/film maker to say the least.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90163928196473895412015-08-10T09:31:57.238-04:002015-08-10T09:31:57.238-04:00Why. Why, why, WHY did you have to remind me of Gu...Why. Why, why, WHY did you have to remind me of Gummo?!? Every time I think I've effectively placed that disgusting, pretentious piece of shit masquerading as an art film provocation out of my mind, something comes up to remind me of its existence. Curse you, Dell!<br /><br />Requiem for a Dream is my Disgust - it's just so "life sucks and then you die.... violently, degradingly, and alone," that I can't ever watch it again. They should play that film in high schools so that every kid feels the same way.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-37886457738390793012015-08-10T08:43:39.754-04:002015-08-10T08:43:39.754-04:00Well, I tried to post a comment and my computer fr...Well, I tried to post a comment and my computer froze, so...<br /><br />Gummo sounds a lot like Korine's Julien Donkey-Boy...which was awful.<br /><br />I remember fondly your Barbarians rant :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-33575253879330262412015-08-10T08:21:53.496-04:002015-08-10T08:21:53.496-04:00Requiem For A Dream is a great choice for Fear. Ca...Requiem For A Dream is a great choice for Fear. Calvary is an interesting choice for Sadness, though. Gummo is a perfect pick for Disgust. I forgot about that one. When I was thinking of a film for Disgust, if I thought of Gummo, I would've picked that one. Haven't seen the whole thing, but I have absolutely no desire to see it again. Like you said, what was the point in all that?Matthew St.Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589393934861344591noreply@blogger.com