tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post6624606325181217555..comments2023-11-02T07:06:44.484-07:00Comments on LAZY EYE THEATRE: Oh, Bloody HellPIPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-43988485289951811222007-06-18T11:29:00.000-07:002007-06-18T11:29:00.000-07:00Hey,I linked you on my post:http://sirjorgecomics....Hey,<BR/><BR/>I linked you on my post:<BR/><BR/>http://sirjorgecomics.blogspot.com/2007/06/jason-todd-lore-and-eli-roth-is-idiot.html<BR/><BR/>yep...thanks for the comment :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-41687587685999606042007-06-18T06:55:00.000-07:002007-06-18T06:55:00.000-07:00good and interesting thoughts...i will get back to...good and interesting thoughts...i will get back to you after I eat the chum.Sheamus the...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16977591235815866630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-44862882139157181122007-06-18T04:41:00.000-07:002007-06-18T04:41:00.000-07:00Piper, I have seen Malevolence. I thought it was a...Piper, I have seen Malevolence. I thought it was a fairly effective horror film. Malevolence demonstrates that building tension, and then paying off that tension with well-executed scares, works better than simply trapping people in rooms and torturing them. Sure, when we watch people being gutted onscreen, we get upset/nervous/grossed out, but not truly SCARED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-57509141092126446702007-06-17T20:50:00.000-07:002007-06-17T20:50:00.000-07:00Seriously Ray, you should check out Malevolence. I...Seriously Ray, you should check out Malevolence. It's an excellent horror movie made in the tradition of the older horror movies placing the emphasis on suspense instead of gore. Because you're right, anyone can do gore. Gore really takes no thought. <BR/><BR/>Now if Roth were to pursue a career that was much like what he showed in the Thanksgiving trailer, he might be on to something. But right now he seems lost.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-40685914072531042932007-06-17T20:45:00.000-07:002007-06-17T20:45:00.000-07:00Roth's idea of horror films is completely wrong he...Roth's idea of horror films is completely wrong headed. Gore is EASY to pull off, Eli. That's why hacks like you can make film after film of bloody special effects and call it a horror film.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen a truly scary and unnerving horror film since the first time I saw Blair Witch, and before that ... hmmm ... they reissued "Alien" at the theaters in the nineties...<BR/><BR/>Man, the horror film is going the way of the Western ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-91722395943749900432007-06-17T20:28:00.000-07:002007-06-17T20:28:00.000-07:00Well, you're a very conscientious moviegoer, Piper...Well, you're a very conscientious moviegoer, Piper. I like that about you. :)Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-77074030792479562602007-06-17T18:33:00.000-07:002007-06-17T18:33:00.000-07:00Damian, you make great points about seeing the fil...Damian, you make great points about seeing the film or not seeing the film but I feel I come at it a bit differently. I'm making generalizations about Roth's career thus far and I've only seen one of his movies. I personally (personally) feel that I need to be a bit more educated about his films. It's only a couple more so it's not like it's too taxing. But then again, it's Roth, so maybe it is.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-91746673844413784512007-06-17T18:22:00.000-07:002007-06-17T18:22:00.000-07:00Yeah, Roth's comments surprised me at first but th...Yeah, Roth's comments surprised me at first but then, after I thought about it, I realized that they shouldn't have. They represent typical "Roth logic," i.e. that of an immature child who is finding that people don't want to "play with him" so much anymore. So, he's blaming everyone else, ignoring the possibility that he might have had something to do with it himself. His "threat" to not make a movie for another year (as if it really were a threat) is akin to saying "I'm picking up my ball and going home."<BR/><BR/>Also, I don't think you're being hypocritical. People make judgements all the time about things without having personally fully experienced them. We sort of have to. I said something to that effect over at Cinematical on a post about Nikki Finke calling <I>Hostel II</I> "disgusting" without having seen it:<BR/><BR/><I>Perhaps a more important question than whether or not one can call a film "disgusting" before seeing it is whether or not a person can say ANYTHING about a film prior to seeing it. Is watching trailers, seeing clips from the movie and reading a number of reviews that describe what happens in the film sufficient to decide whether or not the movie is "disgusting" or "dark" or "pleasant" or whatever? Furthermore, how much of a film does one have to see before one can legitimately form an opinion about it? 100%? 50%? Can I turn off/walk out of a film 20 minutes into it and still be able to tell other people about it? Or do I actually have to watch a film multiple times to be able to properly appreciate or evaluate it (since some people say seeing a film once isn't enough to "get" it?<BR/><BR/>What this really boils down to is what degree of knowledge do we demand from ourselves and from others on any given subject? How much information does one need before one can form a definite conclusion about anything? Is personal experience the ONLY way by which a person can can legitimately praise or criticize something? Is 20/20 vision ONLY possible in hindsight? Do I have to personally take cocaine to know it's not good for me and to advise others, with any kind of authority, not to do it? I don't think so.</I><BR/><BR/>Not that I'm saying you shouldn't see <I>Hostel II</I>, but I think there's no need to feel guilty making claims about it before having seen it (just so long as, in the midst of whatever you're saying, you always remind folks that you haven't seen it yet and therefore leave the possibility open that you could be wrong).Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907928872183762741.post-11716943013609150842007-06-17T15:22:00.000-07:002007-06-17T15:22:00.000-07:00what an idiot.I love Roth's films, but he is expec...what an idiot.<BR/><BR/>I love Roth's films, but he is expecting too much in a very crowded summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com