wow! ranty post is ranty...I like 'Gladitator', probably because I've always enjoyed greek and roman history. Saying that, I know that this film isn't historicaly acurate, and I won't turn this into a rant about how technical and snobbish historians get about this sort of thing it irritates me enough said. I've never seen any of Ridley Scott's movies, I have seen some other R Crowe movies, and 'Gladiator' is the only one I enjoy him in, and Joaquin Phoneix is sufficently creepy (a prelude of things to come perhaps?), so yeah I'll admit to really enjoying that movie, btw 'Braveheart' is also one of my favorite films
That's what you come to tinyholidays for, right? The celebratory factoids, the pictures of baby animals, and the venemously spewed and somewhat-uncalled-for hate!
When Gladiator came out, I saw it with my HS Latin Club. We had an active geekdom. The accuracy, I don't care too much about. In my opinion, that movie pushes a lot of cheap buttons. It's entertaining, I guess. I think I'm a bit reactionary as far as it's concerned.
As for Braveheart, it is currently in a battle of love or loath. I literally was on the dvd waiting list for that movie back in, like 2001. The night I finally got the dvd, I stayed up till, like, 3am watching it, I was so stoked. I wrote William Wallace into my HS Honors Brit Lit responses. So, it holds a lot of nostalgia. Now, when I see bits of it on tv, its obvious state as a Mel Gibson vanity vehicle combined with the stereotypical characters, homophobia, and shoddily thrown-together dialogue combines to form a product that is at once fascinating and somewhat offensive.
I know what you mean about Braveheart. I haven't seen it since I got the dvd for it, but when I think about it I think about how cheap I must have been when I was 10 (which is when I first saw it
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Anyway, J, if I haven't convinced you 300 is homophobic, I'm not trying hard enough, but I do think that there is some ambiguity when you start to pare down intent and diegetic/non-diegetic context. But I'm curious to see what tinyholidays says.
I particularly enjoy the bit where I spend 7 minutes of my life typing story names into the imdb search function and then count and record the number of results with links. That is a thorough madness, my friend.
ALSO I KIND OF REALLY LOVE YOU A LOT. And That Icon. It gives me a joy (in my pants).
Oh, good. Thanks for saying that about the director's cut, bc I probably would have gone straight for the theatrical release. Sometimes, I think director's cuts get a bit bloated (Hi there, Forgetting Sarah Marshall!), but I can understand the other side too.
Yeah, my initial reaction to Gladiator was just disappointed dislike. Only in the furnace of others' praise has this mild disapproval developed into a mighty loathing.
L.A. Confidential would probably be in my top 20, if I thought up a top 20. Guuuhhhhhhhhh there are so many amazing things happening there. I want to fuck that movie.
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That's what you come to tinyholidays for, right? The celebratory factoids, the pictures of baby animals, and the venemously spewed and somewhat-uncalled-for hate!
When Gladiator came out, I saw it with my HS Latin Club. We had an active geekdom. The accuracy, I don't care too much about. In my opinion, that movie pushes a lot of cheap buttons. It's entertaining, I guess. I think I'm a bit reactionary as far as it's concerned.
As for Braveheart, it is currently in a battle of love or loath. I literally was on the dvd waiting list for that movie back in, like 2001. The night I finally got the dvd, I stayed up till, like, 3am watching it, I was so stoked. I wrote William Wallace into my HS Honors Brit Lit responses. So, it holds a lot of nostalgia. Now, when I see bits of it on tv, its obvious state as a Mel Gibson vanity vehicle combined with the stereotypical characters, homophobia, and shoddily thrown-together dialogue combines to form a product that is at once fascinating and somewhat offensive.
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Anyway, J, if I haven't convinced you 300 is homophobic, I'm not trying hard enough, but I do think that there is some ambiguity when you start to pare down intent and diegetic/non-diegetic context. But I'm curious to see what tinyholidays says.
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Also, I am gentle like a blanket fresh out of the dryer.
These dueling forces cannot be reconciled.
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ALSO I KIND OF REALLY LOVE YOU A LOT. And That Icon. It gives me a joy (in my pants).
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Yeah, my initial reaction to Gladiator was just disappointed dislike. Only in the furnace of others' praise has this mild disapproval developed into a mighty loathing.
L.A. Confidential would probably be in my top 20, if I thought up a top 20. Guuuhhhhhhhhh there are so many amazing things happening there. I want to fuck that movie.
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