32943, RE: is this a Dipset post? Posted by CMcMurtry, Sun Jun-26-05 03:15 PM
>>0=the amount of weight you hold. > >Beyond the fact that you like using little cute rap slogans, >what does that actually mean?
It means your opinion is shit.
>If you exchange the placement of "powerful" and "silly," I'd >agree.
How is it silly?
>Reviews still hasn't killed the "Stanley Kubrick is a >meticulous genius" idea?
Unlike you, I suppose, I don't let others stop me from liking someone?
>>"2001" >>"Barry Lyndon" >>"Dr. Strangelove" >>"Paths Of Glory" >>"The Killing" >>"A Clockwork Orange" >>"The Shining" > >You're one Hale-Bopp comet away from being laughable.
>Calling The Shining and 2001 brilliant is just the type of >sickness I mean.
I guess Professor something er other (nice alias, by the way) thinks I'm sick. Whatever will I do?
> Don't let tracking shots and a hint of >uniqueness have you believe his mechanics are anything but >hollow and superficial.
Someone's been reading Pauline Kael.
>But the man >was such a consistent perfectionist, right?
Apparently so.
> And yet beyond >the pseduo-intellectual, showy nature of his films, the only >thing consistent is that the good is outweighed by the heavily >ladened attempts at "high art."
You think that's the only constant throughout his films?
>And are you ignoring the remainder of his filmography on >purpose?
Which films? "Full Metal Jacket"? It was alright. I mentioned "Eyes Wide Shut".
>But making movies that cross genres is worth what when the >movies are rather flimsy throughout.
Again, this is your opinion. Personally, I think it's so heaped in dogshit, I have a hard time even believing it's not baiting, but I'll play along.
>And if I say Robert Altman, does he hold no weight?
I like Altman. A strong argument could probably be made for him, sure.
>Eye Wide Shut >>>>> A Clockwork Orange
Wow.
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