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topic #289713
Subject: "Might just be lawyers"
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genius.switch
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Mon Jun-11-07 06:42 PM
61. "Might just be lawyers"
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First person I ever heard praise Carlos Mencia was a lawyer (though he worked for the state).
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Otherwise Intelligent people who have pedestrian tastes
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Sun Jun-10-07 11:48 PM
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get this
Tiger Woods
Jun 10th 2007
1
Most people don't go to see films to be challenged
SoulHonky
Jun 10th 2007
2
^I came to this same realization about 5-6 years ago
Mgmt
Jun 11th 2007
3
If only we were doing that kind of heavy mental lifting and,
k_orr
Jun 11th 2007
4
Not quite
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
66
i HATE this argument, which is so popular in PTP. it sucks ass.
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
9
yup
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
10
actually that's just your limited reading of the opinion
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
18
hey now, Knocked Up had a lot of intelligence in it . . .
Mgmt
Jun 11th 2007
21
yes... i wanted to add that, as well.
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
23
Knocked Up was perhaps a bad example
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
30
the point of this post was never about 'highbrow-ness' though
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
32
Bad word choice on my part but...
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
36
the post is not necessarily about 'blockbusters' either.
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
38
"Clamoring for blockbusters"
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
40
the problem with the argument still remains.
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
22
You simply restated your reading
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
28
and i'm telling you it's a false analogy.
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
31
Then do Homicide vs. Law and Order
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
33
my point is that Homicide was far less 'challenging' than The Wire
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
35
I just used Homicide as an example.
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
37
no... *I* just used Homicide as an example.
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
41
well in all fairness it was the trailer for Knocked Up that 'lost' them
buckshot defunct
Jun 11th 2007
43
*shrug*
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
44
And I fit Homicide into my example
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
45
essentially we DO agree
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
47
But that's not what I was saying
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
50
damn, yo....
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
51
don't be an idiot
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
25
You disregarded my opinion and then restated most of it
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
29
well even though i have no intentions of seeing PotC
The Damaja
Jun 11th 2007
5
oh and also, most ppl have 'pedestrian taste' in some entertainment
The Damaja
Jun 11th 2007
8
You're on fire today.
Mgmt
Jun 11th 2007
12
Good points
Call It Anything
Jun 11th 2007
14
this is a really good point
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
6
its not either/or....
Torez
Jun 11th 2007
7
enjoying movies...
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
11
LMFAO!!!!
Mgmt
Jun 11th 2007
13
chrue...and i think its really about how a brain is wired...
Torez
Jun 11th 2007
16
Look at it this way
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
20
RE: Look at it this way
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
26
I took this thread to be "artier" films vs. blockbusters
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
27
RE: I took this thread to be "artier" films vs. blockbusters
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
34
You think L.A Confidential is a blockbuster film?
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
39
okay now
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
49
Check your facts
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
53
you are a fool; this discussion is over
BigWorm
Jun 11th 2007
56
LOL. Now who's talking in extremes?
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
57
actually...that film was NOT a blockbuster
rorschach
Jun 11th 2007
58
LA Confidential was no blockbuster.
will_5198
Jun 11th 2007
60
my opinion:
jane eyre
Jun 11th 2007
15
^^^ word booty ^^^
Torez
Jun 11th 2007
17
this reply has my brother written all over it
Drizzit
Jun 12th 2007
69
Ask them about the books they read
TurkeylegJenkins
Jun 11th 2007
19
RE: Ask them about the books they read
kaytomah
Jun 11th 2007
24
dude, it's summer. fall back
buckshot defunct
Jun 11th 2007
42
RE: dude, it's summer. fall back
Mgmt
Jun 11th 2007
52
this is key
benny
Jun 11th 2007
54
yeah... i'd hesitate to talk to my coworkers about ZOO or some shit
Orfeo_Negro
Jun 11th 2007
55
luckily I've always wound up with at least one comic nerd in my dept.
buckshot defunct
Jun 11th 2007
64
Indeed.
kurlyswirl
Jun 11th 2007
59
maybe you missed the chain restaurant line
k_orr
Jun 11th 2007
62
no, I caught it
buckshot defunct
Jun 11th 2007
63
it's the 1 and only thing these people aren't snobby about
k_orr
Jun 11th 2007
65
No, the lawyers I've known have been film afficianados
SoulHonky
Jun 11th 2007
67
kind of reminds me of this art director I knew
buckshot defunct
Jun 11th 2007
68
A few years back, within the space of one week
lonesome_d
Jun 12th 2007
71
Doin' a PhD, in an office of 15 PhD students...
te_pakeha
Jun 11th 2007
46
I don't care....as long as they've actually seen the movie.
rorschach
Jun 11th 2007
48
also i usually only go to see garbage in the cinema
The Damaja
Jun 12th 2007
70
yup
BigWorm
Jun 12th 2007
73
the trailer for knocked up didn't look funny to me either
theprofessional
Jun 12th 2007
72
One reason I went to law school
janey
Jun 12th 2007
74
I know plenty of "educated" cats who dig so-called lowbrow stuff
ZooTown74
Jun 12th 2007
75
I'm a die-hard Wire fan, immerse myself in it...
MadDagoNH
Jun 12th 2007
76
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