tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post3609342185317035763..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: Capsule Reviews - Movie Theater Editionbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-10283789073456039922012-11-15T12:33:18.709-05:002012-11-15T12:33:18.709-05:00Yeah, my audience reacted the same way. Of course...Yeah, my audience reacted the same way. Of course, my audience reacted to *everything*. The mere presence of booze caused them to gasp, and when Greenwood and Cheadle are outside Washington's hotel room door, and one of them wonders aloud why he hasn't come out yet, a woman said, quite loudly, "You know why -- he's DRUNK!"<br /><br />It was one of the strangest filmgoing experiences I've had in a while.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-30308237404077436542012-11-15T12:16:21.242-05:002012-11-15T12:16:21.242-05:00Exactly. And people were laughing it up when I saw...Exactly. And people were laughing it up when I saw it too.Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-49828528216723684852012-11-14T18:03:53.205-05:002012-11-14T18:03:53.205-05:00Dennis - No, that stuff almost never registers to ...Dennis - No, that stuff almost never registers to me, to be honest. Now that you mention it, though...<br /><br />What really bugged me about all that, which I touched on sort of but not really, was how Goodman's appearance and curative methods were treated as hilarious. We've just seen this guy hit bottom, and we're supposed to laugh when he breaks through that to the real bottom?bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-14442363651081070252012-11-14T18:00:48.665-05:002012-11-14T18:00:48.665-05:00John - Well, yeah. I probably should have made th...John - Well, yeah. I probably should have made the alarming nature of the praise divvied out to INSIDIOUS and SINISTER more clear. It's fairly depressing.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-86181307022805685152012-11-14T15:00:02.088-05:002012-11-14T15:00:02.088-05:00Did it bug you too, Bill, that Washington's la...Did it bug you too, Bill, that Washington's last bender, marked by behavior violent enough to trash a hotel room in spectacular fashion, went unheard and unnoticed by the gentleman standing watch over his room?Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-57522781181140561572012-11-14T13:43:05.234-05:002012-11-14T13:43:05.234-05:00...I'm left thinking that horror movies with v...<i>...I'm left thinking that horror movies with vaguely but meaninglessly creepy titles that too many people give a pass to are about to actually become a whole thing that I'll have to learn to put up with.</i><br /><br />Not just a pass, but some pretty hearty praise, in a lot of cases. I think I've learned my lesson, though, now, that when thousands of online opinion-mongers of seemingly at least average intelligence lavish unqualified praise on a new horror movie, then it's time to dial expectations way down, not up.<br /><br />Not that this would have made Insidious any more bearable.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-51729701783745523942012-11-13T20:11:32.149-05:002012-11-13T20:11:32.149-05:00Nice carpet.Nice carpet.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-62684002502146531992012-11-13T19:55:04.145-05:002012-11-13T19:55:04.145-05:00Scorpion.Scorpion.odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.com