tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post6615050589320090499..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: I Don't Know What Hit Us, But it Was Bigbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-55768769817117760572009-03-23T18:16:00.000-04:002009-03-23T18:16:00.000-04:00I've always been really bad with analogies (it's c...I've always been really bad with analogies (it's cuz after I see "anal" I start laughing and forget to read the definition of what it actually means), but thanks Krauthammer for trying to dig me out!Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067136509248849744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-46659524053730877392009-03-23T17:57:00.000-04:002009-03-23T17:57:00.000-04:00I believe he is referring to the brutal chilean di...I believe he is referring to the brutal chilean dictator Hoogivz Afuk. <BR/><BR/>You seem to have a bit of trouble with your spelling there Fox.Krauthammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426806666095796310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-46939677917212956762009-03-23T17:47:00.000-04:002009-03-23T17:47:00.000-04:00Fox, I do not understand your analogy.Fox, I do not understand your analogy.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-19060039263005246162009-03-23T13:18:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:18:00.000-04:00The Thing From Another World Duke EllingtonThe Thi...<B>The Thing From Another World</B> Duke Ellington<BR/><BR/><B>The Thing</B> Charles IvesArbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-80566840166321864402009-03-23T13:11:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:11:00.000-04:00They should put these things on the SATs.They should put these things on the SATs.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-22503838468171576562009-03-23T13:04:00.000-04:002009-03-23T13:04:00.000-04:00Dr. Strangelove - Miles DavisBest Defense - Kenny ...<B>Dr. Strangelove</B> - Miles Davis<BR/><BR/><B>Best Defense</B> - Kenny G.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-82171149272780674372009-03-23T12:58:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:58:00.000-04:00I didn't mean the effect of Bowfinger so much as t...I didn't mean the effect of <B>Bowfinger</B> so much as the idea.<BR/><BR/><B>Trading Places</B> Wings<BR/><B>Bowfinger</B> Paul McCartneyArbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-47704441512548582882009-03-23T12:50:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:50:00.000-04:00That second circus movie should be The Greatest Sh...That second circus movie should be <B>The Greatest <I>Show</I> on Earth</B>. Boy, I feel just like a Doodletown Piper.<BR/><BR/>And by the by, I liked <B>Bowfinger</B> but like Bill, I felt the movie within the movie was <I>too</I> stupid to work on a satirical level. Same with <B>The Pickle</B>.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-34118699470774563382009-03-23T12:32:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:32:00.000-04:00Bronco Billy - Bob DylanThe Greatest on Earth - St...<B>Bronco Billy</B> - Bob Dylan<BR/><B>The Greatest on Earth</B> - StyxGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-27442405808067427872009-03-23T12:17:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:17:00.000-04:00I have seen Bowfinger, and I thought that one, whi...I have seen <B>Bowfinger</B>, and I thought that one, while funny in parts (Murphy really is great), the absurdity of it all, and the film they're making, was just too much. The satire wasn't very sharp, to me.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't just Herzog in the film, either, by the way. I thought Penn was funny, as was Michael Karnow, the actor Penn hired to pretend to be a cryptozoologist. I love when he gets annoyed with Herzog (who doesn't know he's an actor) for stepping on his improv: "You're not yes-anding me!"<BR/><BR/>And I like <B>30 Rock</B>, too. Not just for Baldwin, either.<BR/><BR/>I really need to buy a copy of <B>Deep Impact</B>. That's a good movie, and damn those who disagree.<BR/><BR/><B>Volcano</B> - ELO<BR/><B>Dante's Peak</B> - The Moody Blues<BR/><BR/>I don't really know who wins that round.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-47370665292158884992009-03-23T12:16:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:16:00.000-04:00The Godfather - The Rolling StonesMobsters - Wang ...<B>The Godfather</B> - The Rolling Stones<BR/><B>Mobsters</B> - Wang ChungGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-77604775450223115582009-03-23T12:15:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:15:00.000-04:00Unforgiven - The KinksYoung Guns - Gerry and the P...<B>Unforgiven</B> - The Kinks<BR/><B>Young Guns</B> - Gerry and the PacemakersGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-63644409364561176932009-03-23T12:06:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:06:00.000-04:00Waiting for Guffman BeatlesIncident at Loch Ness C...<I>Waiting for Guffman Beatles<BR/>Incident at Loch Ness Cowsills</I><BR/><BR/>This will be my new rating method for movies. Here's my first:<BR/><BR/><B>Deep Impact</B> - The Who<BR/><B>Armageddon</B> - The Doodletown Pipers.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-58114942229817842952009-03-23T12:03:00.000-04:002009-03-23T12:03:00.000-04:00Werner Herzog is great and I got a couple of laugh...Werner Herzog is great and I got a couple of laughs off of him in this - but I felt the use of him was dishonest and finkish. I feel the same way when people tell me <B>30 Rock</B> is a great show because Alec Baldwin is funny on it. Maybe we're just living in an age of creative importing. <BR/><BR/>Have you seen <B>Bowfinger</B>? I feel that that movie gets at what I find so troublesome about <B>Incident at Loch Ness</B> and the mania in Hollywood to appropriate integrity.Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-49181200161615014432009-03-23T11:59:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:59:00.000-04:00But I love Herzog, and I love his performance in t...But I love Herzog, and I love his performance in the film, and the whole crazy idea of it. I even like the cover of the DVD, with its ominous image of a boat on the water, and then, above the title, the name "Werner Herzog". Like "Bruce Willis" or "Treat Williams" or something.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-16610201046600861072009-03-23T11:57:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:57:00.000-04:00And Bill get off your own ass. Your write-up was ...And Bill get off your own ass. Your write-up was a way of working through your feelings about the movie and I appreciate that honesty - one of your great virtues and strengths as a blogger - more than I do that kind of film criticism that bottles itself up in a slick, glib package. If I wanted that, I'd read my own blog.<BR/><BR/>Word verification: dishoArbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-22575725174005894302009-03-23T11:55:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:55:00.000-04:00Incident at Loch Ness struck me as a cinematic equ...<B>Incident at Loch Ness</B> struck me as a cinematic equivalent of one of those guys who goes around to conventions having his pictures taken with famous people. Every time Zak Penn appeared onscreen with Herzog I could sense him thinking "Look, it's Werner Herzog and me in a movie! Together!"<BR/><BR/>I heard he originally wanted Lou Ferrigno.Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-8012524897691026862009-03-23T11:46:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:46:00.000-04:00Waiting for Guffman BeatlesIncident at Loch Ness C...<I>Waiting for Guffman Beatles<BR/>Incident at Loch Ness Cowsills</I><BR/><BR/>Well <I>yeah</I>. I don't actually disagree with the core of your analogy, as I think <B>Waiting for Guffman</B> is probably the best comedy of the last 20 years or so, but a good time's a good time, and I think that's what <B>Incident at Loch Ness</B> is. A good time, I mean.<BR/><BR/>Ryan - thank you very much. I really appreciate that.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-27723787818137350672009-03-23T11:41:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:41:00.000-04:00Your failures have more entertainment value than m...Your failures have more entertainment value than most people's successes. If you don't mind, I certainly don't!Ryan Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054550377681273142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-44673071684706749712009-03-23T11:38:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:38:00.000-04:00Did Christopher Guest invent the genre? Even if he...<I>Did Christopher Guest invent the genre? Even if he did, why can't someone else play with the form?</I><BR/><BR/><B>Waiting for Guffman</B> Beatles<BR/><B>Incident at Loch Ness</B> CowsillsArbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-79165127297868214112009-03-23T11:24:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:24:00.000-04:00I suppose so. But I felt like I wanted to say one...I suppose so. But I felt like I wanted to say one thing about the film, and then when I was done I didn't feel like I said it. So chalk this one up as a miss. That's okay, I don't mind!bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-21049297997879158982009-03-23T11:20:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:20:00.000-04:00No, Ryan, you're not the only one who loved Bluebe...<I>No, Ryan, you're not the only one who loved Blueberry Nights I did too, and wrote about it over at mi casa last summer.</I><BR/><BR/>Rick, I certainly didn't mean to imply that I was literally the ONLY one, I just still feel like there's a lot of hate for that particular picture. And part of me understands why, perfect it is not. But I still see something of myself in it, for whatever reason it speaks to me. But yeah, it has its supporters, our own Dennis Cozallio being among the most vocal! <BR/><BR/>P.S., I tried linking to your casa, but couldn't figure it out to save my life.<BR/><BR/><I>Ryan, that's kind of what I was thinking, but I think I ended up getting too much distance. I like Incident at Loch Ness a lot, but anyone just reading the review and not the comments probably won't get that. I've failed!! Again!!</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, don't be so hard on yourself, Bill, it's not all that bad. I got the impression you liked it with reservations before reading the comments!<BR/><BR/>Reviewing is a tricky thing, and while I enjoy the format there is something constricting about it. I reviewed <I>The Dark Knight</I> and <I>Burn After Reading</I> for my college paper, and if writing a review on the internet where length is not an issue can be constricting, doing one for a paper where you can't really write more than 850 words is really difficult. Anyway, reading those reviews, it comes off that I was much more negative about TDK than I really was, and it came off as I was much more enthusiastic about the Coen Brother's film than I really was. When you review, you kind of have to establish a tone and go with it.<BR/><BR/>That's what comment threads are for!Ryan Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054550377681273142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-54460831219788831622009-03-23T11:15:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:15:00.000-04:00Well, hermf. Did Christopher Guest invent the gen...Well, hermf. Did Christopher Guest invent the genre? Even if he did, why can't someone else play with the form?<BR/><BR/>But I don't suppose any of that will convince you that the movie wasn't miserable or stupid.<BR/><BR/>Word verification: uraniump.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-3804240393305623782009-03-23T11:09:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:09:00.000-04:00I'll be the dissenting voice here. I found Incide...I'll be the dissenting voice here. I found <B>Incident at Loch Ness</B> to be a miserable, stupid movie that asks you to pretend you've never seen a Christopher Guest film. No more vanity projects for Zak Penn, please.Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-71928900537353056202009-03-23T08:12:00.000-04:002009-03-23T08:12:00.000-04:00At what point does your fondness for something equ...<I>At what point does your fondness for something equate with greatness?</I><BR/><BR/>Ryan, that's kind of what I was thinking, but I think I ended up getting too much distance. I like <B>Incident at Loch Ness</B> a lot, but anyone just reading the review and not the comments probably won't get that. I've failed!! Again!!<BR/><BR/>Krauthammer, I think you probably have the right idea. Screw perspective.<BR/><BR/>Since the bad reviews first hit, when <B>My Blueberry Nights</B> played the festivals, I've noticed more and more people saying very positive things about it. I haven't seen it myself, and I disagree with Rick on most things, but I'll have to give it a shot some day.<BR/><BR/>Queues are long, though. I do agree with you about that, Rick.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.com