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thank you, thank you. I feel welcome.
Thanks. I plan to stay a while.
yeah, that bothers me a bit. Also, I loved being able to zero in on the very last post. Even though I had missed all the lead up to the conversation, I felt like I could always jump right in where the most potent action was happening.
Well I can't say my intellectual honesty has been put to the test. I've simply been flanking your personal attacks on me. If you want to talk about The Lobster in intellectual depth, then let's do it:
Interesting cinematography. That's probably my favorite part. It was jarring and ugly, but then there was something peculiarly thoughtful about it. I could tell the director was going for something unique. It's like he took the time to admire Andersonesque symmetry, thought about it, and then decided to take a piss at the last second. Cool by me.
As far as acting, there was nothing there, right? Like it's the most I've ever appreciated Colin Farrell simply because so little was asked of him (I've always disliked that guy). Everybody simply acted cold and performed all functions of life in a preordained kind of way as though they were half-assing it, or simply did not believe: in other words, this guy, Yorgos Lanthimos , the director, he's cold. Maybe a bit of a nihilist? Maybe something like the Cohen brothers going on here, except the brothers choose a plot heavy method over the metaphors that we see playing out here.
Which brings us to the [b]metaphors[/b]: what were they? Society hates a loners? And relationships are hell? I don't really know... it looked painful on both ends. Which I don't mind. I'm mostly a loner, but I've been in a few relationships too, and yeah, it's hell on both ends. I just don't like the interminable lack of light. Is there one bright moment in the movie? I don't remember it? The movie lacked light: and how can you ever hope to outline the abyss without a bit of contrast?
My rating: 7
There you go. I know you probably don't like me continuing my criticism outside the bounds of what you believe proper, but you'll never beat me by shaming me into behaving myself.
That was some pretty good flanking. I guess I don't take it that serious when it comes to message boards. I will continue to criticize movies other people like. It's more exciting that way.
Aren't you having fun talking to me? Or are you really angry and upset by this exchange. I'm just being playful and letting my opinion out. From my perspective this exchange has been the most fun I've had on the internet since coming on board yesterday. That's not saying a lot, but it's something...
Do you think it ever got fixed? Some of Harrison Ford's acting makes me cringe, but I don't think even clever cgi can fix it. I let it go, I overlook it.
No, there ARE people who like steak knives in their eyes!
yeah, I saw that. It works. I guess I just want perfection.
If the effect achieved by having one's eyeball repeatedly gouged with a steak knife can be said to be "profound", then yes it did. Given the length of the steak knife, one might even make a claim for "depth".
I watched The Lobster last week and I quite honestly hated it. It was certainly unique, I'll give it that, but its monotonous barrage of people carrying out hateful acts against one another made me feel as though the filmmaker already despised me... And we haven't even had the chance to shake hands yet...
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