tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post1360904340656950297..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Half-Full v. Half-Empty MoviesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86382352313912830722014-04-11T12:32:07.729-07:002014-04-11T12:32:07.729-07:00to learn more tramadol hcl side effects 50mg - the...<a href="http://medadvctr.com/painmanagement/" rel="nofollow">to learn more</a> tramadol hcl side effects 50mg - the tramadol highAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25901638999306924302009-09-16T16:05:54.763-07:002009-09-16T16:05:54.763-07:00"It contained one of the more believable inte..."It contained one of the more believable interracial couplings I've seen too."<br /><br />Now why is it that I just KNOW that you are talking about Forster-Greer and not Jackson-Fonda?<br /><br />HAAAAAAAAAAWWWW-HAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30314070907012854502009-09-16T07:41:24.631-07:002009-09-16T07:41:24.631-07:00Tarantino did make a great movie after "Pulp ...<i>Tarantino did make a great movie after "Pulp Fiction" -- "Jackie Brown", which was criminally underrated.</i><br /><br />I agree. It contained one of the more believable interracial couplings I've seen too.Silverhttp://accidentaldissent.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63504114012045595632009-09-13T21:20:41.470-07:002009-09-13T21:20:41.470-07:00It did at least produce one memorable line.
"...<i>It did at least produce one memorable line.<br /><br />"I drink your milkshake!"</i><br /><br />If by "memorable" you mean "incomparably stupid-sounding".Templarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69674669429778437872009-09-13T05:42:56.768-07:002009-09-13T05:42:56.768-07:00I agree that "There Will Be Blood" was a...<i>I agree that "There Will Be Blood" was a botch</i><br /><br />It did at least produce one memorable line.<br /><br /><b>"I drink your milkshake!"</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27713880799835217262009-09-12T22:36:13.427-07:002009-09-12T22:36:13.427-07:00In watching NCFOM, I was constantly frustrated wit...In watching NCFOM, I was constantly frustrated with why the characters just didn't hop out of the track they were on. Eg, why Brolin didn't just get his wife an hop it for Vegas or Duluth or Monaco or whatever. <br /><br />Its almost like the Coen's make the characters slaves to some sort of inner narrative -- that a moment's higher perspective wold give them safety and security, but they can't escape the hunter/hunted paradigm that Bardem pushes on them. <br /><br />I also think that this gets followed up on in Burn After Reading, where you effectively watch, how many, 3? 4? train wrecks occurring due to the character's inability to escape the narrative tracks they have set themselves on. All of which is summed up at the end by the director "Well at least we learned... well, I dunno what the fuck we learned here..." and clses the file. <br /><br />Fate. We drive our fate, our behaviours may clever, but it is very very difficult to escape the high level stupidities we engage in because we can't see any other narrative that might play out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21010148693623721482009-09-12T06:49:15.378-07:002009-09-12T06:49:15.378-07:00You guys need to watch Turner Classic Movies if yo...You guys need to watch Turner Classic Movies if you think that either Kate Hudson or Natalie Portman are paragons of femininity.<br /><br />In fact, I'd strongly urge every iSteve reader to make a couple of stops at TCM each night as he [or she] channel-surfs through the vast, desolate wasteland.<br /><br />If nothing else, it will open your eyes to the [historical] fact that our nation's culture was not always so nihilistically vacuous as it is in our era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58000424931820334282009-09-11T22:45:57.855-07:002009-09-11T22:45:57.855-07:00I just saw Idiocracy, finally, and it really is ev...I just saw Idiocracy, finally, and it really is everything Steve's been saying it is. And more. I cannot believe Judge got away with releasing that. Can you believe all the Cholo music? <br /><br />I'm certain the horrible narration was tacked on afterwards against Judge's will. <br /><br />God, such an amazing movie. I must own it.<br /><br />-Idiocracy's biggest fanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68961625819022784012009-09-11T19:12:39.723-07:002009-09-11T19:12:39.723-07:00Re Pink...
Whats not to like here?Re Pink...<br /><br />Whats not to like <a href="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/p/Pink/sq-pink_inter-mtv.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69444851492792792182009-09-11T19:11:19.620-07:002009-09-11T19:11:19.620-07:00I find Pink to be pretty damn hot actually. Is the...I find Pink to be pretty damn hot actually. Is there something wrong with me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68121411111805868602009-09-11T17:51:52.783-07:002009-09-11T17:51:52.783-07:00I could go on and on, but the whole plot was unbel...<i>I could go on and on, but the whole plot was unbelievable and while well made - rather stupid and vulgar.</i><br /><br />Do you realize <a href="http://www.howardwfrench.com/archives/2006/01/08/cormac_mccarthy_would_rather_hang_out_with_physicists_than_other_writers_he_doesnt_do_blurbs_book_tours_or_even_oprah/" rel="nofollow">who</a> wrote the book?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57136183578385762232009-09-11T17:07:45.447-07:002009-09-11T17:07:45.447-07:00We dont tend to want to think about the effects of...<i>We dont tend to want to think about the effects of breeding patterns out there, but Ive thought about one in particular: I wonder if the girls will be as pretty in the future as they have been and still are now? With many women choosing "thuggy" hyper-masculine men with flat-receeding-brows, large jawlines, close-set eyes, ecto and mesomorphic bodies (look up a picture of Brock Lesnar), how will they give rise to very many beautiful delicate creatures like Kate Hudson or Natalie Portman in the ensuing decades? I imagine the girl of the future will look kinda like Pink---pretty butch with a pseudo-mannish face.</i><br /><br />There will always be sexually antagonistic traits favoring one sex over another, just as feminine women will always choose masculine men. What is best and what is possible is for sons to be hypermasculine and daughters to be hyperfeminine from the same family.<br /><br />Development of concentrated beauty requires having only the beautiful girls of each generation reproduce, over and over down the generations. Naturally, they will only reproduce through the best masculine guys of each generation. Ice age europe was such a cradle; that is, a harsh but not too harsh environment with high male mortality.<br /><br />Those particular selection pressures have been relaxed for thousands of years and we have a growing number of effeminate men, to give an example, surviving under the good graces of civilization. Given what it took to reach the original high state we should not throw away quality genetics lightly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1475468450873747182009-09-11T15:57:01.055-07:002009-09-11T15:57:01.055-07:00I think that just because a movie hits a few theme...I think that just because a movie hits a few themes that you like. Shares a few viewpoints. Is not enough to excuse it being crap in terms of a story. You ought to retain some artistic independance. Heck...you're making me want to go see Borat now. For all I know it was great fun as a movie and you just panned it for being on a different political side!TCOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83239331022313042512009-09-11T15:40:20.773-07:002009-09-11T15:40:20.773-07:00I thought No Country For Old Men was very well don...I thought No Country For Old Men was very well done technically but dull and kind of implausible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61009662123000875392009-09-11T15:02:35.079-07:002009-09-11T15:02:35.079-07:00Very interesting that someone would choose two ran...Very interesting that someone would choose two random paragons of beauty to make a point about eugenics and it would be a Jew and a half Jew (sort of). I think the site has been infiltrated!Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41315883588566514832009-09-11T14:38:12.615-07:002009-09-11T14:38:12.615-07:00The period of American history from 1880-1930... h...<i>The period of American history from 1880-1930... hardly ever gets paid attention to. Even the history channels focus on endless crap about WWII and the civil rights movement.</i> <br /><br />Gee, I wonder why...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20017569829695989242009-09-11T14:35:31.296-07:002009-09-11T14:35:31.296-07:00"Kate Hudson - half Jewess, very delicate and..."Kate Hudson - half Jewess, very delicate and pretty."<br /><br />1/4 Jewish, actually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34102174078794643582009-09-11T12:18:45.871-07:002009-09-11T12:18:45.871-07:00The problem with NCFOM is the plot has everyone be...The problem with NCFOM is the plot has everyone being stupid and unbelievable. For instance:<br /><br />1) Unbelievable that the lead character wouldn't empty to suitcase - if only to count the money.<br /><br />2) Unbelievable - that a lone deputy wouldn't secure a prisoner and keep in sight while talking on the telephone<br /> <br />3) Unbelievable a cop killer and serial Killer could roam around the country with only Jones and one assistant looking for him.<br /><br />4) Unbelievable that a wounded American criminal could blow up his car in Mexico and get away with pharmaceutical drugs without anyone knowing and then patch himself up as good as new. <br /><br />5) Unbelievable the Woody character would take no precautions and let himself be ambushed, that also goes for the man who hired him.<br /><br />I could go on and on, but the whole plot was unbelievable and while well made - rather stupid and vulgar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59584255544531854842009-09-11T11:52:33.713-07:002009-09-11T11:52:33.713-07:00Great posting. Two of the real puzzles in movie re...Great posting. Two of the real puzzles in movie reviewing (or any other, I suppose): <br /><br />1) How to keep it fresh? What are you offering that your average surprisingly-good movieblogger isn't?<br /><br />2) How to handle the movies you don't really react to all that strongly? It's easy to write out of real enthusiasm or anger, but much much harder to come up with something worth reading when your reaction is basically "Meh. Was OK. Didn't enjoy it much today, but might have enjoyed it a little yesterday. Who knows? Depends on my mood."<br /><br />I once asked a pro movie reviewer how he handled question #2. (The web wasn't around yet, so question #1 didn't yet apply.) His answer: "I pretend to have a strong positive or negative reaction and then write from that." <br /><br />Maybe this is one reason I'm not a pro reviewer, but: I find it more interesting to try to be franker about the "Meh" response, and wend my way around all those complications. Why not at least try to be honest?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896402796926124332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47358895531156479242009-09-11T10:58:02.840-07:002009-09-11T10:58:02.840-07:00I take it that this blog post is your roundabout w...I take it that this blog post is your roundabout way of apologizing to me for giving "There Will Be Blood" a negative review. I accept your apology, Steve.Matt Parrotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794652979966181081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8846736115960105932009-09-11T10:46:19.946-07:002009-09-11T10:46:19.946-07:00lundgren said
> Caster Semenya [...] what are ...lundgren said<br /><br />> Caster Semenya [...] what are the chances that she would also have the word "semen" in her surname? <<br /><br />Her uncle's name is <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2631482/Runner-is-a-hermaphrodite.html" rel="nofollow">Lesiba</a> Rammabi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64961758205158729162009-09-11T10:38:55.998-07:002009-09-11T10:38:55.998-07:00Steve,
Your problem with being a movie reviewer i...Steve,<br /><br />Your problem with being a movie reviewer is that your day job is to make sense. Movies don't need to make sense at all. You are leaving yourself open to a bad case of cognitive dissonance.<br /><br />For example consider <i>Kill Bill</i>. This movie is a total fantasy, like X-Men, Watchmen, or Spiderman. The Hanso swords in the Kill Bill movies are the moral equivalent of the radioactive spider in Spiderman. However large parts of the public actually believe all that samurai nonsense at least a little.<br /><br />So should you as a person dedicated to rationality try to refute some of the crazy premises of Kill Bill or should you just accept the movie as a bit of irrational fluff? But if you abandon critical thinking and wallow in archetypes and symbols, why are you particularly qualified to be a movie reviewer? Why not some mystic pot head?<br /><br />Tarantino apparently believes in a lot of the silly things he portrays on screen. When I tune in <i>Mythbusters</i> on TV they often have some samurai fable under scrutiny. This tells me that the public too actually believe in ninja and samurai hokum.<br /><br />I enjoy a good fantasy myself but if I were to write about it for others I would feel compelled to point out the violations of logic and/or physics. I think a better reviewer might be some one less rational and analytical. Someone less concerned about the actual world and more sensitive to the world of movie conventions.albertosaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209465319904999278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88320349990116451722009-09-11T08:57:56.612-07:002009-09-11T08:57:56.612-07:00Movie reviewing strikes me as a tough job (like on...Movie reviewing strikes me as a tough job (like one I had as a kid cleaning public toilets). My condolences.Dutch Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687679491743923216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22494870464662501662009-09-11T08:17:49.349-07:002009-09-11T08:17:49.349-07:00Tarantino did make a great movie after "Pulp ...Tarantino did make a great movie after "Pulp Fiction" -- "Jackie Brown", which was criminally underrated.<br /><br />I agree that "There Will Be Blood" was a botch, but it was a huge missed opportunity. Talented director and great subject material wasted. The period of American history from 1880-1930, which was the consolidation of American power and the key transitional period into the modern U.S., is extremely dramatic and still has lots to teach us, but hardly ever gets paid attention to. Even the history channels focus on endless crap about WWII and the civil rights movement.MQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73062718469467233202009-09-11T07:32:45.177-07:002009-09-11T07:32:45.177-07:00Is EVERYTHING here about the Jews? Well, OK, I'...Is EVERYTHING here about the Jews? Well, OK, I'll go along with the flow.<br /><br />Kate Hudson - half Jewess, very delicate and pretty.<br /><br />Natalie Portman - 100% Kosher, very delicate and loveliest girl in Hollywood.<br /><br />Pink: I'd rate her half-Semenya. Half Jewish. Can't win 'em all.Concerned Netizennoreply@blogger.com