tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9688582.post7899429907037313737..comments2023-08-16T10:10:36.008-04:00Comments on Silly Hats Only: Muriels: Best Picture, 25th PlacePaul C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02699493473242261477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9688582.post-26419765374002997972009-06-23T04:47:39.431-04:002009-06-23T04:47:39.431-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9688582.post-38478095307695022922009-02-23T02:32:00.000-05:002009-02-23T02:32:00.000-05:00Your initial post on this film was what convinced ...Your initial post on this film was what convinced me to give this film a chance, and the sheer passion you conveyed even made me look forward to it a little.<BR/>It finally opened in Australia in mid June. I rarely rewatch films in a cinema, and I saw Speed Racer three times in as many weeks. This is an amazing, exhilarating, poetic and beautiful film that resonates with a sheer love of life, cinema and the artistic process. It's CGI dreamscapes simultaneously provide more fun than anything else you could hope to catch at the multiplex and act as a window into the potential of creative vision. Far from being brainless eye-candy, this is a breathtaking example of the substance of style. The narrative is not a lesser priority to the Watchowski's than their imagery, but instead an old story given new life through the perfect visual accompaniment to its themes and ideas. We know the story by heart, but the Wachowski's use technology and imagination so as to make its emotional content real to us once again. It is enormously moving and uplifting, the perfect example of form fitting content, both delivered with perfect efficiency.<BR/>All I can say, Dennis, is thank you for introducing me to this wonderful film. I think you're right about this film's future reception, and even if a reassessment doesn't come to pass, this is one case where I certainly don't mind being one of the crazy ones.Cde.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08411213230811447538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9688582.post-47665033641055910132009-02-22T17:35:00.000-05:002009-02-22T17:35:00.000-05:00History shmistory. The future is now.History shmistory. The future is now.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9688582.post-86381865569778373422009-02-22T16:36:00.000-05:002009-02-22T16:36:00.000-05:00I suspect Mr. Cozzalio will be on the right side o...I suspect Mr. Cozzalio will be on the right side of history on this one.Kzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490735195424831433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9688582.post-61360883634096932632009-02-22T16:14:00.000-05:002009-02-22T16:14:00.000-05:00That was awesome Dennis. Thanks for recognizing on...That was awesome Dennis. Thanks for recognizing one of the most misunderstood and underappreciated movies of the year.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9688582.post-43546271486902190082009-02-22T14:41:00.000-05:002009-02-22T14:41:00.000-05:00Thanks but no thanks.Thanks but no thanks.Jeff McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.com