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randall 
"I like to watch."
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 Posted - 10/21/2006 : 18:10:59
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| V&V. Thanks to Sludge for his gracious PM on one particular one -- I too thought it had a chance to become a superstar! Ah well, it's all part of fwfr's rich pageantry... |
Edited by - randall on 10/21/2006 22:29:39 |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 10/21/2006 : 18:21:20
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| Voted Tillie could vote no more. |
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 10/21/2006 : 21:25:32
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Yes, I was delayed in voting after msging Randall, but just to plug it here:
"Confused rocker chooses LDS"
pun on LSD. The film's about a rocker who left his band to join the Church of Latter-Day Saints ("LDS" or Mormon Church).
V & V to here... |
Edited by - Sludge on 10/21/2006 21:26:38 |
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chazbo 
"Outta This Fuckin' Place"
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Posted - 10/21/2006 : 22:49:18
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Originally posted by Sludge
Yes, I was delayed in voting after msging Randall, but just to plug it here:
"Confused rocker chooses LDS"
pun on LSD. The film's about a rocker who left his band to join the Church of Latter-Day Saints ("LDS" or Mormon Church).
Ah... I got that it was a pun on LSD, but I didn't know what it stood for. Just sent you a vote for that one, Randall.
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 10/21/2006 : 23:11:06
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Thanx, chazzy, for the vote from next door!
You people are making a convincing argument that I should explain more of my reviews. But I will resist, and take fewer votes thereby.
[The reason I don't explain is not that I'm some kind of curmudgeon, but that I believe my reviews have to live on the site without explanation, so they should have their first go that way too. I don't object to anyone else giving hint sheets, no, not at all. But FYI, I myself never read them before voting.] |
Edited by - randall on 10/21/2006 23:15:25 |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 10/21/2006 : 23:39:16
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I missed the LDS one first time round, not familiar with the movie, and LDS being Latter Day Saints didn't immediately jump out at me. Voted now though. 
BTW, I never read review-explanations in FYCTH threads, I just open up all the links clicking down the left-hand side and do them all in one go. The only reason I happened to see the LDS explanation was because it had a post all on it's own with a link that my eyes were drawn to.
Great review BTW, but one that's probably not destined for mega-stardom due to it's cryptic nature, i.e., too many will miss it. Having said that, there are reviews that take a while to get off the ground, but once they have 10-20 votes people are forced to give them a second look in a bid to find something they missed at first glance. So there's hope yet. |
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bife 
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 00:24:25
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 01:50:45
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| I don't want to belabor the point, but my view is: if the voters didn't get it at first, then they just didn't get it at all. I probably shouldn't have mentioned Sludge's PM, but I wanted to note his kind generosity, since I consider him one of our most treasured reviewers. |
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Yukon
"Co-editor of FWFR book"
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 03:25:17
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Sludge, I wish there were more North Americans in the Fourum to give your "Ryan bloody sea crest "more votes. Brilliant!! (For you Brits, Aussies, etc..., Ryan Seacrest is the host of American Idol. )
Randall, I feel there are so many movies out there, and that this fourum is international, that there is no way EVERYONE out there has heard of the movie I'm reviewing usless it's a Hollywood blockbuster.
I understand your point but sometimes I feel I'm missing out on your genius because I'll read one of your reviews for a movie I don't kow and think "If that's the character's name, or the plot of the film is this, than that's is a brilliant review... but I'll never know."
Feel free to dumb down your reviews with explanations in the future for us parents with three young kids who don't have as much time to watch movies as we used to. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 08:11:41
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Originally posted by Yukon
I understand your point but sometimes I feel I'm missing out on your genius because I'll read one of your reviews for a movie I don't kow and think "If that's the character's name, or the plot of the film is this, than that's is a brilliant review... but I'll never know."
Feel free to dumb down your reviews with explanations in the future for us parents with three young kids who don't have as much time to watch movies as we used to.
Well, Yuke, there IS another way -- I confess I don't alwaysdo this but I do more often than not. If I don't get a review that I suspect may be brilliant, and there's a hint, as you say, about character/plot contained in the review ... then I look up the film and read about it and usually that pays dividends both to judge others' reviews and perhaps enticing me to write my own review.
I do try to review only films I've actually seen, but even I --umbilically connected to cinema  -- have gaps in my viewing!
Since we get several days on FYC to vote, there should be time for this, with the added bonus of expanding our cine-knowledge.
Wotcha reckon?
PS: vv but still lurking for obscure laggers  
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 09:08:34
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| Gotcha all, awaiting very late ones before tomorrow's next round. Thanks for all the votes on my Green Mile review, by the way! |
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redPen
"Because I said so!"
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 10:39:23
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Thanks, guys, for the "Leon" support! Hardly expected that kind of a rush! (Too bad the "Saints" didn't fare as well, but some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you, right?)
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 12:37:52
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Originally posted by Yukon
Randall, I feel there are so many movies out there, and that this fourum is international, that there is no way EVERYONE out there has heard of the movie I'm reviewing usless it's a Hollywood blockbuster.
I understand your point but sometimes I feel I'm missing out on your genius because I'll read one of your reviews for a movie I don't kow and think "If that's the character's name, or the plot of the film is this, than that's is a brilliant review... but I'll never know."
Feel free to dumb down your reviews with explanations in the future for us parents with three young kids who don't have as much time to watch movies as we used to.
You're right, Yukie. But I'm right too. It's just the way I approach this. To laugh at my NEW YORK DOLL review, you have to (1) think "LDS/LSD," and (2) know what LDS stands for. So that's a twin burden I put on the review, but I really believe it only deserves the votes it can get on its own. [I'm not sending back the extras I got this time, though.]
I was telling Sludge that this has probably happened to me a hundred times, but as soon as that review was posted I thought of a way to make it better. If I had written "Confused rocker TRIES LDS," it might have made more people curious as to what the hell I meant. Oh, well. On to the next one.
EDIT: This is actually the second of my reviews that has been explained in public. I was so proud of myself for "Canine female impersonator redomiciles." for LASSIE COME HOME. But benj declined it at first until I explained that, for production reasons, over the years Lassie has always been portrayed by a male dog. I figured if benj's encyclopedic mind didn't contain that information, others' might not too, so I broke my own rule. That's what rules are for, right? |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 13:01:55
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V&V
And thanks to ALL for the tremendous votes this round, I feel the love!! |
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Yukon
"Co-editor of FWFR book"
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Posted - 10/22/2006 : 17:36:02
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Well, Yuke, there IS another way -- I confess I don't alwaysdo this but I do more often than not. If I don't get a review that I suspect may be brilliant, and there's a hint, as you say, about character/plot contained in the review ... then I look up the film and read about it and usually that pays dividends both to judge others' reviews and perhaps enticing me to write my own review.
I do try to review only films I've actually seen, but even I --umbilically connected to cinema -- have gaps in my viewing!
Since we get several days on FYC to vote, there should be time for this, with the added bonus of expanding our cine-knowledge.
Wotcha reckon?
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Wish I could but you missed the part about my three kids (all under the age of 3 1/2), so there is little free time in my house. Remember when you took care of that hedgehog -- or was it a possum? What ever ... times that effort by three!) After my kids are in bed at 8 p.m., my wife is usally on the computer from 8 to 9:30 , Leaving my with a precious hour of review writing/voting time. (If I was a single guy with no kids, I think I'd be churning out reviews like Calmer right now.)
I'd like to expand my movie knowledge more -- something that has already happened because of this sight -- I just don't have the time to make the effort to look up IMDB. I prefer to have the explanation handed to me on a silver platter, as in a FYC hint.
Bottom line, there is no right/wrong answer in the debate. I respect Randall's view that a review should stand on its own. He's a better man than me. I'm a vote whore who likes seeing the tally pile up to prove that I have written a good review. |
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