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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 02/20/2007 : 19:44:41
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Originally posted by Shiv
My job involves working with Aboriginal people who do not want to lose their ancient languages. Those languages were and still are oral and what is being lost is not just 'language' as a verbalised and structured mechanism of expressing meaning - but all those elements of storytelling you mention and the cultural and moral teachings contained in them. In this environment I see proof of the observation that film is a progression from the storytelling of old.
I won't sidetrack things into a linguistic discussion again, but I am particularly fascinated(/troubled) by language extinction, so keep up the good work.  I had a friend who lived with Warlpiri speakers and he made me aware of the issue that once languages are lost, knowledge such as of medicinal plants may easily be lost too.  |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/20/2007 : 19:48:55
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Originally posted by Se�n
Not everyone agrees with your "It's an old movie so who cares about spoilers" position. I recall a thread a year ago where I thoughtlessly mentioned a major spoiler about Planet of the Apes (the Heston version) and promptly went to bed.
I only saw this a couple of years ago and it had been half-spoilered for me shortly beforehand. (The spoiler was the key spoiler of the film but I came across it somewhat ambiguously.)
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IMO there aren't too many movies around that are capable of being massively spoiled (i.e, that contain serious plot twists)
Yes, this is exactly the same as I think. The endings of most films are not spoilers any more than other small details are. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/20/2007 : 19:58:36
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Sal who chooses to spend his time watching any kind of dross rather than the no.1 British film of all time
This is a weird thing to say. I fully intended to see it when I got the chance. However, I have never happened to see it listed in the television schedule. (I am sure it has been on in my adulthood, but I do not spend my time scouring the T.V. listings.) I do not have much money and therefore do not buy many D.V.D.s. Further, as I have said, I think it is quite reasonable to spread out classic films over one's lifetime. For example, I only watched It's a Wonderful Life for the first time on Christmas Day. Had I felt compelled to watch this when I was younger, that would have lost me that opportunity, wouldn't it?
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Sal must assume that any of my posts may contain spoilers and therefore I recommend he does not bother reading them.
O.K., this will stop you spoilering things for me, although as is clear from what Sean has said, other people will also be negatively affected by this. Also, the only reasonable practice you can adopt with regard to that policy and me is to ensure that you never respond to any comment of mine, as it would clearly not be fair to do so when you have said that I am not to read it. |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 02/20/2007 : 21:50:49
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 02/20/2007 : 23:25:53
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 02/20/2007 : 23:53:33
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
That's a spoiler for Titanic!  |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 15:08:00
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
I think I've done one for you - after reading and reading and reading about the movie The Queen, we finally saw it yesterday. I've published my review in two places:
http://members.dooyoo.co.uk/dvd-title-q/the-queen-dvd/1046976/
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http://www.helium.com/tm/180837/action-movie-queen-covers
Good for you, CL! You haven't said, exactly, but it sounds like knowing the film's mechanics had the effect of freeing you to concentrate on how all the elements came together to produce the whole. Yes?
May I be so bold as to offer a slight tip on constructing your reviews? Instead of merely stating what you feel, it would bring more personality into your review if you sometimes phrased those feelings with similes and metaphors. Appropriate, of course, and without overdoing it. And, also you might drop in an example of something -- e.g. you mentioned laughing out loud: you can even quote a line or two. In short, more instances of the comment you made about Charles's ears, which personalize the review for your readers.
But, that said, I thought the review provided an honest experience, which is very welcome.
I hope you had fun with this, and thanks for taking the challenge.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 02/26/2007 : 06:08:09
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
I think I've done one for you - after reading and reading and reading about the movie The Queen, we finally saw it yesterday. I've published my review in two places:
http://members.dooyoo.co.uk/dvd-title-q/the-queen-dvd/1046976/
and
http://www.helium.com/tm/180837/action-movie-queen-covers
Good for you, CL! You haven't said, exactly, but it sounds like knowing the film's mechanics had the effect of freeing you to concentrate on how all the elements came together to produce the whole. Yes?
Knowing what was going to happen (they wouldn't totally change history) certainly let me concentrate on the characters and their relationships, yes. By the way, is Mrs. Blair really that bitchy?
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May I be so bold as to offer a slight tip on constructing your reviews? Instead of merely stating what you feel, it would bring more personality into your review if you sometimes phrased those feelings with similes and metaphors. Appropriate, of course, and without overdoing it. And, also you might drop in an example of something -- e.g. you mentioned laughing out loud: you can even quote a line or two. In short, more instances of the comment you made about Charles's ears, which personalize the review for your readers.
Yes, please - this sounds like good advice! Much appreciated.
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But, that said, I thought the review provided an honest experience, which is very welcome.
I hope you had fun with this, and thanks for taking the challenge.
I didn't actually write it for your challenge but then after I posted it on the sites, I realized that it fit your challenge quite well.
I want to try this again, however. I'll let you know if I succeed.
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