tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post314742255362106769..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: TIGER, TIGERTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-16172443669060525642013-10-08T09:12:17.820-05:002013-10-08T09:12:17.820-05:00It's cool Tim, thankfully Blogger sends my com...It's cool Tim, thankfully Blogger sends my comments to my email for just such an occasion as this :). Thanks for the compliment by the way.<br /><br />To wit:<br /><br />I know I'm late to the party, but I finally got around to seeing this. At the end I felt like I just had one of those conversations where someone ruins one of my favorite movies by destroying any symbolism or ambiguity that was ever there. I like symbolism, imagery, ambiguity. It makes me think. But there's often some idiot I talk to who's obsessed with "What really happened? Was it a dream the whole time or wasn't it? DID THE FUCKING TOP IN INCEPTION EVER STOP SPINNING? I HAVE TO SOLVE IT!"<br /><br />The imagery in the center of the story is really cool, and I even enjoyed the first portion of the film (though the dad is kind of a cartoon rationalist, which did piss me off). And I really liked Irrfan Khan, though I can't think of any way to fix the movie that doesn't involve removing his character. The author surrogate was totally pointless, and yeah, it's just generally broken. Pretty great film-making other than that though. David Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666205737413060006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-4331328071416127892013-10-07T22:57:54.641-05:002013-10-07T22:57:54.641-05:00MOTHERFUCKER. My apologies to David for hitting &q...MOTHERFUCKER. My apologies to David for hitting "remove". The gist of his very well-phrased comment: that the film is offensive in that it feels the need to spell out every little tiny thing on the viewer's behalf, and that Irrfan Khan is a great performer who needed to be cut out of the film if there was any saving it. Also that the movie was well-made for something so deeply broken at a narrative level.<br /><br />I don't even remember what I was going to say in response now, but it was undoubtedly not worth it.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-21721795180000290632013-10-07T08:24:48.347-05:002013-10-07T08:24:48.347-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666205737413060006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-33076535172155877142013-10-07T08:23:21.519-05:002013-10-07T08:23:21.519-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.David Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666205737413060006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-55245184897327720692012-12-14T21:18:17.312-06:002012-12-14T21:18:17.312-06:00I think this might be the first movie that benefit...I think this might be the first movie that benefited from being in 3DJaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14863050785214518620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-78387095221740206142012-11-30T19:07:21.635-06:002012-11-30T19:07:21.635-06:00I actually kinda liked the little parable of it al...I actually kinda liked the little parable of it all; it presents a theme that's highly accessible but not painful in its obviousness, and it creates a space for you to take the story in whatever direction you please. (a feeling that's enhanced by all those film redeeming dreamlike visuals.)<br /><br />But then the framing device leaps right the fuck in all "HEY GUYS THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B) FAITH," and all at once succeeds in mutilating the strength of the fable for any atheists, while for the theists it draws attention to how flaccid and condescending its theology is.<br /><br />(More minor note: the death of the hyena should have been a fairly traumatic affair. for the whole "richard parker as pi dissociating himself from the world's brutality" thing to really work, R-Parks needed to be doing more than chilling on a boat intimidating Pi now and then.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-91698369964761222352012-11-30T14:55:09.930-06:002012-11-30T14:55:09.930-06:00Sometimes, even when you have the kids in the sand...Sometimes, even when you have the kids in the sandbox with the bestest, most amazing, most expensive toys all they know what to do with them is crash them against each other to see which one breaks first. It's the prevailing cinematic epidemic of the new millennium.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265209285347210130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-24315843489829408922012-11-30T09:58:20.765-06:002012-11-30T09:58:20.765-06:00Ha, I love the waffling on the score, because that...Ha, I love the waffling on the score, because that's exactly how I felt. I remember all the wonderful sights and sounds, the incredible CGI of Richard Parker, the visual sumptousiness of it all, and I lean towards an 8/10. Then I think about that script, with it's horrendeous framing device that sucks all the momentum or tension out of the situation, how I never actually invested in Pi/Richard Parker getting off the boat, just kinda interested, and it's insulting, simplistic view on faith, and I start leaning towards a 6/10.<br /><br />7/10 is a happy medium. Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219137212221355997noreply@blogger.com