tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post3243072155669591142..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: TONY SCOTT: CRIMSON TIDE (1995)Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-11005011082262695732013-07-23T22:27:36.675-05:002013-07-23T22:27:36.675-05:00I can't believe I didn't mention it. It...I can't believe I didn't mention it. It's tremendously obvious which lines QT wrote, too, one of which is terrific (<i>Star Trek</i>), one of which is dreadful (<i>Silver Surfer</i>), the rest of them just kind of eh. It's not really a screenplay movie.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-47090992757345277582013-07-23T21:28:12.633-05:002013-07-23T21:28:12.633-05:00Also noteworthy: this film is the second Tarantino...Also noteworthy: this film is the second Tarantino/Scott collaboration in as many films as QT contributed dialogue to the screenplay(uncredited).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634087887519608773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-82630377313821915752013-07-23T18:10:22.349-05:002013-07-23T18:10:22.349-05:00My favourite thing about Crimson Tide is that John...My favourite thing about <i>Crimson Tide</i> is that John McCain used it for his concession in 2008.<br /><br />"Also, I am embarrassed to report that I know for a fact that John McCain's exit music comes from the movie "Crimson Tide," in which a grizzled old sub captain, a career Navy man, is fought and bested by a younger, Harvard-educated black executive officer."<br /><br />(cf <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/11/there_can_be_only_one" rel="nofollow">http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/11/there_can_be_only_one</a>)Not Fenimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135812849405775125noreply@blogger.com