tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post1652961226184500580..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "'Swiss Army Man' (And The Better Film It Reminded Me Of)" Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-34828121952469629122016-08-02T12:11:05.546-07:002016-08-02T12:11:05.546-07:00I did watch "Lars" but remember very lit...I did watch "Lars" but remember very little about it. Was a novel premise, or so I thought, but from what little I recall, it was just effen boring! <br /><br />As JED mentioned the War of the Roses - a story carried to its logical but extreme conclusion. After the success of the Douglas-Turner team in Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile, I wondered if that was Douglas and Turner letting us know they wouldn't be doing anymore movies together. And I don't believe they have.<br /><br />Dead man farting has no appeal. <br /><br />Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-35395549543223196802016-08-02T06:35:54.007-07:002016-08-02T06:35:54.007-07:00Earl said:
"(Just once I’d like to see the co...Earl said:<br />"(Just once I’d like to see the couple hate each other at the beginning, their antagonism gradually escalates and they wind up killing each other in the end. That would be different. Though I am not sure it would “test” very well.)"<br /><br />That sounds like the plot for <i>The War of the Roses</i>. While the montage near the beginning implies they are in love before they marry, I think the rest of the story implies that perhaps they weren't as in love as they thought. I liked all the actors but did not like the movie.<br />JEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538398157297345338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-60830642223529183722016-08-02T05:13:41.114-07:002016-08-02T05:13:41.114-07:00Shakespeare in fact - as I'm sure you know - d...Shakespeare in fact - as I'm sure you know - drew heavily on precursors such as Chaucer, folk tales, and classical mythology. Humans apparently like to tell - and hear/experience - certain kinds of stories, and when you think about the fact that the basic biological and emotional realities of human lives change really very little over millennia despite the vast changes in technology and comfort that surround them, it's really no surprise. <br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.com