tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post182746815357126820..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: ADULT LOVERSTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-27183069226967035682013-07-01T00:03:58.718-05:002013-07-01T00:03:58.718-05:00... radically uncertain. ... radically uncertain. Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395935555104608284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-81402056453130581862013-07-01T00:02:01.288-05:002013-07-01T00:02:01.288-05:001) What am perfect characterization of Hayden Chri...1) What am perfect characterization of Hayden Christensen's performance in Star Wars. <br /><br />2) I remember being distraught that the philosophical inquisitiveness, the brave politics, and (to conjure a word that is now a folkloric term in Austin) the "weird-ness" of Slacker was missing from BEFORE SUNRISE. The "sequel" has a more of a tendency to push those buttons, and not just in the political sense (re: Delpy listing all the problems of the world). Like the characters, we're in a place of tension between a total recall of the last movie and something else, something singular. <br /><br />3) Kiarostami's CERTIFIED COPY obviously owes a lot to these films, but goddammit if it isn't just as mind-blowing. The formal principles are similar, but the dialogue goes into strange places where the truth isFritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395935555104608284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-13333061508138547332012-10-03T15:56:27.047-05:002012-10-03T15:56:27.047-05:00^She can be annoying, because she's so informe...^She can be annoying, because she's so informed about the world and loves to tell Jesse about it, and how fucked up the world is. Jesse isn't perfect either...and I think that's what makes these two so enduring, They're perfect for each other.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219137212221355997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-67982041352361346592012-10-03T00:57:30.868-05:002012-10-03T00:57:30.868-05:00I love this pair of movies. My wife hates them. ...I love this pair of movies. My wife hates them. And she's the one that is all about romantic comedies!<br /><br />She says it's the dialog, and that Julie Deply is annoying. I'll never understand it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-67766992561602453272012-10-02T16:50:02.115-05:002012-10-02T16:50:02.115-05:00If it makes you feel any better, GeoX, Before Sunr...If it makes you feel any better, GeoX, <i>Before Sunrise</i> also had an ambiguous ending that <i>Before Sunset</i> smashes.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353384030134127816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-55265268687528243082012-10-02T01:53:58.035-05:002012-10-02T01:53:58.035-05:00Well, for what it's worth, I'm the guy who...Well, for what it's worth, I'm the guy who's seen this movie but not its predecessor; obviously, I cannot say how that colors my reaction.<br /><br />So…well, here it is: I really loved this movie…in theory. In practice…well, I didn't love it. Okay, I'll come clean; I didn't even <i>like</i> it that much. I freely admit that this is exactly the sort of situation where my opinion might shift entirely were I to see it again, but my first impression was that all of the dialogue was so suffocatingly <i>mannered</i> that I simply couldn't identify with these people as people on any level. It's no doubt the case that some of this is the point; that they're deliberately obfuscating their feelings, but I really got the very strong impression that some of this is <i>just who they really are.</i> And the intensely artificial structure didn't help either; it got to the point where I was thinking, SHIT! They just got on another form of transportation! Now they're going to natter on for another fifteen minutes! Gah! <br /><br />I don't know what else to say. I am NOT being deliberately contrarian here, and I'd love it if I had the same reaction that other people did, but what can you do? <br /><br />One thing that DID sorta kind work for me was the ambiguity of the ending. And now presumably the new movie will smash that all to shreds. Hmph.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-28579472238380579712012-10-01T23:44:52.657-05:002012-10-01T23:44:52.657-05:00Dear Jeremy,
You have my undying Internet hatred ...Dear Jeremy,<br /><br />You have my undying Internet hatred for quoting that line after Mr. Brayton went out of his way not to. Good day, sir.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />S. HassinShoumik Hassinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118020839105811456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-40666799743913176422012-10-01T22:35:26.701-05:002012-10-01T22:35:26.701-05:00"Baby, you are gonna miss that plane..."..."Baby, you are gonna miss that plane..."<br /><br />I'm equally excited and terrified about seeing the follow-up to this.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219137212221355997noreply@blogger.com