tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post4413145310814534103..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: BREAKING LITTLE HEARTS LIKE THE ONE IN METimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-35325172996793322262012-06-19T22:42:19.738-05:002012-06-19T22:42:19.738-05:00"a cultural memory of the grind houses and st..."a cultural memory of the grind houses and strip clubs and whores that once populated that region, and have sense been chased away and extinguished by tourist-coddling stores and shiny signs and a profound sense of packaged artifice."<br /><br />Because strip clubs and whores don't offer packaged artifice?<br /><br />Really, I get what you're saying about the music, but I'll take shiny, safe Disney stores over the world of Taxi Driver any day.StephenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588260639227694557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-39287003939729775162012-06-16T00:22:01.707-05:002012-06-16T00:22:01.707-05:00I had several belly laughs reading this review, bu...I had several belly laughs reading this review, but the most satisfying had to be at this line:<br /><br />"when character start to sing and dance, they don't have to enter a dream sequence first. So for all his cluminess as a director, Adam Shankman still owns Rob Marshall."<br /><br />BOOM! Hahaha. Man, I don't like Chicago.Daniel Silberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685707813625269747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-73827397929458415792012-06-15T15:29:35.045-05:002012-06-15T15:29:35.045-05:00I'm not sure it would've been a pun, per s...I'm not sure it would've been a pun, per se, given that "mettle" is merely a more archaic, literary spelling of "metal."<br /><br />On a wider note, thank you for wiping away any vestiges of ill-founded musical desire I might have had to see this film.Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374497545791328382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-8470672767462278992012-06-15T10:42:09.546-05:002012-06-15T10:42:09.546-05:00I've never heard 'oil spill' used as a...I've never heard 'oil spill' used as an insult before. I like it.<br /><br />Also, "tested their <i title="yes, I know">metal</i>" perhaps?caerphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126464462656422279noreply@blogger.com