tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post6052634387813457501..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Ebert's Best: 1970dpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-43010141544903556352006-11-08T10:29:00.000-05:002006-11-08T10:29:00.000-05:00Patton on the big screen IS a sight to behold. I w...<i>Patton</i> on the big screen IS a sight to behold. I was 10 when my dad, a WWII vet, took me to see it. It's the first time I'd ever heard anyone say "shit" in a movie, that I can recall. George C. Scott's acting was superb in playing a larger-than-life character. It's still among my all-time favorite war movies.<br /><br />ACAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359624900128501794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-82709322690407118432006-11-07T16:29:00.000-05:002006-11-07T16:29:00.000-05:00Reel Fanatic, I seriously doubt that the strength...<b>Reel Fanatic</b>, I seriously doubt that the strength of your critical eye is lacking based on your blog's postings. Would you agree that with some movies, regardless of the supposed genius of the director, cast, etc., a movie watcher's opinion is occassionally based strictly on their age, their patience, and their personal experience with the subject matter. I've watched M*A*S*H on a few occassions, including (here I go dating myself) its initial release in a theatre, and each viewing makes me like the movie less and less. Make that considerably less and less. I think it's held up poorly with age somewhat like the best-looking football god from your high school days who's aged ungracefully and lived a downward spiralling life since he threw that last spiral in high school.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-9063675294593995002006-11-07T16:27:00.000-05:002006-11-07T16:27:00.000-05:00ou're hardly alone in your appreciation of M*A*S*H...ou're hardly alone in your appreciation of M*A*S*H - or Altman, for that matter. Hey, if you've got Ebert in your corner, Altman must be doing something right.<br /><br />It's not very often that Altman does it right for me, however. I find him preachy and nihilistic, and while those two qualities sometimes merge to make wonderfully furious art (e.g., The Wild Bunch), I rarely see Altman taking the care to lure me in and sell me his vision. In fact, if Altman has a common weakness, it's impatience. How best to wrap up all those loose-ended story-lines? Well, how about a football game, or an earthquake? Contrast <i>M*A*S*H</i> and <i>Short Cuts</i> with <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100873/combined">Vincent & Theo</a></i>, and I think you'll see the difference between a guy who's getting his actors to do something provocative in front of the camera for the sake of his message, and a man who is paying close attention to his craft.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-18735182468008043872006-11-07T15:43:00.000-05:002006-11-07T15:43:00.000-05:00Maybe I just don't have as strong a critical eye a...Maybe I just don't have as strong a critical eye as I should, but I just find M*A*S*H to be extremely entertaining, and I don't ask for much more from a flick than thatReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-53663407157157317382006-11-07T14:53:00.000-05:002006-11-07T14:53:00.000-05:00"Divinely possessed" - yes!"Divinely possessed" - <i>yes!</i>Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-38259798080861019012006-11-07T13:07:00.000-05:002006-11-07T13:07:00.000-05:00CP, I'm with you on all counts, especially the pe...<b>CP</b>, I'm with you on all counts, especially the permenancy of <b>"Patton"</b> and the "Porky's" style mentality of Altman's "M*A*S*H". I write the latter off not as a movie for the ages, but simply a necessary movie for that specific time. If I wanted to explain how a government and its constituents were on opposite sides of a chasm, M*A*S*H would be it. Otherwise, the movie along with the diluted tv series (how odd and ridiculous does Alan Alda come off now with his constant shrieking/howling?) were good for the decade they were created in and that's about it for their effect on future movies.<br /><br />"Patton", however, is simply a great movie and George C. Scott acts as if divinely possessed.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com