tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post2986014844850575785..comments2023-10-17T06:26:31.005-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Middleman: Movies for atheists - #3John Evohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-67460895443423785982008-09-03T09:59:00.000-07:002008-09-03T09:59:00.000-07:00I have already watched this movie because I don't ...I have already watched this movie because I don't mind reading my movies. Besides, since English isn't my husband's first language, we pretty much always have close-captioning on and I often have to force myself not to read the bottom of the screen. Anyways, this film was beautiful and heartbreaking and Javier Bardem is an awesome actor in any language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-46002763714969648972008-08-05T08:54:00.000-07:002008-08-05T08:54:00.000-07:00If you don't watch movies with subtitles then you ...If you don't watch movies with subtitles then you missed a pretty decent action/fantasy flick a while back - Brotherhood of the Wolf.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'll add this to my list. As a warning it's worse than my book list (mostly because I don't watch movies as often as I read books).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-36062993802614371382008-08-02T11:59:00.000-07:002008-08-02T11:59:00.000-07:00What I find amazing is it took so long for someone...What I find amazing is it took so long for someone to realize that you can't just put white text on the screen. Hello! Yeah, that works great for say something set in Alaska or anywhere you have snow everywhere. <BR/><BR/>White text, black border, and perhaps a drop shadow. What took so long? Of course the absolute best is not having the text on the film part at all, but having a letterbox film PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-81876592565495820272008-08-02T11:29:00.000-07:002008-08-02T11:29:00.000-07:00Chappy, I don't LIKE reading subtitles. I endure ...Chappy, I don't LIKE reading subtitles. I endure it. If the movie sucks, the subtitles make it even worse. But I'd rather have subtitles than the old "dubbing" they used to do when we were kids. And I've seen many great foreign flicks that I would have missed if I simply said "I don't like subtitles". Now, if you tell me he has a reading problem, is dyslexic, his vision is bad with screens, John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-90946527605705201962008-08-02T06:19:00.000-07:002008-08-02T06:19:00.000-07:00Looks like a good film. Unfortunately, the deacon ...Looks like a good film. Unfortunately, the deacon hates reading subtitles. I don't mind them, but that's probably because I don't do all my reading in the shitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-34557944084209640432008-08-01T10:37:00.000-07:002008-08-01T10:37:00.000-07:00@ Philly - Only if you want to watch them in the c...@ Philly - Only if you want to watch them in the can.<BR/><BR/>@ Ex - not so much for fuck's sake. But for Evo's sake I do. I can give you an enthusiastic recommendation on a beautiful little French film, <A HREF="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Amelie/60022048?trkid=222336&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=216206563_0_0" REL="nofollow">Amelie</A> And Audrey Tautou is irresistible.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-19031218868376502212008-08-01T10:24:00.000-07:002008-08-01T10:24:00.000-07:00For fuck's sake, don't you ever watch a comedy?For fuck's sake, don't you ever watch a <I>comedy</I>?The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-77750269924115385882008-08-01T08:22:00.000-07:002008-08-01T08:22:00.000-07:00Now I gotta buy a laptop? Foreign films are expens...Now I gotta buy a laptop? Foreign films are expensivePhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-85420130757502118692008-08-01T08:07:00.000-07:002008-08-01T08:07:00.000-07:00Ex asked: why not admit that your full name is Evo...Ex asked: <I>why not admit that your full name is Evolutionary Hussein Middleman?</I><BR/><BR/>Because it wouldn't be true. I have birth certificate if you want me to produce it. "Evolutionary Che Middleman".John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-39695036628858241652008-08-01T08:02:00.000-07:002008-08-01T08:02:00.000-07:00Philly - that's part of what makes the movie fasci...Philly - that's part of what makes the movie fascinating. As a viewer we relate to his friends and family who don't want him to win his suit on one level. But it's <I>his life</I>. And he truly wants to die. I think you have to respect that.<BR/><BR/>Take your laptop into the shitter and read the movie.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-68040133103867753532008-08-01T07:49:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:49:00.000-07:00Based on the Netflix description, it ironically so...Based on the Netflix description, it ironically sounds like an affirmation for denying suicide if while being prevented to commit suicide he inspired others. That's even a secular justification. Oops.<BR/><BR/>But you know, foreign films have subtitles and I ain't payin' to do no readin'! Readin' is what you do in the shitter.PhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-41719798609067992582008-08-01T01:21:00.000-07:002008-08-01T01:21:00.000-07:00I'm adding it to my Netflix list. But aren't forei...I'm adding it to my Netflix list. <BR/><BR/>But aren't foreign films made by foreigners? What's wrong with American films? And where's your flag pin, f'Chrissake? While you're at it, why not admit that your full name is Evolutionary Hussein Middleman?The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.com