tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post7829931319672130694..comments2023-06-24T11:57:48.459-04:00Comments on larrylivermore.com: "Film" And The Overly Earnest 20-SomethingLarry Livermorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11948659387575597910noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-67145417471393703432008-04-02T17:07:00.000-04:002008-04-02T17:07:00.000-04:00My pet peeve with 20-somethings is that the curren...My pet peeve with 20-somethings is that the current fad among many of them is the assumption that "to discuss something with someone" means disagreeing vehemently with each and every point, major and minor, often, it seems, merely for the sake of disagreeing. If I had a quarter for something 20-something response that began,"Yeah, but..." If they can't think of something to disagree with in your overall statement, nit picking and disagreeing with a minor aside will suffice. It's kind of like a form of chess, or more accurately, a WWF Smackdown approach to conversation. Maybe Bob Mould wrote this script too.thissmallplanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10675384019873419994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-50368961742609291612008-04-02T16:42:00.000-04:002008-04-02T16:42:00.000-04:00Hated the ending of "No Country" and was very disa...Hated the ending of "No Country" and was very disappointed by "There Will Be Blood" and "Jesse James". Currently living in Japan, where Western movies can take a year or two to show up (allegedly because of the cost of subtitling) and then vanish if you don't go right away. So downloading films has now become my thing. Films I have kind of liked recently - "Pan's Labyrinth", "Superbad", "Juno", "Control" (Joy Division), I'm Not There" (for Dylan superfans only), "The Aristocrats" (docu), and "This is England".thissmallplanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10675384019873419994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-3833385145200639042008-04-02T08:16:00.000-04:002008-04-02T08:16:00.000-04:00I'm not sure where I fit in as on one hand I thoro...I'm not sure where I fit in as on one hand I thoroughly enjoyed There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men (even if the book was better) but on the other I have seen Bad Boys II and The Rock/Seann William Scott-classic Welcome to the Jungle multiple times sober. While this should make me fit in to any discussion of film in reality it means that I end up arguing with the action film fans about how Jarhead was a great film and quoting The Waterboy at bemused foreign-film buffs.JBriggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480644620840218550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-54764804241730115702008-04-02T05:19:00.000-04:002008-04-02T05:19:00.000-04:00People who intellectualize "No Country" are doing ...People who intellectualize "No Country" are doing it a disservice. It's simply a tightly plotted, funny thriller with an inconclusive ending. It's a fun time at the movies.Hazmat70https://www.blogger.com/profile/11827040435646996877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-52581323976224980792008-04-01T22:25:00.000-04:002008-04-01T22:25:00.000-04:00Good point. I should go back right now and attach...Good point. I should go back right now and attach it to my Doomsday article.Larry Livermorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948659387575597910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774131.post-35079787992698156252008-04-01T22:08:00.000-04:002008-04-01T22:08:00.000-04:00Your "Larry is a Philistine" tag is sorely underus...Your "Larry is a Philistine" tag is sorely underused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com