Comments on: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

By: debby

debby — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:38:50 +0000

I definitely think this movie would b good to watch if it was written with an open mind, and by someone who didnt know the director personally. I think justice was not served in this movie because no matter the reasons he did what he did, drugs or not, consent or not, its still not right todo what he did. I think because he was famous, there was too much sympathy for him. I just think he should have paid for it somehow, and i beleive he should have even given the girl some compensation voluntarily. He’s a good director though and we shouldnt forget that.

By: emmy

emmy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:01:34 +0000

The latest is that Gideon Benaim, the solicitor in London who arranged for Polanski to give evidence via video link when Polanski made a claim against Vanity Fair (for defamation – I kid you not) and thereby preventing Polanski from being extradited to the US to face the consequences of child rape, has put himself forward as Partner of the Year in the Lawyer Mag.
Benaim cites the Polanski case as one of the reasons he should win.
God help us when assisting a child molester wins a glittering prize.

By: Ed Shull

Ed Shull — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:15:39 +0000

It’s a little concerning that there are people defending Polanski’s actions at all. There is no doubt that he is guilty. Why defend this guy just because he made some good films?

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:48:33 +0000

Roman Polanski gave a 13 year old child drugs and and then he sodomised her. He didn’t think she was older, it wasn’t even a spur of the moment action; he thought it was legal to have sex with 13 year old children in the state of California. He tried to justify his actions in his autobiography by saying the mother set it up. Just because he is a film director and not a truck driver doesn’t make it more understandable. Yes his family were victims of concentration camps – but that is not anywhere near relevant; others lead good and decent lives.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:28:55 +0000

Whoa, I didn’t know that he DRUGGED the girl, too! I thought they just had sex, but because she was underage…

Well, that changes things.

By: calviin

calviin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:59:17 +0000

I heard The Vikings, while old, is still a good movie.

By: doug nagy

doug nagy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:58:43 +0000

I am currently digging through a pile of old sword and sandal films and hope to find some.

Not a lot of good viking films sadly. I like beowulf best from what I have seen, 13th warrior is not a great film – but has some cool viking stuff in there that is worth checking out.

Do not see pathfinder – you will be angered

By: calviin

calviin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:47:59 +0000

Hey Doug, I know this is off-topic, but I have been interested in finding a good viking movie. I have seen a few Viking movies listed on IMDB, but I was wondering, not including Beowulf, are there any you can recommend?

By: RonSalon

RonSalon — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:33:38 +0000

You’re right, but it does make it more understandable as to why he would contemplate it and then follow through with the act.

By: calviin

calviin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:30:49 +0000

I’m gonna disagree with that latter half.
“Does it make it more understandable? IMO… yes, even more so with drugs and alcohol involved. I think, if done well, it could be very good indeed…”

I submit that just because he made the first poor decision of being involved with drugs and alcohol (enough to impair his judgment), that does not make any additional poor decision understandable. I’m not saying he is guilty or not, but if he were, impairment from drugs or alcohol is not even remotely possible as an excuse.