Comments on: The Movie Blog: Uncut Podcast – June 1st 2009

By: OldDarth

OldDarth — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:22:11 +0000

Very glad these are back.

The new crew is doing a great job. The original crew will always be remembered fondly. Hmmm, is there a Star Trek analogy happening here?

BTW, mark me down as an original Trek series fan who is totally down the new version. Can’t wait to see where they go with the sequel – but please do something totally original!

Finally, UP is a perfect movie.

By: lewis

lewis — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:28:53 +0000

As with what a poster above said, John’s “theory” of subjectivity can be applied to any art form. Kind of ironic that a few items later after the “Film is subjective!” alert we are told that Up! is “the best movie of the past three years”. From what I can see, the use of reminding people that film is subjective serves the purpose of making people admit that they are not always right about everything. But that’s not to say that everything is always completely subjective. If everything was subjective, then why listen to anyone’s opinion about anything? Why listen to anyone’s movie review if everything is subjective? Maybe because some people are better than others at giving a review? Well–not so fast–isn’t it SUBJECTIVE to suggest that anyone is “better” than anyone else at giving a movie review? The whole subjectivity issue is actually part of a larger debate about relativity that has been going on for many decades. At heart, though it may be totalitarian for one person to insist that they are always right about everything, it is just as much a form of intellectual terrorism to insist that everything is subjective and thus no one can possibly be correct about anything. Also, FACTS are not subjective. If a certain documentary filmmaker includes false facts in his documentary, then the documentary is misleading, and that is not a “subjective” call to deem something factually incorrect. But I understand we’re talking about art here, and aesthetics in general are much more subjective. I believe there’s a phrase “There’s no accounting for taste.”

To another above poster, I think it’s quite obvious that the tagline of “the home of correct movie opinions” is a joke.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:16:43 +0000

Its been brought up, and schedules permitting might happen one day.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:01:14 +0000

Hey Rodney,
You ever think of getting on the podcast? I think it’d be awesome if you joined the other 3.

By: algoresnuts

algoresnuts — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:49:03 +0000

Drag Me to Hell was a fun ride. Up was boring. I wish I was three years old again; then maybe I’d enjoy it.

By: AARON

AARON — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:59:59 +0000

Return Of The King is a classic.

Btw John, did you ever see Angels & Demons?

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:51:43 +0000

Soul,

What you should do is go up to them and say “I’ll be Back”(w/ an Austrian accent) and then get in your car and drive it into the theatre.

By: EZELL

EZELL — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:07:14 +0000

Titanic won 11 as well

By: Shock

Shock — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:46:36 +0000

Well john I don’t like that movie or Two twoers but love the Fellowship of the ring!,And 11 Oscars or all the Oscars they mean JACK-SHIT when you give an oscar to Eminem.

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:58:45 +0000

Hey Shock,

Yeah… a record 11 Oscars and one of the most beloved films of all time. What was I thinking?

Hey, it’s totally cool if you don’t like it, but I feel pretty confident in my opinion on it.