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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    The cinematography of films nowadays is fantastic, from a technical standpoint they leave most older films for dead.

    Depends if you value 'professionalism' or 'authenticity'.

    Citizen Kane wouldn't be my desert island movie either. If I had to pick one, maybe Solaris.

    Best movie evah? Cul-de-sac.

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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    Oddly, in art, quality is somewhat a measure of how the work conforms to standard forms, but also somewhat a measure of how it deviates from them.

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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    Howard the Duck is a better film about a duck than Citizen Kane.

    One of the things I love about language is that we're constantly saying things that have never, ever been said before.

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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    It's a better children's movie, though.

    That's fine if you're judging it as a children's movie.

    The Yellow Pages is a better book than The Great Gatsby, if you're looking for an effective doorstop. As literature though...

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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    So, maybe Citizen Kane vs. Robot Monster isn't the greatest example. Can we run this again using The Godfather Part 2 vs. Leonard Part 6 ?

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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    if you get south... give us a buzz

    Will do, but don't hold your breath. I'm rather a homebody. :)

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    But if it isn't how we actually do it, isn't that a strong argument that it isn't right?

    Not saying that it's everything; just that it's not nothing.

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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    I don't think that is the way we judge artworks in practice.

    Neither do I (see the second half of the same comment), but I still think it's useful.

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  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    When I play wine glasses, I am underlining my words, or I am singng my poetry over the top of them. I only do it in family friendly circumstances.

    That, I would like to see, but I suspect I never will. :)

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Cracker: Wallywood,

    I play wine glasses

    Do you? How wonderful. I've been talking recently about doing that myself, but I'm not sure I could afford a set.

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