tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post747856470056416078..comments2024-03-29T15:01:37.626+05:00Comments on THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS: A work of misunderstood geniusTom Shonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938779517705582285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-26526576145784480762012-11-01T13:44:08.466+05:002012-11-01T13:44:08.466+05:00Don't fall into the trap of judging movies wit...Don't fall into the trap of judging movies without seeing them based on others' reviews (even mine). That is the very definition of prejudice and no critic should be prejudiced against anything or anyone--not even Sylvester Stallone. Clear your palate and go. (PS: Cloud Atlas is ludicrous, but don't take my word for it.)David Edelsteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-13931948072938153032012-10-28T10:22:48.363+05:002012-10-28T10:22:48.363+05:00I just got home from seeing "Cloud Atlas.&quo...I just got home from seeing "Cloud Atlas." I am still buzzing from the exhilaration of feeling like *finally* somebody *trusted* me with a different kind of cinematic "writing."joyjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174111764415621043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-72895784826992383002012-10-28T08:47:33.424+05:002012-10-28T08:47:33.424+05:00Like any patriotic American, I can't read the ...Like any patriotic American, I can't read the phrase "misunderstood genius" without thinking of Calvin and Hobbes:<br /><br />http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w77/Jay_photos_bucket/CalvinHobbesMisundestoodGenius.gifGaithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-75240328538161944012012-10-28T03:54:03.638+05:002012-10-28T03:54:03.638+05:00"Genius never appreciated in it's time&qu..."Genius never appreciated in it's time" and all that.<br /><br />I saw this movie so you didn't have to, Tom. There are people coming out of this movie talking about it was a transcendent experience, this incredible epic, tears streaming down their faces in disbelief at it's wonder.<br /><br />I'm not here to tell them they're wrong, but shit...I wish I saw the same movie they did.Jeremynoreply@blogger.com