I'm going to have to watch something incredibly shit soon as an antidote. Time to blow the dust off Last House on the Left
It’s hard to imagine now, but Steven Spielberg was unfairly dismissed by many critics as a glorified popcorn seller who would never produce something truly important. In the same year as Jurassic Park, how he proved them wrong!
Ironically, one of the most vehement critics of the movie was Claude Lanzmann, whose Shoah influenced Spielberg in the first place.
My main problem (aside from my deep dislike for Spielberg) with the movie is that the Holocaust is not a redemption story, but the movie essentially is. The black and white pictures and the camera work suggest a false authenticity, which is made bearable for the viewer by its combination with the kitschy melodram, happy ending inclusive. Thanks to Spielberg, everyone now knows how bad it was with that Holocaust stuff - but at least something good (a glimmer of hope) came out of it. Imre Kertész (Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate, author of Fateless) called that the new Auschwitz lie.
Criticising Forrest Gump is like kicking a puppy in the face.
Quote from: Jon on February 18, 2009, 09:01:42 PMCriticising Forrest Gump is like kicking a puppy in the face.I'm like you here. This is a film that I've liked the first and only time I've watched it, but I'm not sure that a second viewing will do anything but decrease my oppinion about it. This film is such an happy sugary one that I was surprised to like it even if it was force on me (my girlfriend at the time choose the movie we watched together).One thing that you've forgot to mention : the soundtrack is really amazing, imagine the cost to buy the right for each one of these song...