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Seth



Last Updated: 12/19/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Married
Age: 26
Sign: Capricorn

City: Nashville
State: Tennessee
Country: US
Signup Date: 8/15/2006
Friday, September 15, 2006 

Current mood:  okay
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

I watched Tombstone yesterday.  It's one of the best freaking movies ever.  Today I'm watching Unforgiven.  I don't like it as much as Tombstone, but it's still a great film. 

I would really love to see another great Western movie come out.  Kevin Costner tried a few years ago with Open Range, but it was somewhat boring (though the climactic gunfight was great).  But no, I mean something on par with A Fistful of Dollars or The Magnificent Seven or Tombstone.  Supposedly The Proposition was pretty incredible, but I haven't gotten to see it yet.  I would really love to see Peter Jackson, Mel Gibson or Martin Scorsese direct a Western.  None of them have yet, and I think they would ace it.  But alas, it will probably never happen.

In other cinematic news, I just started a new Netflix queue that will run parallel with my main queue.  It's full of foreign films.  And not movies like Brotherhood of the Wolf or Amelie that have been popular over here, but genuine artsy-fartsy foreign films.  Stuff that I would normally never watch.  But I am going to watch them now, because I figure I might as well be somewhat knowledgeable on all types of film, even the kind that I don't really care for.  I'm probably going to regret this decision.

I reckon that's all I've got to say about that.

Currently watching:
Unforgiven
Release date: 26 March, 1997
7:17 PM
 
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Chuck Norris will strike you down.

 
Dear Seth:

Please, don't become a pretentious old fart.  Turn away from the wine and cheese now while you still can.  Embrace the pop in all of us... don't become a critic.  You will regret it if you take that plunge.  Watching foreign films is, alas, the first step down that haughty road.  You can still return... don't drink the Kool-Aid of "importance."  There's nothing "important" about becoming a caricature of yourself, which is what critics are.

A great songwriter we all know and love (no, not Chris Corder, someone else) once sang "The critics think that you're below them - look at them toot their horns... they're just a bunch of balding vegans filled with spite and scorn.  They think you're stupid and below them - they'd love to feed you soy - they want to dictate all your tastes and deflate all your joy."  That songwriter, friend, was right.

Do you really want to lose your hair, eat soy, and develop a superiority complex (and probably a bad rash to go along with it)?  Do you?  Huh?  Do you?  Nah, of course you don't.

But yeah... to get to the heart of the matter... westerns are badass.  Especially when they involve long stretches of no dialogue, with Clint Eastwood squinting, under the sun, in the desert, by a cactus.  Nothing pretentious about that... that's just the essence of balls, my son.  Learn it well, then live it.

Yer pal,

D. "OMGWTFBBQLOL" E.

 
Posted by Chuck Norris will strike you down. on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 1:45 AM
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Seth

 

Embrace the pop?  You know I could never willingly do such a thing.

Like I said...the only reason I'm doing the foreign film thing is so I can legitimately criticize them, rather than simply lean on the old stereotypes (though I'm willing to wager that the stereotypes are true).  And if there's one or two that are actually good, then more power to them.  I'm definitely not going through with this little experiment because I feel it will make me smarter or more cultured.  But if I'm going to fight against something, I need to know the enemy, and goodness knows I've been fighting against foreign cinema for some time now.

And believe me, I'll never start eating soy.


 
Posted by Seth on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 3:01 AM
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