I've seen it, and just couldn't get through the historical inaccuracy of the movie, just for the sake of making it more interesting. If you're historical movie, make it right or don't make it at all. I hated I Walk The Line though, even if it was kinda accurate, because it portrayted Johnny Cash only as drug and booze addicted asshole, worst person on earth basically.
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My sentiments on the snow exactly:
Supposed to get two feet up here. But it's happening Saturday not like Sunday or Monday so no day off
Supposed to get two feet up here. But it's happening Saturday not like Sunday or Monday so no day off
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Between the grocery store to pick up stuff for dinner tomorrow and the liquor store (most grocery stores in MD can't sell beer), it took me an extra 2.5 hours to get home after work.
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Did they really do that though? Sounds like you're remembering it without any context whatsoever. They more painted him as someone with many demons and a lot of guilt.
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Not really. I don't watch the cricket and I hardly watch any footy. I've always enjoyed watching a good tennis match though.
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At the risk of sounding like a douche monger, I've always thought disliking movies based purely on the lack of accuracy was kinda fuckin stupid. Whether its historical accuracy, canon accuracy, etc. Cinema as an art medium should be seen exactly as that - art. It's not like they label this shit specifically as a documentary, or you saw it on the history channel. Its entertainment with loose basis in fact.
You're really missing out on some great films if you won't let the directors take their creative liberties, being the artists they are.
Walk the Line totally sucked as a piece of cinematic art though, IMO. Not worth a second watch regardless of accuracy.
Well, yes, I think that's what they were trying to do, and in my eyes, blatantly failed.
The problem is, I like when things are kind of all in or nothin. This applies not only to movies, but also to games, hell, even to my life, I either 100% concentrate on something or don't do it at all. So when movie is historical, they want to recreate something, I want it to be accurate. If it's completely made up, I'm fine with it. Same thing applies to games. When you are doing realistic shooter, like ARMA, I like it, if you do crazy stuff like Unreal, I like it too. But half realistic/half arcade-y games like CoD/BF I hate with passion. So it is my personal issue.
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Saturday afternoon, having many drinks (hail gin) and eating some new flavoured Pringles, they're fucking spicy. 20 minutes deep into Reverend Bizarre's So Long Suckers.
I'm considering putting on "Caesar Forever" while I watch the best bits of Ben-Hur. I'm surprised nobody has used olde films like that to make cool video clips for that song.
Also I'm genuinely wondering who feminists will vote for in America; Bernie who represents their convictions politically and ideologically more than anybody else or Clinton as a symbol, because she's a woman. I'm drvnk.
Christs may come and Christs may go but Caesar is forever!
I'm considering putting on "Caesar Forever" while I watch the best bits of Ben-Hur. I'm surprised nobody has used olde films like that to make cool video clips for that song.
Also I'm genuinely wondering who feminists will vote for in America; Bernie who represents their convictions politically and ideologically more than anybody else or Clinton as a symbol, because she's a woman. I'm drvnk.
Christs may come and Christs may go but Caesar is forever!
Why is it dumb though? Take the Star Trek franchise for example. Part of what makes that franchise so great is the fact that its universe is so large and encompassing; and still, 95 percent of the time, despite being so encompassing, it manages to maintain total continuity.
When it comes to canon, when you introduce discontinuity, the entire franchise is damaged. The piece of art becomes flawed, and its legitimacy as a quality piece suffers. It's just sloppy.
This is why, again when it comes to Star Trek, movies like Star Trek 2009 fucking blow. "Alternate universe" or not; it utilizes bad science, discontinuity when it comes to established canon, and all in all is just a sloppy action flick that cheapens the franchise.
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Only giant nerd faggots care about canon enough to let it decide whether a film is good or not. I'm one of them.
But I will also admit if something is good as a stand alone piece of work, even if in the context of it's canon it's a steaming heaping pile of shite.
But I will also admit if something is good as a stand alone piece of work, even if in the context of it's canon it's a steaming heaping pile of shite.
I mean, I only usually care about canon if I really care about the franchise anyways; so basically I'm only a giant nerd faggot when it comes to Star Trek. When it comes to the Trek, big enough violations of canon can indeed ruin an episode or film for me. Such as Final Frontier or Star Trek 2009, which I prefer to pretend don't exist.
I would say Trailer Park Boys too, is another series I care deeply enough about, but they haven't had a lot of discontinuity so s'all good.
I would say Trailer Park Boys too, is another series I care deeply enough about, but they haven't had a lot of discontinuity so s'all good.
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The film in all other areas could be masterful but the whole time you can't stop thinking about how they just threw all the carefully crafted and adhered to canon out the window. I'm like that too.
Especially with television shows, I care a lot about the Always Sunny In Philadelphia canon and every time there's some shit that goes by that contradicts something that was set in stone previously I feel a sharp pain.
Especially with television shows, I care a lot about the Always Sunny In Philadelphia canon and every time there's some shit that goes by that contradicts something that was set in stone previously I feel a sharp pain.
