Comments on: I’m Reed Fish . . . [shudder] http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/ Digressions in Discourse Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:44:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anirban http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Anirban Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:02:56 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-744 Silverado. Amazing how Kevin Kline managed to follow that up with Wild Wild West (agreed, that was supposed to be a fun movie...but it was still bad) Silverado. Amazing how Kevin Kline managed to follow that up with Wild Wild West (agreed, that was supposed to be a fun movie…but it was still bad)

]]> By: Aakaash http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Aakaash Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:27:00 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-743 Never saw Lady in the Water - The Village was enough for me... let me know when Shyamalan makes Unbreakable 2 and I might see that. Never saw Lady in the Water – The Village was enough for me… let me know when Shyamalan makes Unbreakable 2 and I might see that.

]]> By: Matt http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Matt Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:05:01 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-742 I notice no one's mentioning "Gigli." Is that because no one else has seen it? Because it can't be that no one else thought it was the worst. Movie. Ever. I also notice no one's mentioning "Lady in the Water." That must just be because Salma hasn't commented. Closest I've ever come to walking out of the theater. I notice no one’s mentioning “Gigli.” Is that because no one else has seen it? Because it can’t be that no one else thought it was the worst. Movie. Ever.

I also notice no one’s mentioning “Lady in the Water.” That must just be because Salma hasn’t commented. Closest I’ve ever come to walking out of the theater.

]]> By: Kris http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Kris Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:52:27 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-741 You always have to check behind the poster of Raquel Welch. That's the first thing they teach you in prison guard school. You always have to check behind the poster of Raquel Welch. That’s the first thing they teach you in prison guard school.

]]> By: Jayashree http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-740 Jayashree Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:05:26 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-740 And then there are the other kind of movies.... Here's a news item from Yahoo news: "Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday....The jailbreak is reminiscent of one in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" in which the main character, an inmate, uses posters of women, including of a bikini-clad Raquel Welch, to conceal an escape tunnel he had been digging." Take that, Reed Fish! I also saw one of a third category of movies this week: Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers's August Rush. A twenty-first century version of Oliver Twist, it was probably one of the most boring nice movies I've seen in a while. I learnt very little about what I should do if I were ever in prison but at least I didn't come out confused about its editing, casting choices, lackluster plot, or freshman take on auteurship. And then there are the other kind of movies…. Here’s a news item from Yahoo news:
“Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday….The jailbreak is reminiscent of one in the movie “The Shawshank Redemption” in which the main character, an inmate, uses posters of women, including of a bikini-clad Raquel Welch, to conceal an escape tunnel he had been digging.”

Take that, Reed Fish!

I also saw one of a third category of movies this week: Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s August Rush. A twenty-first century version of Oliver Twist, it was probably one of the most boring nice movies I’ve seen in a while. I learnt very little about what I should do if I were ever in prison but at least I didn’t come out confused about its editing, casting choices, lackluster plot, or freshman take on auteurship.

]]> By: Aakaash http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Aakaash Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:18:55 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-739 I liked Gremilins 2! I saw it when I was 12, and it had a flying gremlin, a dinosaur gremlin, even a a gremilin that was pure electricity...and speaking of Die Hard, G2 took place in one building in almost-real-time. I'm also with Pulao on Panic Room - never ever going to be a good movie, but worst EVER? That's setting the bar pretty high - especially since the extras on the DVD are pretty much a semester in film school. I have seen so many horrible movies...but right up there is the Gabriel Byrne/ Sly Stallone/ Thandie Newton poker flick SHADE. I have no idea why that movie has the following it does - granted the whole thing is about poker, but it's awful. Awful acting, awful editing (a car ride actually made me dizzy, just by switching angles on the same people talking), awful makeup (Sly's never looked so botoxed), awful screenplay (I think "mucking cards" is mentioned as an example of the tricks they used...huh?) and awful, awful, front-lit-with-no-background--60s-cheapie-western cinematography. On second thoughts - watch it. You'll know of what I speak. I liked Gremilins 2! I saw it when I was 12, and it had a flying gremlin, a dinosaur gremlin, even a a gremilin that was pure electricity…and speaking of Die Hard, G2 took place in one building in almost-real-time.
I’m also with Pulao on Panic Room – never ever going to be a good movie, but worst EVER? That’s setting the bar pretty high – especially since the extras on the DVD are pretty much a semester in film school.
I have seen so many horrible movies…but right up there is the Gabriel Byrne/ Sly Stallone/ Thandie Newton poker flick SHADE. I have no idea why that movie has the following it does – granted the whole thing is about poker, but it’s awful. Awful acting, awful editing (a car ride actually made me dizzy, just by switching angles on the same people talking), awful makeup (Sly’s never looked so botoxed), awful screenplay (I think “mucking cards” is mentioned as an example of the tricks they used…huh?) and awful, awful, front-lit-with-no-background–60s-cheapie-western cinematography. On second thoughts – watch it. You’ll know of what I speak.

]]> By: Anirban http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Anirban Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:33:52 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-738 There will be a day when I shall appreciate the virtues of a cliche driven plot in a movie that lacks the basic action sequences needed to make the movie bearable. That day is not Today. Today I fight... no not really just regret the time wasted... There will be a day when I shall appreciate the virtues of a cliche driven plot in a movie that lacks the basic action sequences needed to make the movie bearable. That day is not Today. Today I fight… no not really just regret the time wasted…

]]> By: Kris http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Kris Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:29 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-737 Jared Leto's hair in Panic Room was AWESOME. Just sayin' Jared Leto’s hair in Panic Room was AWESOME. Just sayin’

]]> By: Pulao http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Pulao Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:05:26 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-736 If *Panic Room* is the worst film you've seen, I want your life. It was by no means an awesome movie, but it at least was trying something different, the idea was fun, the actors were surprisingly good (oh, that cooky Jared Leto), though I agree that the execution was off. What makes *I'm Reed Fish* SO bad, was that it was a banal idea mixed with unexcited writing tossed with complacent acting. Though if the film aspires to nothing and that's where it ends up, is it some kind of a success? If *Panic Room* is the worst film you’ve seen, I want your life. It was by no means an awesome movie, but it at least was trying something different, the idea was fun, the actors were surprisingly good (oh, that cooky Jared Leto), though I agree that the execution was off.

What makes *I’m Reed Fish* SO bad, was that it was a banal idea mixed with unexcited writing tossed with complacent acting. Though if the film aspires to nothing and that’s where it ends up, is it some kind of a success?

]]> By: Anirban http://12apostrophes.net/im-reed-fish-shudder/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Anirban Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:04:21 +0000 http://12apostrophes.net/2007/12/11/im-reed-fish-shudder/#comment-735 Panic Room. (Alt title - Die hard watching Jodie and Forest Whittaker in this pointless flick) Panic Room. (Alt title – Die hard watching Jodie and Forest Whittaker in this pointless flick)

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