bill commented on 'Bernadette!'
Who wrote the "Burn After Reading" piece? That sounds like it'd be good for a laugh.
View ArticleDan commented on 'Bernadette!'
As long as I don't have to read any more effusive praise of "Benjamin Button" or "Revolutionary Road". Not that they're bad but in five years, nobody's going to give a shit about them.
View ArticleGlenn Kenny commented on 'Bernadette!'
@Bill: That's from a piece at Spout:http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/26/the-most-misunderstood-films-of-2008/ The really frightening thing is that the author's a filmmaker—one of those "mumbleypeg" guys,...
View Articlebill commented on 'Bernadette!'
I just read Lerman's piece. Among other things, for a filmmaker he has a pretty skewed idea of how long it takes to make a movie, doesn't he? Maybe Lerman thinks the Coens naturally assumed that people...
View Articleron commented on 'Bernadette!'
Most of the "serious" movie people I know loathed At the Movies even when Siskel and Ebert were doing it.
View ArticleMatt Noller commented on 'Bernadette!'
Sad thing is, Lerman's right that "Burn After Reading" has been widely and woefully misread; it's just that he's one of the people woefully misreading it. And in a way that's not just insulting to the...
View ArticleGlenn Kenny commented on 'Bernadette!'
The piece gets even worse when it starts in on the vanity publishing project of one Mary Bronstein...but I didn't go in there and comment as I'm trying to be a little less intemperate generally, and...
View Articleswordandpen commented on 'Bernadette!'
I agree with Glenn that although Lyons is a cretin, he isn't a lunatic. Ben Lyons is almost being propped up to pull the focus away from much of the lousy criticism we've been seeing all year...
View Articlevadim commented on 'Bernadette!'
Oh good jesus. OK, who wrote that about Seven Pounds?They can't pull that on me. I SAW IT.
View Articlebill commented on 'Bernadette!'
I read the "Seven Pounds" thing somewhere...was that Poland?
View ArticleGlenn Kenny commented on 'Bernadette!'
Vadim, Bill nailed it: The "Seven Pounds" defense is indeed from "David "Yes you did, you invaded" Poland.Funny that swordandpen brought up Mr. White, for as it happens he's the one who thinks the...
View Articleswordandpen commented on 'Bernadette!'
Wow. I didn't realize that "Made in USA" quote was from Armond White. His attempts to convince us of his ability to relate to the common man have been some of his most ridiculous writing.My favorite...
View ArticleGlenn Kenny commented on 'Bernadette!'
@swordandpen: Being Armond means never having to admit that you got anything wrong.And yeah, for Wissot to drop that casual bit of racism after all the twaddle she spins about being a representative of...
View Articlevadim commented on 'Bernadette!'
"it is exactly the kind of movie that critics will loathe and that audiences will eat up with a spoon."At least Poland is one for two. I don't normally say this, but god bless the multiplex crowd this...
View Articlebill commented on 'Bernadette!'
That Wissot thing reminds me of a review Rita Kempley wrote, years ago, of "True Lies" during which, in the same sentence, she decried the films supposed racism, and talked about the Middle Eastern...
View Articlemarkj commented on 'Bernadette!'
happy new year Glenn! and all the best to my fellow film fanatics out there!keeping my fingers crossed for '09, could be the year the action movie is properly resurrected, courtesy of Miss Bigelow and...
View ArticleYojimbo_5 commented on 'Bernadette!'
...all this invective and no one has mentioned the Four Tops....
View ArticleDan Coyle commented on 'Bernadette!'
When I am King, White and Peter Travers will be against the wall long, LONG before Ben Lyons.
View ArticleGlenn Kenny commented on 'Bernadette!'
Actually, Dan, you should let Ben live and make him your Fool.
View Articlec mason wells commented on 'Bernadette!'
"The vanity publishing project of one Mary Bronstein." Oh, Glenn, I could kiss you for that one. Happy new year!
View ArticleDan commented on 'Bernadette!'
"After seeing the excitement "Button" has stirred up in critics I really respect—Kent Jones and Dave Kehr most prominent-like, and all—I'm planning on checking it out again. I don't anticipate getting...
View ArticleDan commented on 'Bernadette!'
"Actually, Glenn, Devin Faraci will be the Fool."I used to read CHUD every day, and then that guy started taking the lead editorially. 'Twas...disappointing.
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