Comments on: Interest Rate: Four popular films I have no desire to see. http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/ "If I give my heart to you / then I'll have none and you'll have two" Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-120 David Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:31:36 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-120 No, anonymous is your sister-in-law's mother. We did wind up seeing <em>Avatar</em>, of course. It wasn't as bad as I expected, though certainly nowhere near deserving of its hype. No, anonymous is your sister-in-law’s mother.

We did wind up seeing Avatar, of course. It wasn’t as bad as I expected, though certainly nowhere near deserving of its hype.

]]> By: Kat Stevens http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Kat Stevens Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:24:02 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-119 Perhaps it's best you don't see "Avatar" since it's being reported that people are becoming quite upset after seeing the movie. CNN reports that "some fans say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora." Wow Avatar...your taking "being blue" to a whole new level... P.S. Is anonymous your mother? Perhaps it’s best you don’t see “Avatar” since it’s being reported that people are becoming quite upset after seeing the movie. CNN reports that “some fans say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.” Wow Avatar…your taking “being blue” to a whole new level…

P.S. Is anonymous your mother?

]]> By: David http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-112 David Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:31:24 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-112 Oy. I always laugh at this argument because it implies that the person chastising someone for a movie he/she hasn't seen doesn't do the <em>exact same thing</em> ("That looks awesome! I can't wait to see it!" or "That looks terrible. Why would anyone want to see "'Sex and the City?'"). It's disingenuous and hypocritical. Not that I have anything against hypocrisy. I practice it daily. Besides. You seem to overlook the basic point. These are films I have no desire to see. So why would I go see them? Oy. I always laugh at this argument because it implies that the person chastising someone for a movie he/she hasn’t seen doesn’t do the exact same thing (“That looks awesome! I can’t wait to see it!” or “That looks terrible. Why would anyone want to see “‘Sex and the City?’”). It’s disingenuous and hypocritical. Not that I have anything against hypocrisy. I practice it daily.

Besides. You seem to overlook the basic point. These are films I have no desire to see. So why would I go see them?

]]> By: anonymous http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-111 anonymous Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:20:25 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-111 If you have NOT seen any of these films, your words are irrevelent, inmaterial, and un-noted. your review AFTER seeing the films mentioned would be of more interest to your readers. Go see the films, then write! If you have NOT seen any of these films, your words are irrevelent, inmaterial, and un-noted. your review AFTER seeing the films mentioned would be of more interest to your readers. Go see the films, then write!

]]> By: Eric http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Eric Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:53:12 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-110 I'm psyched to be namechecked in your facebook post. I read a critic's comment that "The Blind Side" was two hours of white people's self-congratulation. That was the best point I've seen against it and enough to keep me from seeing the movie for now. You do have one thing to relate to in Avatar: Your search for "unobtainium." haha - that was lame by my own admission. I’m psyched to be namechecked in your facebook post.

I read a critic’s comment that “The Blind Side” was two hours of white people’s self-congratulation. That was the best point I’ve seen against it and enough to keep me from seeing the movie for now.

You do have one thing to relate to in Avatar: Your search for “unobtainium.” haha – that was lame by my own admission.

]]> By: Mark http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Mark Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:21:54 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-108 "That’s quite an extraordinary feat considering I have trouble selecting five nominees in any given year." Easy solution. See more movies. Some you may have missed this year: A Single Man (Tom Ford) Agora (Alejandro Amenabar) An Education (Lone Sherfig; Starring Alfred Molina and Peter Sarsgaard) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (Werner Herzog) Chloe (Atom Egoyan) City Island (Raymond de Felitta; Starring Alan Arkin) City of Life and Death (Lu Chuan) Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders) The Bone Man (Wolfgang Murnberger) Brothers (Jim Sheridan) Bright Star (Jane Campion) Cherrybomb (Starring Rupert Grint) Darbareye Elly (Asghar Farhadi) Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Niels Arden Oplev) Harry Brown (Starring Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer) Home (Yann Arthus-Bertrand) In the Loop (Armando Iannucci) The Maid (Sebastian Silva) The Messenger (Oren Moverman) Mary & Max (Adam Elliot; Starring Toni Collette and Phillip Seymour Hoffman) Moon (Duncan Jones) My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (Werner Herzog) The Secret In Their Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella) Sin Nombre (Cary Fukunaga) Welcome (Philippe Lioret) The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke) “That’s quite an extraordinary feat considering I have trouble selecting five nominees in any given year.”

Easy solution. See more movies.

Some you may have missed this year:

A Single Man (Tom Ford)
Agora (Alejandro Amenabar)
An Education (Lone Sherfig; Starring Alfred Molina and Peter Sarsgaard)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
Chloe (Atom Egoyan)
City Island (Raymond de Felitta; Starring Alan Arkin)
City of Life and Death (Lu Chuan)
Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders)
The Bone Man (Wolfgang Murnberger)
Brothers (Jim Sheridan)
Bright Star (Jane Campion)
Cherrybomb (Starring Rupert Grint)
Darbareye Elly (Asghar Farhadi)
Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Niels Arden Oplev)
Harry Brown (Starring Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer)
Home (Yann Arthus-Bertrand)
In the Loop (Armando Iannucci)
The Maid (Sebastian Silva)
The Messenger (Oren Moverman)
Mary & Max
(Adam Elliot; Starring Toni Collette and Phillip Seymour Hoffman)
Moon (Duncan Jones)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (Werner Herzog)
The Secret In Their Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella)
Sin Nombre (Cary Fukunaga)
Welcome (Philippe Lioret)
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)

]]> By: Mark http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Mark Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:19:12 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-107 Sherlock Holmes is easily the biggest disappointment of your list. Two wonderfully talented actors and classic source material wasted on a John Woo wannabe rehash. For anyone wanting an authentic rendition, they should check out the BBC Series starring Jeremy Brett. It's yet to get any better than that. Sherlock Holmes is easily the biggest disappointment of your list. Two wonderfully talented actors and classic source material wasted on a John Woo wannabe rehash. For anyone wanting an authentic rendition, they should check out the BBC Series starring Jeremy Brett. It’s yet to get any better than that.

]]> By: John Dacapias http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-106 John Dacapias Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:51:43 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-106 Saw Avatar. *shrugs shoulders Even the special effects were not ground breaking. Good but not great. The storyline though had me tearing what little hair I had left on my head! Saw Avatar.

*shrugs shoulders

Even the special effects were not ground breaking. Good but not great.

The storyline though had me tearing what little hair I had left on my head!

]]> By: Kyle McMullen http://www.rainestorm.com/2009/12/24/interest-rate-four-popular-films-i-have-no-desire-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Kyle McMullen Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:44:57 +0000 http://www.rainestorm.com/?p=663#comment-105 OK, I like it! 'The Blind Side'...didn't see it, no desire, I'll wait for HBO. But what you wrote is basically why I'm in no hurry to run out and spend $13 on a ticket. 'New Moon'...If my wife loves it, then I cannot possibly love it. 'Holmes'...want to see it but won't run out and do it. To many modern stunts and effects to be such a period movie. Sort of ruins it for me. 'Avatar'...didn't want to run out and see it but my wife and I did and I loved it. I thought the story was cool, effects were cool and I didn't even care about the acting. However, I looked at my watch with about 30 minutes to go to see how long it was because it started to feel that way. Would have liked to see a little more 'blue guy' kicking some but but hey, I didn't direct it. See ya buddy OK, I like it!

‘The Blind Side’…didn’t see it, no desire, I’ll wait for HBO. But what you wrote is basically why I’m in no hurry to run out and spend $13 on a ticket.

‘New Moon’…If my wife loves it, then I cannot possibly love it.

‘Holmes’…want to see it but won’t run out and do it. To many modern stunts and effects to be such a period movie. Sort of ruins it for me.

‘Avatar’…didn’t want to run out and see it but my wife and I did and I loved it. I thought the story was cool, effects were cool and I didn’t even care about the acting. However, I looked at my watch with about 30 minutes to go to see how long it was because it started to feel that way. Would have liked to see a little more ‘blue guy’ kicking some but but hey, I didn’t direct it.

See ya buddy

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