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Neesy

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Neil W said:
Naah. I'm just very old and I love films and have watched a lot of them over the years, and I watch much of the current stuff because I have a pass to the local multiplex which is unlimited viewings for £X per month.. I started a film studies evening class back in the 70s when we lived in London, but the bloke made us watch some perfectly dreadful stuff (a professionally videotaped amateur performance of Ibsen's The Doll's House sticks in my mind as one of the more horrific things - this was in order to to look at key, fill, back-lighting) while he carried on faffing around with his day work, so I packed in going to it as I wasn't enjoying it (or learning anything).
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Oh so you are British then? That is cool - I either looked at your profile and then forgot or I haven't been on here in a couple of days and therefore have forgotten everything!
 
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blunthead said:
I guess I disagree with you about Flight. Let's see...

We do get to know Whip, who just happens to be an alcoholic and drug addict; which in turn means he's a master manipulator, a chronic liar, in stubborn denial, and is running away from the truth about himself. (This behavior is contrasted with the fact that his piloting not only didn't cause anyone harm, but that no one else could've prevented the deaths of all, with his obviously expressed, personal guilt.) The question his son raises in reference to this point is the question all of us must answer at some point, alcoholic or not, and hopefully aren't too afraid to face. Alcoholics are too afraid, which is the point of the movie.

Can you provide examples of the script being "a bit of a shambles"? Personally, I liked it a lot. As for characters being included to serve particular purposes, what characters aren't? I guess it's a matter of taste when symbolism is used whether or not it's too obvious. Again, I didn't have a problem with how Goodman's character, or any of the others, was shown. I feel the religious motif was there to reinforce Whip's progression in perceiving reality from arrogant and overconfident toward total humility.

I find it very appealing that his final decision is based on an inability to allow the memory of a friend, the flight attendant, to suffer. He recognizes he has a moral obligation to the truth. Here, who he really is, which is alluded to throughout the story, via his initial post-accident repellence from alcohol and drugs, through his self-flagellation, and his growing struggle with the idea of changing, finally emerges.

In the end we are encouraged to understand that if we face ourselves, the answer to the question his son asks is only a matter of review.
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Well said . . .I'm glad I avoid reading 'reviews', Blunt.
 
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Neil W

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blunthead said:
I guess I disagree with you about Flight. Let's see...

We do get to know Whip, who just happens to be an alcoholic and drug addict; which in turn means he's a master manipulator, a chronic liar, in stubborn denial, and is running away from the truth about himself. (This behavior is contrasted with the fact that his piloting not only didn't cause anyone harm, but that no one else could've prevented the deaths of all, with his obviously expressed, personal guilt.) The question his son raises in reference to this point is the question all of us must answer at some point, alcoholic or not, and hopefully aren't too afraid to face. Alcoholics are too afraid, which is the point of the movie.

Can you provide examples of the script being "a bit of a shambles"? Personally, I liked it a lot. As for characters being included to serve particular purposes, what characters aren't? I guess it's a matter of taste when symbolism is used whether or not it's too obvious. Again, I didn't have a problem with how Goodman's character, or any of the others, was shown. I feel the religious motif was there to reinforce Whip's progression in perceiving reality from arrogant and overconfident toward total humility.

I find it very appealing that his final decision is based on an inability to allow the memory of a friend, the flight attendant, to suffer. He recognizes he has a moral obligation to the truth. Here, who he really is, which is alluded to throughout the story, via his initial post-accident repellence from alcohol and drugs, through his self-flagellation, and his growing struggle with the idea of changing, finally emerges.

In the end we are encouraged to understand that if we face ourselves, the answer to the question his son asks is only a matter of review.
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Your first paragraph, I suggest, says pretty much what I said, only in a different way - we see alcoholic Whip, who is NOT the same person as Whip. We don't see the real Whip until the end, when he reaches the point where he is prepared to face his alcoholism.

Of course characters are included to serve specific purposes, but I felt that the two major characters I mentioned had no function in the narrative other than a) personification of the harm caused by Whip's substance abuse and b) sounding board for Whip's internal monologue - they were dramatic devices rather than plot elements. SK has characters who serve as dramatic devices, but they are introduced into his narratives considerably less ham-fistedly than was the case here.

I think my (mild) disappointment mostly derives from the fact that this film was not what I expected it to be based on the trailer, which I had seen many times, and I thought I would have enjoyed the film I expected to see more than the film I actually saw (that is where my dissatisfaction with the script comes from). So maybe any discontent should be aimed primarily at those who put the trailer together: it's not fair to criticise a movie for not being what you wanted it to be, but it IS fair to criticise the trailer for mis-selling the product.

In the end, though, it's just my opinion. Movies usually please me fairly easily, and I enjoyed this one well enough, it was simply that I didn't enjoy it as much - and in the way - I expected to. But thank you for helping me to revisit it, and reconsider my thoughts.
 
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We had a Thor-a-thon here this past weekend. Watched Thor II Friday night. Loved it! I adore Tom Hiddleston and his portrayal of Loki - he's so sneakily sexy!

Then we watched the first Thor Saturday night with a Riff Trax. If you recall Mystery Science Theater 3000, a few of the guys from it (primarily Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy) started doing Riff Trax. I have several of their shorts and the Trax for Iron Man and The Avengers (why, yes, I do like the Marvel films). So fun!
 
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Neesy said:
Oh you mean "Johnny - Johnny Depp"?
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Yep;)

Tery said:
We had a Thor-a-thon here this past weekend. Watched Thor II Friday night. Loved it! I adore Tom Hiddleston and his portrayal of Loki - he's so sneakily sexy!
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Tom Hiddleston... :biglove::lurve:I hope this name won't be the next one on the ban list...

I just can't help it, sorry guys, I hope you don't mind
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And if you like him not only as Loki, I would highly recommend to see the theater performance Coriolanus, this is really, really worth it, and there he proves to be a truly great actor!
 
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Grandpa said:
Nebraska at the local art cinema. Very enjoyable, and very lovingly made. Might be slow for some, but it was fine for us. I think slowness is part of the movie's soul. I'll confess that I don't like Bruce Dern all that much, but he was great here.
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Dana Jean said:
He plays a great crusty old man.
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I watched it last night after the Oscars and it's a good flick. Would you believe that I work with a guy that acts just like Dern's character, Woody? It really is hard having to deal with him at times.
 
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Lina said:
Yep;)


Tom Hiddleston... :biglove::lurve:I hope this name won't be the next one on the ban list...

I just can't help it, sorry guys, I hope you don't mind
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And if you like him not only as Loki, I would highly recommend to see the theater performance Coriolanus, this is really, really worth it, and there he proves to be a truly great actor!
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He's wonderful in DEEP, BLUE SEA, as well, and in the BBC version of Wallander. Good actor, now let's see if he can survive the 'fangirl crash', when thy move on to the next flavour of the month--lol.
 
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