tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post196232028287271310..comments2023-08-25T13:02:43.876+01:00Comments on Life vs. Film: QuillsJayCluitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-92062096274141603022012-11-30T13:07:44.993+00:002012-11-30T13:07:44.993+00:00My girlfriend has similar issues with vomiting on ...My girlfriend has similar issues with vomiting on screen, and any time there's a snake, so it's been a while since I've seen Indiana Jones. A bigger dislike I have is eye trauma, so scenes in Saw 2 and Hostel have always been a bit icky for me.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-62112557802003674032012-11-30T01:51:17.753+00:002012-11-30T01:51:17.753+00:00While I don't share that particular dislike, I...While I don't share that particular dislike, I do understand it. If movies never had vomiting scenes in them ever again I would be a happy man. That's my personal issue. Women smoking is also a huge turnoff for me, so when you get male directors that are obviously smoking fetishists their movies usually go overboard for me. (A good example is Craig Brewer and his movie Black Snake Moan.)Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-13263688261969312202012-11-29T21:58:35.233+00:002012-11-29T21:58:35.233+00:00The only reason I was annoyed was because of the s...The only reason I was annoyed was because of the strong French accent you mentionned. I had no problems with Amadeus and other such films.<br /><br />I didn't mind the film being about censorship and the punishments dished out to prevent the general public from so-called pornography, it's just not a topic I'm that interested in, and I felt there was far too much sex on screen that wasn't altogether necessary to tell the story. I'm a bit of a prude, so it's a personal issue really.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-8703341183709692762012-11-29T21:01:39.686+00:002012-11-29T21:01:39.686+00:00I guess I don't have the issue with the subjec...I guess I don't have the issue with the subject matter that you and Siobhan did. It's about censorship and the church and/or state trying to control what people can and cannot read. The fact that his writings were considered pornography back then (they would hardly merit a raised eyebrow today) was irrelevant to me.<br /><br />I felt this was one of the best performances of Rush's career - right there with Shine. I agree that Winslet doesn't end up with much to work with, but I really saw this as Rush's movie anyway.<br /><br />I'm afraid I also didn't have any issue with the lack of French accents. I've seen this complaint before on IMDB, often in relation to Amadeus with its "stupid American accents", and I've honestly never understood it. If foreign characters are conversing in English instead of the language they would, in reality, be conversing in, then they would actually not have accents. We have to suspend our disbelief that we are hearing English instead of French (or German and Italian for Amadeus) through some kind of movie magic, so therefore whatever magic device is translating it for us would also remove any home country accent from it, too. (I do agree that having one character speak with a French accent would hurt the suspension of disbelief, since they would be out of place among all the other non-accented speakers.)Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-71777035211933775292012-11-29T08:28:21.712+00:002012-11-29T08:28:21.712+00:00The fact that it's about, well, porn, makes me...The fact that it's about, well, porn, makes me even less interested in the film really (Boogie Nights is the only exception to that rule I think). Middling is a good word to use, the film was just unremarkable.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-72050154206062303552012-11-28T22:53:46.300+00:002012-11-28T22:53:46.300+00:00Yeah, I agree with your assessment. It's depr...Yeah, I agree with your assessment. It's depressing, and despite it being about, well, porn, it's not even super-interesting. Geoffrey Rush is, as you rightly say, awesome, but I barely registered anyone else. It's not a horrible film, but it's not a great film. Middling at best. Definitely choose life.siochembiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487373396181856763noreply@blogger.com