Most Well-Written Review on My First "Damn" List?
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Sun, 01/11/2004 - 11:55
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I was just curious to see how this turned out.
I almost voted for Dead Again because it so clearly stood out from the others, but then I intentionally didn't pick it because it was essentially a novelty. Very tough choice, and it was interesting to re-read these a note the improvement in your writing over time. I'll be curious to see how many votes you get, as there's a considerable amount of reading you have to do to make an informed vote.
Hmm. Well, I guess the poll is primarily intended for people who were following the list - which would highly restrict the number of people voting, of course. I dunno, I wasn't expecting too many votes, but I was still wondering which ones those few people would vote for.
BTW, I'm not going to vote, but if I did, I would probably vote for either "Run Lola Run" (I like my observation that it's a "red" movie) or "Strangers on a Train" (I think I realistically got across that it was a great film with two annoying logical flaws. And those flaws are pretty stupid).
I went and read your reviews. I thought the one about Far From Heaven was the most touching. That movie made you think. That is the power of a GOOD movie. The male lead (Dennis Quaid) suffered from internalized homophobia, so ultimatly it doesn't matter how "far" society has come as long as people oppress themselves. Internalized racism is alive and well too.
Oh, I've been following it all along, but I still felt I had to re-read (or at least re-skim) to do the vote justice.