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The Dark Knight clocks in
I have put all of Duncan's 5 star films on my Netflix list and I look forward to seeing them. I have watched many of them already and I really loved them. I just think that there has to be some room for a few good summer popcorn films like Ironman, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Dark Knight. My feeling is that you have to look at a film for what it is and judge accordingly. If I was a theater critic and hated musicals, I would still have to get to know that particular form of theater and judge which musicals were good and which were bad. If I only put my personal opinion into my reviews, ALL the musicals would get black dots because of the fact that I hate musicals. Some people go to the movies to be changed in some way, some go to escape their lives, some go to laugh, some go for an intellectual or spiritual experience, and a lot of people go for all of the aforementioned reasons at one point or another based on how they feel on a particular day. My problem with Duncan is that his reviews seem to be strictly based on his own established criteria for why he personally goes to see a film, which is fine if you are writing a blog on your website but not fine if you write for a publication that goes out to an entire city. Some people LIKE musicals and want to know which musicals are worth their time. Jeff— July 29, 2008 2:07 a.m.
The Dark Knight clocks in
Johnrubio, When can we expect Parts 4 and 5? I need a little more clarification as to why you and Duncan are so incredibly intelligent and the rest of us walk around in ignorance. I'm still not convinced but I think a few more paragraphs just might do it. Also, speaking as someone who has an MFA in Acting and does it a full time in LA and across the country, I can truly say that Heath Ledger's performance was amazing. You know,the real test of an actor's performance is to ask his/her peers what they think and all of his peers think it was amazing as well. You and Duncan reviewing his acting performance is a little like Denise Richards and Jessica Simpson analyzing Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing mechanics. (That last bit was a reference to baseball, by the way - it's a sport played with a ball and a bat) I wish I had more to say using quotes from Proust and words like "histrionics" and "bombast" but I'm actually enjoying(what a thought) my existence on this planet and would like to get back to it. Jeff— July 27, 2008 3:05 a.m.
The Dark Knight clocks in
Mr. Shepherd, it's a really good thing that you write for a free publication because nobody in their right mind would pay to read the drivel that you call "movie reviews". It seems that you and Jeff Smith both share a common pretentious need (coupled with some sort of insecurity) to overly impress your reading audience with how intelligent you are instead of giving people what they really want which is a review. Also, both of you tend to give a synopsis rather than an actual review and I would venture to guess that your opinions coincide with about 2 percent of the reading public.My friends and I stopped trusting both yours and Jeff Smith's opinions long ago and our lives have been blessed because of it. So keep writing writing for that 2 percent of San Diego that can stomach your reviews until the day comes when your editor comes to his senses and finds someone who can write for the other 98.— July 24, 2008 4:19 p.m.