Disturbing, at times... Boring, thoroughly
I don't think this film's all its cracked up to be. It just seemed to go on and on in my opinion.
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You obviously have no place criticizing this film.
shareHe's saying his opinion bill. The style of the movie might not appeal to everyone, but that doesn't mean you have to call him incapable of having an opinion. I think it had good moments, but I didn't like patchwork documentary style.
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sharei think it's the best kind of documentary, as it simply lays out the information for all to see, without unnecessary commentary. the opening scenes give the viewer a feeling for the times, and from that basis proceed to show footage of increasingly historic value. it makes farenheit 911 look like an infomercial.
evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb. (spaceballs)
Same here: I think it's a great documentary... there's lots of stuff here that most people will never have seen before, and the contrast between what was said back then and the reality is often striking.
shareI disagree. If you think this film is boring, you don't get it and shouldn't be watching it. Go watch an Adam Sandler movie or an episode of "Two and a Half Men" because those are more on your line of intellect. You don't have the attention span that is necessary to understand films like this and could never appreciate them as a result because you cannot underdstand the context. You probably think "The Economist" is lame because it doesn't have enough pictures or C-Span is boring because its all about politics. Go back to your bread and your circuses and leave the real thinking to people like us.
Now, here comes the flood of "lighten up" and "you're ignorant." People on this website are way too predictable.
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Go back to your bread and your circuses and leave the real thinking to people like us.
I can only hope that one day you'll pick up on the fact that the only real hope for civilization is that people who are capable of "real thinking" (as you put it) can think well enough to try to win over the people fixated on the "bread and circuses" you mention.
I wouldn't call you ignorant so much as arrogant. And, yes, I'm writing that more in sorrow than in anger: I, too, would doubtless feel better about myself if I could write off large portions of the human race. But while such an action would stoke my ego, it's not going to help the world be less of a cesspool.
Believe me, I understand where you're coming from, but it's wrong to write people off just because they think that the NFL (or whatever) is the Meaning of Life and that there's no need to look any further to find a worthwhile purpose to their existence. If you think you "know better," then its well worth your efforts to try to win these people over, even if your efforts don't necessarily work all the time. It's a very big "marketplace of ideas" out there, and if your ideas are any good, I'd like to think that people will be receptive to them, and that they'll stand the test of time.
It's all too easy to seal yourself off in an Ivory Tower today. Unfortunately for people like you (and me, too, for that matter) our fates are all intertwined. Smugly insisting that "we" have a monopoly on being correct and everyone else can Just Go Hang is only going to serve to further get our collective ass in a sling.
PS: I think The Economist is lame not because of any lack of pictures, but because they advocate gun control, a position that reveals itself, time and again, as hopelessly naïve. Bad guys never suffer from a lack of arms and all gun control ever does is help ensure that law-abiding citizens will suffer (and greatly) when faced with those same bad guys. share
Well put, and I agree with you on gun control.Its an English magazine, what do you expect. Its pretty conservative otherwise.
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toucansam3 was arrogant ,on the other hand, I don't see anything wrong with writing off "people who think that the NFL (or whatever) is the Meaning of Life and that there's no need to look any further to find a worthwhile purpose to their existence" given that these people have already essentially written off everything & everyone outside their own narrow world. One thing worse than being arrogant because you think you are smarter than everyone else is gaining a sense of self satisfaction from voluntary stupidity (people may not get to choose their IQ but they can choose how they use, neglect to use or misuse the intelligence they have).No one with a life that limited should be judging anything or anyone outside his/her own ignorant little world. None of this is a comment re. the person starting this thread, I have no idea how broad or narrow minded he/she may be.
shareIt like my old union boss said, "You can't take people's right to be stupid away from them."
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