Search:

Type: Posts; User: trismegistus; Keyword(s):

Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4

Search: Search took 0.01 seconds.

  1. Replies
    7,158
    Views
    1,691,305

    Older film: Shadow MAgic. Wants to be a lovely...

    Older film: Shadow MAgic. Wants to be a lovely paen to the wonder of cinema to the novitiate (rather in the vein of Cinema Paradiso). Doesn't work. It has some charm because it's loosely based on a...
  2. Replies
    225
    Views
    78,642

    Pfft! You're certain when you're hungry. You're...

    Pfft! You're certain when you're hungry. You're certain when you're tired. You're certain when you're horny. I can go on all day.

    Feeding the machine is the meaning of life. If you don't value...
  3. As others have said, you're trying to cover too...

    As others have said, you're trying to cover too much ground here. Since your central message is "I love you," take one of the ideas in this and develop it into its own poem. (This means basically...
  4. Replies
    6
    Views
    1,686

    Honestly I would edit out the lines from "Praise...

    Honestly I would edit out the lines from "Praise antagonists..." to "begets no fun..."

    I think you're being too heavy handed with your theme in this section; you've got to trust your reader to...
  5. But his thoughts on her character don't shape her...

    But his thoughts on her character don't shape her character especially since he (and we) have no clue whether or not she accepted the "communion" or even if the ceremony existed in the first place.
    ...
  6. Replies
    7,158
    Views
    1,691,305

    Leone's film is excellent and as long as Jarmusch...

    Leone's film is excellent and as long as Jarmusch is on the table:

    Down By Law. :thumbs_up
  7. Replies
    854
    Views
    250,881

    Ouch. And I say again: Ouch.

    Ouch.

    And I say again: Ouch.
  8. Replies
    78
    Views
    15,115

    Whereas Burton's Ed Wood is fine indeed.

    Whereas Burton's Ed Wood is fine indeed.
  9. I think that's fine for people who live each...

    I think that's fine for people who live each moment with the understanding that life is transitory. I suspect that very few people indeed say, "Meh. Who cares if I ever get laid again? It's all going...
  10. Replies
    16
    Views
    4,009

    Uh huh. Emperor. Clothes.

    Uh huh.

    Emperor.
    Clothes.
  11. Replies
    14
    Views
    7,238

    Rather late perhaps for your paper, but the...

    Rather late perhaps for your paper, but the momentary change he undergoes when he first sees Eve is a marvelous moment in the poem
  12. Replies
    854
    Views
    250,881

    This makes me laugh:

    This makes me laugh:
  13. Replies
    3
    Views
    1,939

    Thanks, brotha! Lots of new faces since my last...

    Thanks, brotha! Lots of new faces since my last go 'round. Nice to see the board doing well.
  14. Faith??? I don't see it at all.

    Faith??? I don't see it at all.
  15. Agreed. Thus if you're talking about the risk...

    Agreed. Thus if you're talking about the risk involved while living, the lack of a concern for an afterlife solves nothing for the atheist. Every day he risks those temporal joys, thus it is...
  16. If you're talking only about the wories of an...

    If you're talking only about the wories of an afterlife, this is true (but of course the it's easy to argue that any worries about an afterlife are offset by the comforts of an afterlife).

    On the...
  17. Replies
    1
    Views
    2,401

    There's very little of it given by anyone other...

    There's very little of it given by anyone other than Huck. It's one of the things that sets him apart from the world around him.
  18. Replies
    26
    Views
    4,777

    Dude. Go to the Wikipedia link that Arguendo...

    Dude. Go to the Wikipedia link that Arguendo provided. Once there go to "plot summary."

    As for the book, it's charming and well worth reading. Furthermore, Adams doesn't treat his audience like a...
  19. Replies
    1,080
    Views
    176,164

    Control? If he is attentive to a woman's every...

    Control? If he is attentive to a woman's every need, the man will be carrying the whip.
  20. Replies
    7,158
    Views
    1,691,305

    Thou shalt have no other gods but Terrence Malick.

    Thou shalt have no other gods but Terrence Malick.
  21. Replies
    3
    Views
    1,939

    Errr .... what's the question?

    Errr .... what's the question?
  22. Replies
    20
    Views
    29,994

    Could be that, but there's nothing in the text...

    Could be that, but there's nothing in the text that indicates a second voice (Frost's) commenting ironically behind the first. Without that textual foundation, I'm not inclined to impose that reading...
  23. Replies
    20
    Views
    29,994

    Most people also don't read carefully enough and...

    Most people also don't read carefully enough and (sadly) some teachers I know treat the theme as "be yourself" while glossing over the four lines to which you refer. Not only do those lines quite...
  24. Replies
    7,158
    Views
    1,691,305

    The New World Typical of Malick it's a...

    The New World

    Typical of Malick it's a meditation far more than it's a narrative. The subject this time: America.

    This is probably TM's most ambitious film, even more so than The Thin Red Line...
  25. Replies
    32
    Views
    11,661

    But it's not unique in the Gothic tradition; it's...

    But it's not unique in the Gothic tradition; it's typical. What we have here are a number of characters, several of whom show all the typical traits of people of "sensibility." Don't fool yourself....
Results 1 to 25 of 217
Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4