tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post6743263971590181405..comments2023-11-05T04:04:22.437-08:00Comments on Temple Library Reviews: "One Eyed Monster" or Cinema's Descent into StupidityHarry Markovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-22099839279992583652009-09-19T03:12:53.076-07:002009-09-19T03:12:53.076-07:00You misunderstand me a little bit. I am not spelli...You misunderstand me a little bit. I am not spelling Hollywood's doom, just contemplating on the average person's definition of fun. <br /><br />I'd love to watch more movies like the original Van Wilder, Road Trip, the first Scary Movie, Repo The Genetic Opera and Return of The Living Dead. I don't expect the industry to put extra effort in every production, but I also think that there are some ideas that shouldn't be directed.Harry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-31302352217584466752009-09-18T01:34:36.263-07:002009-09-18T01:34:36.263-07:00Come on guys, it's not like this film spells t...Come on guys, it's not like this film spells the end of Hollywood. For every film you don't like about something absurd, there are movies like 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'In Search Of A Midnight Kiss.'<br /><br />One Eyed Monster isn't meant to be 'Shawshank Redemption' you know, it's just a piece of fun, which it is -- there's no need to read into it so seriously and get all depressed because it isn't Citizen Kane.The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-31111304485934239302009-08-29T16:37:22.007-07:002009-08-29T16:37:22.007-07:00CJ: Sadly it's no joke. The movie is real and ...CJ: Sadly it's no joke. The movie is real and after reading some reviews people are actually liking it, which scares me more than the fact that it exists really. <br /><br />And I know how you feel about ideas in Hollywood. The good movies come from book adaptations and even comic book ones like the latest Batman and Watchmen, but almost none are original scripts. The sole movie I can name that I know is original is "Juno", everything else is copied out of somewhere and sequels nauseate me. <br /><br />To be honest I can be low brow, so the jokes of this kind don't bother me much, but there is a way to handle them, which is a tremendous undertaking for any writer/director.Harry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878336841714905515.post-31184355695323498092009-08-29T12:53:23.288-07:002009-08-29T12:53:23.288-07:00Oh my, Henry. What a question.
But first, I'...Oh my, Henry. What a question.<br /><br />But first, I've got to say you have got to be kidding me with this movie. I mean, seriously. What group of brain dead idiots thought something like that would be a good idea? Good grief.<br /><br />Okay, that said, Hollywood is, in my opinion, becoming a bankrupt place. Bankrupt of ideas, that is. Look at all the old TV shows they are remaking - and more often than not badly. They keep retreading the same once successful movie into sequels that are worse and worse. And yes, everything is being reduced to the lowest common denominator - sex. <br /><br />Personally, I don't like crass, in-your-face jokes about sex or any of the bathroom jokes that seem to be the basis of most movies these days.<br /><br />You'd think Hollywood would pick up on the fact that it is the movies like Harry Potter and the kid's movies - animated or not - that do the best. <br /><br />cjhCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798965643027904154noreply@blogger.com