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Comment on An Analysis of “Where The Wild Things Are” by Jason

Jason — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:01:43 +0000

Interesting analysis. i saw the movie for the first time last night and absolutely hated it, because I was expecting the story book. I thought it was dumb and hard to follow. As I continued thinking about it I started to realize that it was obviously symbolic in some way. thanks for some clarification!

Comment on Analysis of “True Grit” by Charles Portis by ben

ben — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:33:49 +0000

i love whoever wrote this. my english teacher is a joke and needed some serious reading material. peace and <3

Comment on Film Analysis: Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist” by Ryan McGivern

Ryan McGivern — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:16:18 +0000

Dany,
Thank you very much for the comment!
I totally can empathize with your interpretation and I feel there is a lot you bring
to the table that I will have to think about and apply to my vision of the film.
I agree: there is no ‘salvation’…in place of it, there is a messy and compromised
triumph of human will that resurrects oneself in the midst of chaos.
I like what you said about the ‘truth being told is a lie.’
It feels like the damning oppressive force of dogma or the
sentiment of ‘those who know don’t say those who say don’t know.’
Certainly Von Trier’s interpretation of being a misogynist has some validity–
I know that the arguments are there (although I don’t subscribe to them). The issue you bring forth of
the way we see male/female, reason/feeling are present here in the film and I think that you are probably right
that there is more there for me to tease out and unpack. Is it Charlotte’s feeling about women, or Trier’s, or
Christianity’s historical subjugation of women that is being portrayed here? My, it is a dense piece here.
You also bring up the shoes/hobbling of the child–and I think that there could be a whole dissertation about the
way that binding/shackling/imprisoning are depicted in Trier’s body of work.
Thanks again for giving me a lot to think about Dany–
Cheers, Ry-Guy

Comment on Film Analysis: Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist” by Dany El-Chartouny

Dany El-Chartouny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:34:53 +0000

I cannot say that i understand the movie as is the case with Tarkovsky’s movies. But i feel there is something about the sexes here. Anti Christ has the female sign in it. Charlotte actually killed her son Nic. She saw him go the window when they were making love (she is out of focus in the prologue but when she recalls the moment she sees him). She actually tried to mutilate him before (wrong left/right shoes), and when Dafoe finds out that’s when she attacks him for presuming he will eventually leave her. This explains her attitude regarding the medieval atrocities towards women in her thesis. She finds women are evil and Dafoe criticizes her for this. But she is actually talking about her own feelings as well knowing what they are. When Dafoe kills her and walks away, the whole forest is flooded with women. I am wondering whether it is about the conflict between male and female, not as such, but as symbols of the conflict between thought (Dafoe) and feeling (Charlotte), West and East, Materialism & Idealism. Somehow i also feel that Charlotte ended up with so much hatred just to spite the arrogance of Dafoe’s “smartness”. This is mentioned more than once in the film about him being so smart and all. As if life refuses to be defined, for once you define it, it changes into something else. The truth, told, is a lie. Hence, chaos reigns. And i don’t think there is a solution for this dilemma. There is no salvation. There is simply this. Even if you make a christ like leap, this is still not the totality of life. So the anti christ is the impossibility of christ as a totality. And without totality christ is chaos.
I just saw the movie yesterday and this is like my first impression. It may mean nothing, but could open up some new perspectives.

Comment on 14 Reasons “Tron: Legacy” Sucks. by Critical Eye

Critical Eye — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:43:49 +0000

Hey Leeroy,

There’s actually a program in the TRON: THE BETRAYAL graphic novel named SHADDOX, who is a Brotha and he holds a pretty high post on the Grid. Would have loved to see him in the Tron: Legacy film, and I, too hope that we’ll see some diversity in the upcoming, “TRON: UPRISING” cartoon that’s coming out in April and in the next Tron film which comes out in either 2013, or 2014.

Comment on 14 Reasons “Tron: Legacy” Sucks. by Critical Eye

Critical Eye — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:36:10 +0000

Ryan,

Thanks so much, again. It’s taking me a while to do my fanfic (outside of Fatherhood, working, and some video production I do on the side). TRON will appear in it, as well as Alan Bradley, Alan’s Wife Dr. Lora Baines-Bradley, and Kevin Flynn (to an extent), but he doesn’t play a major part in it (I’m not giving him the Rinzler treatment, LOL!!!!, but there’s another reason why). It’s called, “The 3rd Sector” and centers around a group of ancient programs who reside in the hidden nooks and crannies of the main hard drive of ENCOM’s server. Let’s just say that they were driven underground by a certain red menace (and I don’t mean communism) from the first TRON film. It will take place between the first Tron flm and right before Kevin Flynn disappears, in the year 1989. The main character is a young talented programmer named KAMAU WALKER. The plan is to do the fanfic in screenplay format. Will keep you posted. Again, thanks for your kind words and I’ll be checking back with you in awhile.

Respectfully,

Critical Eye

Comment on 14 Reasons “Tron: Legacy” Sucks. by Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:19:22 +0000

Of all the points listed, I just find it comical that it isn’t a far stretch for you to “believe” a person can go into a computer program but a program can’t come out in the form of a person… If you choose to watch this movie, I would think it would be understood that the believability envelope would be pushed.

Comment on 14 Reasons “Tron: Legacy” Sucks. by Ryan McGivern

Ryan McGivern — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:40:35 +0000

Thanks again CriticalEye and when you get your fanfic up, let us know here at
MindFlowers would you?
Cheers, RyGuy

Comment on 14 Reasons “Tron: Legacy” Sucks. by Critical Eye

Critical Eye — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:28:32 +0000

Ryan,
Thank you so very much. I know my post reeked of “verbal diarrhea” (LMAO!!!!) – but, I felt the length was necessary to explain and substantiate my take on this topic. Thanks for the compliments – actually, there’s a guy over at tron-sector.com who goes by the name of DaveTRON, another named ShadowSpark, and another guy named Jay West who are a little more knowledgeable than me – those guys are like JEDI MASTERS with their Tron knowledge, LOL!!!!

In the end, as much as I am a passionate Tron geek, I also am a rational one, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t admit that I had some disappointments with TRON: LEGACY. If the task of writing the screenplay for Legacy had been in my hands, I would have made things a little more different and sensible, as I love to write, and I could write a “book” on all the changes I would have made (plus I’m writing a Tron-based FanFic, too, and in writing it, am trying HARD not to commit the same mistakes that the writers of Legacy did). I’ve gotta say the, “TRON: THE BETRAYAL” graphic novel, and the “TRON:EVOLUTION”, videogame did a better job of explaining and setting up things about the Tron (and more specifically, Tron: Legacy)universe.

In closing, you can certainly paste my comment directly into your original post -just credit me. Thanks again.

Respectfully,

Critical Eye

Comment on 14 Reasons “Tron: Legacy” Sucks. by Ryan McGivern

Ryan McGivern — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:18:44 +0000

Dear Critical Eye,
I wish that WordPress had a ‘like’ tag or a star feature so that your post could be read directly after mine.
What I love about this humble post I’d written is that I’ve been introduced to so many other Tron fans–
but I believe you take home the trophy for the most informed Tron fan (not to start a competition or anything–but if anyone else wants to compete, I’d love to see it!).
You bring great points to the table and brought clarity to my views and I’ll be required to re-edit my post.
If you don’t mind, I will paste your comment directly into my original post crediting you so that it won’t be missed.
Thanks, Ry