Re: OT: art and language and THE DAVINCI CODE
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 2, 2003, 22:06 |
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On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 03:00 PM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:
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>> Similarly, to this day I don't understand all the fuss over "The
>> Matrix". Great visual effects, impressive action sequences,
>> laughably silly premise, passable acting and writing - enjoyable,
>> but hardly "the thinking person's science fiction movie", as I
>> heard it touted repeatedly.
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> The Matrix may very possibly have the worst plot of any movie I've
> seen. "The
> thinking person's SF movie"? Armagedon (sp?) makes more sense ...
IMO, the appelation "the thinking person's SF movie" can only belong to
"2001: A Space Odyssey".
Dirk
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its pecuniary possibilities are far greater." - Erik Satie
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