Comments on: TFT 96 – Where the Wild Things Are / 5 Ways to Make Your Film Better / Let's Get Lost

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By: The_Baron

The_Baron — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:57:19 +0000

Sort of like “The Son of Man” except with a critic instead of an unknown businessman?

By: The_Baron

The_Baron — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:57:19 +0000

Sort of like “The Son of Man” except with a critic instead of an unknown businessman?

By: garethhiggins75

garethhiggins75 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:12:58 +0000

Ah, The_Baron, what you don't realise is I use that avatar to represent the deadened soul of the culture of head shots, disaster capitalism, and the rise of the machines.

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:49 +0000

Cheers for the thoughts Dale – if you go back and listen to the Bucket of Urine mea culpa episode you'll notice that i lament my tone – but not my opinion – re: 'Be Honest' = always – cause as you say there's plenty of 'happy-talk' about movies where reviewers/viewers of pics treat their picked films as sports team – and therefore have to defend whether the film is dire or not.

+ who should be flattered, Gareth or I that you got us mixed up? ;)

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:52:31 +0000

OK, I am a twit. I said "Gareth" but my comments were directed at Jett. Duh.

Jett, here's the stuff I meant for you, reposted for your convenience: I'm hereby staging an intervention: if you don't like a film, give a BAD REVIEW of it! Please! Give your reasons and live your life a free man!

For at least two straight podcasts you've been recoiling over whatever was so upsetting to people in your review of Zombieland.

Be honest. Give reasons. Be fair. If people can't handle what comes out of that, then THEY have a problem.

I say this as a caring person and as a paid subscriber (so you have to heed my words).

;-)

Seriously. If people want boosterism and happy-talk about movies, there's no shortage of that. TFT should aim higher than that.

Thanks!

Note to self: Jett is the American-sounding one. Gareth is the Irish-sounding one. Repeat.

By: The_Baron

The_Baron — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:56:05 +0000

Actually, when Gareth dislikes a movie, it becomes a 10 minute soliloquy on the fall of mankind and the end of cinema as we know it. If you don't believe me, go back and listen to the Transformers 2 episode. Holy crapbutt, it was amazing!

By the way, Professor Dr. Higgins, when are you going to attach a picture to that moniker of yours?

By: garethhiggins75

garethhiggins75 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:34:52 +0000

I'm confused, Dale – I'm grateful for your desire that I be a free man – I'll take all the anti-repressants (sic) I can get; but I'm not sure what you mean. I loved Zombieland and believe I said so; I really liked 'Where the Wild Things Are' and said so too – If you're suggesting that I didn't actually like them and pretended that I did because I'm afraid to give bad reviews, I'm afraid that is also a misdiagnosis. What I do think about negative criticism is that it serves nothing good to personalise the review, and I'm not remotely interested in snark for its own sake, but I'm not reluctant to give bad reviews to films I didn't like. Trust me, just wait til you hear what I thought of 'Amelia', reviewed on the next episode.

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:45:56 +0000

Gareth, I'm hereby staging an intervention: if you don't like a film, give a BAD REVIEW of it! Please! Give your reasons and live your life a free man!

For at least two straight podcasts you've been recoiling over whatever was so upsetting to people in your review of Zombieland.

Be honest. Give reasons. Be fair. If people can't handle what comes out of that, then THEY have a problem.

I say this as a caring person and as a paid subscriber (so you have to heed my words).

;-)

Seriously. If people want boosterism and happy-talk about movies, there's no shortage of that. TFT should aim higher than that.

Thanks!