Comments for Cinema Marshall http://cinemamarshall.com/blog Movie Reviews and Media Discussions Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Trouble the Water by Lucia Berry http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/09/trouble-the-water/#comment-29 Lucia Berry Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:56:11 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=77#comment-29 e83d0qf0xrf1kt4t e83d0qf0xrf1kt4t

]]> Comment on Trouble the Water by Nate Marshall http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/09/trouble-the-water/#comment-20 Nate Marshall Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:24:16 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=77#comment-20 I actually firstsaw it in a blog written by Barbra Nickolosi. <a href="http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Church of the Masses</a>. The full quote is in credited except to a theatre critic. The only info I have found is that the critic thought films would destroy art and culture. She was a theatre critic not a film critic at the time when her friends convinced her to watch a film (I wish I knew what film). And she responded simply. Theaters are the new church of the masses-where people sit huddled in the dark listening to people in the light tell them what it is to be human. It is a beautiful quote and drives slot of my beliefs about film. Glad I could share it but Barb showed it to me. I actually firstsaw it in a blog written by Barbra Nickolosi. Church of the Masses. The full quote is in credited except to a theatre critic. The only info I have found is that the critic thought films would destroy art and culture. She was a theatre critic not a film critic at the time when her friends convinced her to watch a film (I wish I knew what film). And she responded simply. Theaters are the new church of the masses-where people sit huddled in the dark listening to people in the light tell them what it is to be human.

It is a beautiful quote and drives slot of my beliefs about film. Glad I could share it but Barb showed it to me.

]]> Comment on Trouble the Water by redison http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/09/trouble-the-water/#comment-19 redison Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:52:13 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=77#comment-19 <I>I sat huddled in the dark and looked at those in the light so they could show me what it is to be Human.</i> what is this from? did you make this up? either way, i love it. I sat huddled in the dark and looked at those in the light so they could show me what it is to be Human.

what is this from? did you make this up? either way, i love it.

]]> Comment on Dark Knight - part 2 by AlexM http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/07/dark-knight-part-2/#comment-10 AlexM Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:33:03 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=25#comment-10 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on Back from the Vacation! by Rachel http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/07/back-from-the-vacation/#comment-9 Rachel Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:17:18 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=47#comment-9 Nate, I'm really interested in reading your thoughts on "reading a film". Get to writing already! ;) (JK, enjoy your summer, but I really am looking forward to that.) Nate,

I’m really interested in reading your thoughts on “reading a film”. Get to writing already! ;) (JK, enjoy your summer, but I really am looking forward to that.)

]]> Comment on J.K. Rowlings Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.OL http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/08/jk-rowlings-tales-of-beedle-the-bard/#comment-6 J.OL Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:31:33 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=56#comment-6 When I just saw this my first thought was OMG he did it all by himself! When I just saw this my first thought was OMG he did it all by himself!

]]> Comment on J.K. Rowlings Tales of Beedle the Bard by linds http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/08/jk-rowlings-tales-of-beedle-the-bard/#comment-5 linds Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:08:17 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=56#comment-5 I don't know... it feels wrong to order a book that we're not making J. Ol buy for us first. :) I don’t know… it feels wrong to order a book that we’re not making J. Ol buy for us first. :)

]]> Comment on The Dark Knight - part 1 by Nate Marshall http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-part-1/#comment-4 Nate Marshall Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:48:56 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=9#comment-4 oh yea I forgot to comment about Pacino. I really liked Insomnia and I know that is a minority vote but I thought it really captured the feel of the life in the arctic circle for normal people. Even though it was 2 hours i was about to go mad the same as the leads. And if Nolan can get a good performance out of Pacino and Williams in the same film that is a good director. Personally I don't know many directors who can get a performance out of Williams, it seems they rely on him to do what he has done in the past. I think you are absolutely right about the camera direction being what forced Pacino to give those performances. the man seems to think he is on stage with his screaming and gesticulating at times. I mean we get it, Italians talk with their hands and are loud, OK! oh yea I forgot to comment about Pacino. I really liked Insomnia and I know that is a minority vote but I thought it really captured the feel of the life in the arctic circle for normal people. Even though it was 2 hours i was about to go mad the same as the leads.

And if Nolan can get a good performance out of Pacino and Williams in the same film that is a good director. Personally I don’t know many directors who can get a performance out of Williams, it seems they rely on him to do what he has done in the past.

I think you are absolutely right about the camera direction being what forced Pacino to give those performances. the man seems to think he is on stage with his screaming and gesticulating at times. I mean we get it, Italians talk with their hands and are loud, OK!

]]> Comment on The Dark Knight - part 1 by Nate Marshall http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-part-1/#comment-3 Nate Marshall Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:25:49 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=9#comment-3 I'm glad to be back too lets hope I can stay consistent now that I am done @ SJSU. no more dull projects. I will look for the post I was bad about backing up my archives but maybe I can find it somewhere. That is the price of hosting through a server that isn't in your house. Although it was my own dumb fault, and I could have probably fixed it but I would have no idea where to start. It was on e of those "Oops I deleted a file and don't know where from or even what it was." I lost 5 sites in a flash. oh well live and learn. I have the data just need to spend time working on what went wrong. I’m glad to be back too lets hope I can stay consistent now that I am done @ SJSU. no more dull projects.

I will look for the post I was bad about backing up my archives but maybe I can find it somewhere. That is the price of hosting through a server that isn’t in your house. Although it was my own dumb fault, and I could have probably fixed it but I would have no idea where to start. It was on e of those “Oops I deleted a file and don’t know where from or even what it was.” I lost 5 sites in a flash. oh well live and learn. I have the data just need to spend time working on what went wrong.

]]> Comment on The Dark Knight - part 1 by Nobody http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-part-1/#comment-2 Nobody Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:59:07 +0000 http://cinemamarshall.com/blog/?p=9#comment-2 Welcome back! So glad you're resuscitating the blog. I'm looking forward to this series on the Dark Knight but I can't see the movie till Friday so I won't be able to offer any thoughts for a while. I'm sorry your archives are gone, but I would love it if you could find your review of The Prestige. You had a great line in there to the effect that Nolan is a painter and his brushes are actors. It made me think about him in a new way because I just figured his M.O. was to hire seasoned actors whom he could trust and didn't need to direct. But now that I think about it he may be the only man in twenty years to have coaxed a boderline-subtle performance from Al Pacino. I can't stand by that because I haven't seen it in five years or so, but I remember Pacino remarking on the DVD that Nolan stuck a camera right in his face for a phone-call scene, which sounds to me like Nolan's way of overcompensating for Pacino's tendencies and telling him, don't worry, you don't have to act for the back row in this scene. Welcome back! So glad you’re resuscitating the blog. I’m looking forward to this series on the Dark Knight but I can’t see the movie till Friday so I won’t be able to offer any thoughts for a while.

I’m sorry your archives are gone, but I would love it if you could find your review of The Prestige. You had a great line in there to the effect that Nolan is a painter and his brushes are actors. It made me think about him in a new way because I just figured his M.O. was to hire seasoned actors whom he could trust and didn’t need to direct.

But now that I think about it he may be the only man in twenty years to have coaxed a boderline-subtle performance from Al Pacino. I can’t stand by that because I haven’t seen it in five years or so, but I remember Pacino remarking on the DVD that Nolan stuck a camera right in his face for a phone-call scene, which sounds to me like Nolan’s way of overcompensating for Pacino’s tendencies and telling him, don’t worry, you don’t have to act for the back row in this scene.

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