Comments for Confederate Wing http://www.confederatewing.com Pretending to be a legitimate writer since 2007 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Comment on Machete by Andrew (not Gyorkos) http://www.confederatewing.com/2010/09/03/machete/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Andrew (not Gyorkos) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:01:57 +0000 http://www.confederatewing.com/?p=604#comment-147 Well I was honestly not expecting this movie to actually have a point to it, beyond the gratuitous violence and sex. Honestly, I generally like it when action movies have a brain (see: Inception) but I don't know how I feel about this one. This seemed to me to be ostensibly a no-brain movie, and if the point the movie is trying to make actually ends up restraining the fun violence and gore, well then the two points seem to be working opposed to each other. Still, I heard good things all around and I love Rodriguez's work in general. Well I was honestly not expecting this movie to actually have a point to it, beyond the gratuitous violence and sex. Honestly, I generally like it when action movies have a brain (see: Inception) but I don’t know how I feel about this one. This seemed to me to be ostensibly a no-brain movie, and if the point the movie is trying to make actually ends up restraining the fun violence and gore, well then the two points seem to be working opposed to each other. Still, I heard good things all around and I love Rodriguez’s work in general.

]]> Comment on Countdown to Inception, Part I: Following by kelly http://www.confederatewing.com/2010/07/09/countdown-to-inception-part-i-following/comment-page-1/#comment-146 kelly Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:13:32 +0000 http://www.confederatewing.com/?p=429#comment-146 Saw it last night, thought it was very good, very well done. Marion Cotillard is stunningly fantastic, and the rest of the cast is pretty good too. The only thing I'd say is that everyone is very intense and serious, perhaps too much so at times. I mean, even if you're doing King Lear, you have to find the levity. Damn good film, I'll probably see it again. It's nice to have a film that's intelligently fun after everything else this summer. Saw it last night, thought it was very good, very well done. Marion Cotillard is stunningly fantastic, and the rest of the cast is pretty good too. The only thing I’d say is that everyone is very intense and serious, perhaps too much so at times. I mean, even if you’re doing King Lear, you have to find the levity. Damn good film, I’ll probably see it again. It’s nice to have a film that’s intelligently fun after everything else this summer.

]]> Comment on Black Dynamite by Andrew (not Gyorkos) http://www.confederatewing.com/2010/08/28/black-dynamite/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Andrew (not Gyorkos) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:50:39 +0000 http://www.confederatewing.com/?p=587#comment-143 "Gyorkus is a bad mutha..." "Shut yo' mouth!" :) Ah, this actually reminds me of the Tim Burton film version of <i>Mars Attacks!</i> from 1996. A decent movie, but ultimately the same issue described here. Namely, it's spoofing something that was never very serious and already pretty funny to begin with. I appreciate movies like this for their humorous qualities, but I always wondered if said humour was intentional or not. I think they were actually supposed to be taken seriously back in the day, but they're just so ridiculous that I can't see them as anything other than pure popcorn. “Gyorkus is a bad mutha…”

“Shut yo’ mouth!” :)

Ah, this actually reminds me of the Tim Burton film version of Mars Attacks! from 1996. A decent movie, but ultimately the same issue described here. Namely, it’s spoofing something that was never very serious and already pretty funny to begin with. I appreciate movies like this for their humorous qualities, but I always wondered if said humour was intentional or not. I think they were actually supposed to be taken seriously back in the day, but they’re just so ridiculous that I can’t see them as anything other than pure popcorn.

]]> Comment on Black Dynamite by Shayla http://www.confederatewing.com/2010/08/28/black-dynamite/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Shayla Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:25:43 +0000 http://www.confederatewing.com/?p=587#comment-142 OMG, I used to love watching old blaxploitation movies on TV at like three in the morning when I was in university. It sucks that this movie didn't turn out good, but I can't say I'm surprised. I'm glad you watched it at home, because I had been picturing you as the only white person in the theatre at STC. My favourite blaxploitation parody of all time is from the adult cartoon Venture Bros: <b>Jefferson:</b> Yes, I only hunt Blackulas. <b>Fish Creature:</b> Oh, so you only hunt African-American vampires. <b>Jefferson:</b> No, sometimes I hunt British vampires. They don't have African-Americans in England. <b>Fish Creature:</b> Oh yeah. Yeah, good point. <b>Jefferson:</b> So I hunt Blackulas. <b>Fish Creature:</b> I was just trying to be... <b>Jefferson:</b> Man I specialize in hunting black vampires, I don't what the PC name for that is. OMG, I used to love watching old blaxploitation movies on TV at like three in the morning when I was in university. It sucks that this movie didn’t turn out good, but I can’t say I’m surprised. I’m glad you watched it at home, because I had been picturing you as the only white person in the theatre at STC.

My favourite blaxploitation parody of all time is from the adult cartoon Venture Bros:

Jefferson: Yes, I only hunt Blackulas.
Fish Creature: Oh, so you only hunt African-American vampires.
Jefferson: No, sometimes I hunt British vampires. They don’t have African-Americans in England.
Fish Creature: Oh yeah. Yeah, good point.
Jefferson: So I hunt Blackulas.
Fish Creature: I was just trying to be…
Jefferson: Man I specialize in hunting black vampires, I don’t what the PC name for that is.

]]> Comment on Countdown to Inception, Part I: Following by Sonic in Mario World 2 http://www.confederatewing.com/2010/07/09/countdown-to-inception-part-i-following/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Sonic in Mario World 2 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:35:34 +0000 http://www.confederatewing.com/?p=429#comment-135 Isn't it ironic? We ignore who adores us, adore who ignores us, love the ones that hurt us, and hurt the ones that love us. Isn’t it ironic? We ignore who adores us, adore who ignores us, love the ones that hurt us, and hurt the ones that love us.

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