It's Oscar Night

[62caddy]

^^^^

You do know you guys are arguing over a Hoax, right?

I don't believe that. They may be good "actors" but they're not that good.

 

[Hyfi]

I personally do not believe much of anything that comes out of the mouths of Hollywood players. Carry on with the fantasy.

 

[ducati_EL34]

The level of the crime was never in dispute to begin with.

sigh

We are not talking about some nefarious "other people". We are discussing a specific situation involving specific individuals. Have you direct knowledge that Chris Rock likes the drama of being assaulted?

I have witnessed the outcome of other events, far worse than this. I do not need to know what Chris rock likes or dislikes.

Some of the best life lessons come from some of the most unlikely places I've always found. But you've obviously decided for yourself this is impossible on some arbitrary basis so probably best for you stay with that.

I tend to stick to real life, and the lessons learned by watching others make mistakes. That beats a movie, any day!

 

[62caddy]

I personally do not believe much of anything that comes out of the mouths of Hollywood players. Carry on with the fantasy.

I don't know that for a fact and neither do you.

In any case it doesn't even matter as the discussion has become a case study in right/wrong, what is justifiable and what isn't - even if the circumstances are only hypothetical.

 

[ducati_EL34]

^^^^

You do know you guys are arguing over a Hoax, right?

we are discussing life, now. We have moved on.

 

[Hyfi]

I guess they accomplished what they set out to do since this thread alone is more coverage than recent years.

 

[62caddy]

I tend to stick to real life, and the lessons learned by watching others make mistakes. That beats a movie, any day!

...and then there are those who learn from both.

In your myopic view I suppose there's nothing of any value to be learned from the world's great literature either.

 

[ducati_EL34]

...and then there are those who learn from both.

In your myopic view I suppose there's nothing of any value to be learned from the world's great literature either.

Ah contraire. I love great literature. Hollywood is a long way from that.

 

[chicks]

The Power of the Dog was a darn good movie with a hell of a surprise at the end. I'll have to watch CODA now.

 

[62caddy]

Ah contraire. I love great literature.

Many great films were based on just that.

 

[markmcmuz]

Wonder what the reaction would be if, say, it was Mel Gibson who slapped somebody.

 

[ducati_EL34]

Many great films were based on just that.

yes I am aware of that fact. However, the vast majority were not.

 

[62caddy]

yes I am aware of that fact. However, the vast majority were not.

So I take it the whole "entertainment objection" has gone bye bye.

 

[ducati_EL34]

So I take it the whole "entertainment objection" has gone bye bye.

What objection? I have said Hollywood is for entertainment. I can be entertained without learning one single life lesson.

 

[chicks]

What objection? I have said Hollywood is for entertainment. I can be entertained without learning one single life lesson.

The lady in your avatar was wonderfully entertaining, in her way. Enchanting is probably a better word.

 

[ducati_EL34]

The lady in your avatar was wonderfully entertaining, in her way. Enchanting is probably a better word.

one can only imagine!

 

[62caddy]

I can be entertained without learning one single life lesson.

Where is it written that that the two are mutually exclusive? The movie I had quoted from earlier is "A Bad Day at Black Rock", a classic from 1955. I suggest watching it before categorically dismissing the possibility of anything worthwhile to be learned from it because movies are "entertainment".

And for that matter, great literature is "entertainment" too.

 

[ducati_EL34]

Where is it written that that the two are mutually exclusive? The movie I had quoted from earlier is "A Bad Day at Black Rock", a classic from 1955. I suggest watching it before categorically dismissing the possibility of anything worthwhile to be learned from it because movies are "entertainment".

And for that matter, great literature is "entertainment" too.

I tend to view great literature as a learning experience of the period when it was written.

After what my father and mother taught me, and my current career, there is nothing movies can do but reenforce that.

 

[DeeCee]

*yawn*

 

[spicer]

I tend to view great literature as a learning experience of the period when it was written.

After what my father and mother taught me, and my current career, there is nothing movies can do but reenforce that.

The closer a movie approximates a piece of literature the better it is. There are very few good movies but there are a few. It always helps to have read the book.