Comments on: Catching up on missed movies

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:43:28 +0000

Seven years? But that’s good. In the day and age of Twitter, relationships more typically die after a few seconds, don’t they?

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:41:13 +0000

I think part of the reason that it’s considered great is due to when it was made; the fact that it’s nearly 70 years old and still feels so modern is quite a feat. I’ve seen things much younger than Citizen Kane that felt much older to me, and not in a good way.

I’ve not seen Casablanca or Gattica; I’ll add ‘em to the list (or the Netflix queue, as the case actually is).

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:07:01 +0000

Bourne Identity was the first movie I saw with my now-fiané. I’d rather not be reminded that it was seven years ago, thanks.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:25:27 +0000

I never understood why Citizen Kane is considered such a great film. It’s good, but not great in my opinion.

If you haven’t seen Casablanca I recommend that one if you like class. It’s cliche now and very famous but it, in my opinion, is better than CK.

Have you seen Gattica? That’s another of my faves. One I saw recently which really impressed me was Lions for Lambs. A great Redford flick.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:45:06 +0000

Ah, okay. I vaguely remember that now, but yeah, until you brought it up, I’d completely forgotten it. I’ve seen it enough times and heard enough about it to the point that I’m unable to hear “the Matrix” without immediately thinking of a computer-constructed reality.

By: Joshua J. Slone

Joshua J. Slone — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:10:34 +0000

SPOILER ALERT to any people who have yet to uhh… see or hear anything about the Matrix movies?

The advertising showed lots of impossibly fancy fighting action, but never actually said what “the Matrix” in the movie was. I believe the website was actually whatisthematrix.com. So the whole thing of humankind being trapped in a computer simulation was not expected.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:04:46 +0000

Ironically, Citizen Kane has been out nearly 70 years, and I only stumbled upon the meaning of Rosebud a week or two ago. Go figure. Curse you, internet.

What twist are you referring to in The Matrix? I’ve seen it a number of times, and so I can’t really remember any “whoa!” moments at this point.

By: Joshua J. Slone

Joshua J. Slone — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:13:53 +0000

About the Citizen Kane ending… yeah, it’s kind of one of those things that seeing enough referential pop culture will ruin for everyone. Kind of like how it would be damned near impossible for anyone to watch Empire Strikes Back and be surprised at the revelation near the end about Luke’s parentage. Really, avoiding such spoilers is one of the best reasons to avoid putting off seeing movies indefinitely.

It’s almost a decade later and I’m still shocked that I managed to not see The Matrix until a year after release and still be surprised at that twist, which the advertisements did a fine job of leaving mysterious.