tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post1444818649140586194..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: Bushido-LiteGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-48192271045102373442014-02-04T03:35:57.711-08:002014-02-04T03:35:57.711-08:00Film review as prose poem - once again, you push t...Film review as prose poem - once again, you push the boundaries of the form, and I am taken aback with amazement! I once wrote a poem with the stricture of using a recipe (ingredients and instructions) as the framework - and this creation of yours is equally audacious. I may borrow this idea one day, it is so good, but for now, all I can say is "Bravo!"Semaphorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945917520773585129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-18852120634740690382014-02-03T16:01:12.128-08:002014-02-03T16:01:12.128-08:00This was unique as a movie review and yet scathing...This was unique as a movie review and yet scathingly honest in its delivery. The opening paragraph, but especially the closing one are beautiful in its prose and perfectly suited to the prompt. I empathize in that I often find it hard to watch some Film Noir for similar reasons. My modern, jaded mind often finds it hard to set itself in the mindset of that time period, where a Delon would be even remotely believable in such a role.Raivennehttp://raivenne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-88032160084985860502014-01-31T19:57:24.621-08:002014-01-31T19:57:24.621-08:00How innovative - movie review as prose poem! And i...How innovative - movie review as prose poem! And it is that. I love the rhythms, the images, the music of your language.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-88398603054523846772014-01-31T06:17:15.138-08:002014-01-31T06:17:15.138-08:00Well..it was the 60's after all..a new ear..of...Well..it was the 60's after all..a new ear..of the end of patriarchy and i guess reflected at that time..too..even in the most manly of genre's.. the killer for hire..<br /><br />And now with special effects..there is little character left at all..the death of so much emotion..that is so clear..in the movies of yesteryear..when the human is the star..instead of the set...<br /><br />The depth of all human emotions..says it all to me..i don't need fireworks..to live..give me love give me movement..but don't shower me with glitz...<br /><br />Anyway..when i come here..i enjoy what used to be..true theater....and the expression of it...Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-26331970172430277712014-01-31T03:42:32.175-08:002014-01-31T03:42:32.175-08:00I bet most movie reviewers, a passionate lot for s...I bet most movie reviewers, a passionate lot for sure, would tell us that what they write is pure poetry. And you proved it here! Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-59954464700395607422014-01-31T00:57:46.782-08:002014-01-31T00:57:46.782-08:00Unusual use of a prose poem, but I can go with tha...Unusual use of a prose poem, but I can go with that!<br />I actually rather like Alain Delon myself (well, I'm only a feeble female after all...), but perhaps not so much in this film. He's perfect in Purple Noon (Plein Soleil).Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-17141742994539193892014-01-30T21:09:47.418-08:002014-01-30T21:09:47.418-08:00You make an excellent point that as people, not pa...You make an excellent point that as people, not parrots, we should express our differing opinions honestly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-69657992302163626902014-01-30T20:34:43.938-08:002014-01-30T20:34:43.938-08:00Did anybody notice that my last paragraph/stanza w...Did anybody notice that my last paragraph/stanza was only one sentence--kind of Faulkner of me. Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-21681617966602609972014-01-30T19:35:22.334-08:002014-01-30T19:35:22.334-08:00A good review, but to me a statement that men who ...A good review, but to me a statement that men who have embraced savagery and death are marked - in the flesh or spirit that is apparent to those of us who dream of being heroes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-55870341405315498362014-01-30T16:39:02.965-08:002014-01-30T16:39:02.965-08:00I like the way you knit this together and pulled i...I like the way you knit this together and pulled it apart. I haven't seen the film because I don't generally like to see this kind of things - staying far away from ledges overhanging a dark abyss; however I went with my daughter's family this week to see "Lone Survivor". I wonder if it technically or in any way references this movie. It is a variation on the story being true to the tale of the Seals fighting in Afghanistan. Well written, sir. Thanks for the comment on mine too.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-69422224494619713272014-01-30T15:10:05.601-08:002014-01-30T15:10:05.601-08:00Excellent use of poetry in a film review... I real...Excellent use of poetry in a film review... I really thank you (though I had not yet considered watching)... And reading bad reviews are so much more fun than reading praise... brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-32384781875705859462014-01-30T14:28:06.115-08:002014-01-30T14:28:06.115-08:00An excellent review Glenn of the pain of disappoin...An excellent review Glenn of the pain of disappointment.<br /><br />I attend an occasional art review and generally leave not long after the 'luvvies' parrot praise work that is just, well... (I lose interest at this point.)<br /><br />Long live our own opinions!<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-84982762938342992732014-01-30T13:46:38.904-08:002014-01-30T13:46:38.904-08:00The film was unknown to me. Your approach to the p...The film was unknown to me. Your approach to the prompt is unique. Enjoyed the contrast between an assassin and a monk and really like what you did with the beginning of those two paragraphs: wanted/needed and needed/wanted.Victoria`http://liv2write2day.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-57441531961360658252014-01-30T13:00:23.195-08:002014-01-30T13:00:23.195-08:00I was going to say my former step mother used to c...I was going to say my former step mother used to compare me to Alain Delon, but somehow think that would come of unfavorably. Perhaps I'm as shallow as he, in which case the switch you stripped from the willow tree behind the barn, and used to flay M. Delon, would be aptly applied. The last two paragraphs are the most purple-prosed in this movie review, and I think strongly embody Sam's prompt. ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-57940257274549797802014-01-30T11:50:15.641-08:002014-01-30T11:50:15.641-08:00a movie rises and fall with the people who play th...a movie rises and fall with the people who play the characters - i think that real good actors even can make a very weak movie at least middle class... ha - that was the most uncommon film crit i ever readClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-69567462005404153632014-01-30T11:25:40.676-08:002014-01-30T11:25:40.676-08:00ha. cool a movie review as poetic prose...i will s...ha. cool a movie review as poetic prose...i will say if more were i may actually read them, you know....smiles....the subtle repetitions in needed/wanted but flipped is cool....as to the review its honest as well and doesnt kiss butt...so it works for me....smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-4429209026611003132014-01-30T00:40:44.558-08:002014-01-30T00:40:44.558-08:00Ha, ha i am French and I have never seen this film...Ha, ha i am French and I have never seen this film but, of course, I have heard about it. I wonder how it has aged since not all movies age well. You seem to know French actors quite well, Glenn. I like Montand and Reno but am not too fond of Depardieu. Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-26018884372530138832014-01-29T19:10:01.266-08:002014-01-29T19:10:01.266-08:00Hi Glenn, I had not heard of this film....but enj...Hi Glenn, I had not heard of this film....but enjoyed your film review with all the knitty-gritty details. I probably wouldn't see it, as I assume it would be pretty violent, and violence in films is not my fortè. It was interesting to me that you seemed not to agree with the high rating & thought some other actors might have played the part better.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com