tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12047376.post116278679501491535..comments2023-10-18T09:24:06.238-05:00Comments on Stefanie Says: Rosebud's his sled, by the wayStefaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10128238432671375399noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12047376.post-1162857066916923502006-11-06T17:51:00.000-06:002006-11-06T17:51:00.000-06:00Oh, no, epixie! I LOVE that librarians are, the va...Oh, no, epixie! I LOVE that librarians are, the vast majority of the time, liberal-minded people with a deep respect for art and literature in all forms. I also love that the Minneapolis library carries just about everything I've ever looked for. (I think there have been only two or three times that I went to the online catalog to find something and discovered they didn't have it.) The nudity didn't really throw me or offend me; it just surprised me because I didn't know to expect it. (Like I said, my knowledge of the film was pretty slim.)<BR/><BR/>You're right, though; that paragraph totally reads like I was appalled by the library or something, and I really didn't mean it that way.Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10128238432671375399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12047376.post-1162852690976302842006-11-06T16:38:00.000-06:002006-11-06T16:38:00.000-06:00I think the most controversial part of this post i...I think the most controversial part of this post is not the Citizen Kane stuff but the fact that you thought the library would censor this movie from the patrons on the basis that it contains some nudity. What other kinds of books and movies do you normally check out from the library? Stefanie - I didn't think your tastes would be so vanilla!<BR/><BR/>Just for future reference, librarians are often liberal, believe in getting materials (books, movies, etc.) into the hands of the public and feel that censorship in its many forms is usually wrong. <BR/><BR/>As for the rest of your post - you crack me up. Mostly because I can see myself doing the same things you mention. I can totally relate to the talking yourself into not being scared part. I do it too! And I am not a fan of horror flicks either, but every once in a blue mooon I find myself watching something that totally freaks me out and then the furnace kicking on will make me scream.ePixie29https://www.blogger.com/profile/10706828109465024052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12047376.post-1162842938002845912006-11-06T13:55:00.000-06:002006-11-06T13:55:00.000-06:00Yikes. Of all the idle things I have written on th...Yikes. Of all the idle things I have written on this site, I had no idea that would be the most controversial. Like I said, I really should see Citizen Kane again. I've seen it only once, in college, in a very crappy old theater with a lousy sound system and a grainy screen. It probably wasn't a fair venue for it, and it was so long ago that it's honestly only vaguely still in my memory. I promise you I will give it another chance.<BR/><BR/>Wicker Man, though? I don't know.<BR/><BR/>Also (this is getting long enough that I probably should have just replied via email, but oh well), you thought it was a positive portrayal of the uber-Christian guy? Really? Because I spent most of the movie rolling my eyes at him and thinking, "Loosen up, dude." I guess you're right, though... they could have gone way more over-the-edge with his portrayal, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally (OK, this is REALLY getting too long now), I read the synopsis for the remake (since I don't feel the need to see it myself), and it said they decided not to make Nicholas Cage's character a virgin (as in the original), because they figured nobody would buy the idea of an adult male virgin these days. Maybe Steve Carell wasn't available for the role...Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10128238432671375399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12047376.post-1162842042771813932006-11-06T13:40:00.000-06:002006-11-06T13:40:00.000-06:00I too only saw The Wicker Man because of the "Coup...I too only saw <I>The Wicker Man</I> because of the "Coupling" episode. That and Leonard Maltin's movie guide said it was "surprisingly effective" or something like that.<BR/><BR/>Although, campy, seventies, and <I>really</I> British, I kind of liked <I>The Wicker Man</I>. I'd agree with you that it was more unsettling than scary. What I liked about it is that I really admired that the hero was a Christian but not a religious zealot. I'm not Christian, but I appreciated seeing a positive portrayl of one for once.<BR/><BR/>And you'll never know how close you came to being removed from my sidebar over the <I>Citizen Kane</I> parts of this post. Eye-poppingly ballsy of you, I must say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12047376.post-1162841321890709022006-11-06T13:28:00.000-06:002006-11-06T13:28:00.000-06:00GG, I hadn't heard of it either until they mention...GG, I hadn't heard of it either until they mentioned it on "Coupling." And I don't know if I would actually remember the remake coming out if I hadn't first heard of the original. I do remember seeing previews, but since it didn't do so well, it probably would have vanished from my brain with barely a blip.Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10128238432671375399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12047376.post-1162834258774969842006-11-06T11:30:00.000-06:002006-11-06T11:30:00.000-06:00Do I live in a cave? I have never heard of this m...Do I live in a cave? I have never heard of this movie - the old version OR the new version! Should I ever decide to drop acid, though, I will certainly rent it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com