[kj] OT Boycott the film Tropic Thunder

Brendan bq at soundgardener.co.nz
Sun Aug 17 20:27:44 EDT 2008


Yeah I have to admit I missed the boat a bit with Lost in Translation.
Well protrayed, boring story (IMO). The aquatic thing was quite good fun
though, from memory (was a bit peeled at the time).


> If _Lost in Translation_ did not have the name "Sofia Coppola" attached

> to it, I honestly believe a) no one would give a damn, and b) at least

> 50% of the critics who found something artsy in the prolonged,

> mind-numbingly slow silences that characterize the movie, would not have

> given it positive reviews.

>

> Just witness Coppola's next project, Marie Antoinette, where she tried

> to give the controversial, cruel woman from french history a hip

> post-punk soundtrack. That one was also bad, and at least by that time

> many critics' star struck "SOFIA COPPOLA!" bias had worn off a bit.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Leigh Newton wrote:

>> That's the one he meant and, no, they are both amazing. Damn you.

>>

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