Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (75 Viewers)

[Ford Prefect]

So i watched Donnie Darko last night for an essay im writing on cult cinema. I watched it about 4/5 years ago and thought it was a really good film and thought i would enjoy it on its second viewing. I was however mistaken, i didnt enjoy it, i loved it. The out and out satire of 'Middle America' was shear hilarity. I used to think it was just an America Gothic film, its far more than that, its a social commentary filled to the brim with satire. The storyline around the end of the world and time travel is just a vessel to transport these ideals. Any other thoughts on the film?

 

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[Martin]

Are you like me Martin? I never watch these kids stuff. Star Wars, LOTR, Superman, Hulk, Spiderman etc..

LOTR was great. At least the way it was made, I don't care about the story.
Star Wars was a bore.
Superman, the latest I saw, was very mediocre. The originals were not too bad.
Spiderman - horrendous, went to see it literally cause there was nothing else playing.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

is it? I've only seen the first Star Wars, don't even remember what it was about

brother-sister incest

 

[Martin]

brother-sister incest

oh. strike that then

 

[Ford Prefect]

LOTR was a great trillogy and so were the Star wars sequals (chronologically) The first three in the series were a big let down.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

So i watched Donnie Darko last night for an essay im writing on cult cinema. I watched it about 4/5 years ago and thought it was a really good film and thought i would enjoy it on its second viewing. I was however mistaken, i didnt enjoy it, i loved it. The out and out satire of 'Middle America' was shear hilarity. I used to think it was just an America Gothic film, its far more than that, its a social commentary filled to the brim with satire. The storyline around the end of the world and time travel is just a vessel to transport these ideals. Any other thoughts on the film?

have you lived in the US before?

 

[ĵџvє_вãвγ]

You two do a re-enactment?

i guess so:/

More importantly, do you dress up as Princess Leia?

sorry, i dress up as Arwen

içerledim diyosun?





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[Ford Prefect]

have you lived in the US before?

I've been there 6 times, the satire i enjoyed was about things i despised regardless of their location. It just so happens that the film was made about 'Middle America' in a town called 'Middlesex'

 

[Martin]

I've been there 6 times, the satire i enjoyed was about things i despised regardless of their location. It just so happens that the film was made about 'Middle America' in a town called 'Middlesex'

What's a sex? Middlesex, Essex, Sussex. wtf is that?

 

[Ford Prefect]

What's a sex? Middlesex, Essex, Sussex. wtf is that?

a scummy county.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

I've been there 6 times, the satire i enjoyed was about things i despised regardless of their location. It just so happens that the film was made about 'Middle America' in a town called 'Middlesex'

if you have you would know the us is so heterogenous theres no such thing as a culturally monolithic middle america, you can kinda venture and make generalizations about say the midwest or the east coast(and even that is pushing it) but no way about all of america, just too big and and too diverse in more than just one sense

 

[Ford Prefect]

The name means territory of the middle Saxons and refers to the tribal origin of its inhabitants. It is formed from the Old English 'middel' and 'Seaxe'.[12] Its first recorded use was in 704 as Middleseaxan.

The name Essex originates in the Anglo-Saxon period of the Early Middle Ages and has its root in the Old English Ēastseaxe (i.e. the "East Saxons"), the eastern kingdom of the Saxons.

Sussex (pronounced /ˈsʌsɨks/), from the Old English Sūþsēaxe ('South Saxons'), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

(Sussex doesnt exist anymore - East Sussex/West Sussex exist)

 

[Buck Fuddy]

sorry, i dress up as Arwen

Good enough!

Perhaps you should watch that Fanboys movie I mentioned earlier with your bro. Might be more entertaining for Star Wars fans than it was for me.



@ ja5per: Donnie Darko is one of the best movies of the last 10 or so years. And, like yourself, I remember enjoying it more the 2nd time I watched it.

 

[Ford Prefect]

if you have you would know the us is so heterogenous theres no such thing as a culturally monolithic middle america, you can kinda venture and make generalizations about say the midwest or the east coast(and even that is pushing it) but no way about all of america, just too big and and too diverse in more than just one sense

When you say 'Middle America' or 'Middle England' it means middle class/average.

 

[Martin]

The name means territory of the middle Saxons and refers to the tribal origin of its inhabitants. It is formed from the Old English 'middel' and 'Seaxe'.[12] Its first recorded use was in 704 as Middleseaxan.

The name Essex originates in the Anglo-Saxon period of the Early Middle Ages and has its root in the Old English Ēastseaxe (i.e. the "East Saxons"), the eastern kingdom of the Saxons.

Sussex (pronounced /ˈsʌsɨks/), from the Old English Sūþsēaxe ('South Saxons'), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

(Sussex doesnt exist anymore - East Sussex/West Sussex exist)

grazie

 

[Ford Prefect]

grazie

Whilst we are at it, can you tell me the toponomy of The Netherlands

 

[Martin]

Whilst we are at it, can you tell me the toponomy of The Netherlands

the what?

 

[ĵџvє_вãвγ]

LOTR was a great trillogy

Good enough!

Perhaps you should watch that Fanboys movie I mentioned earlier with your bro. Might be more entertaining for Star Wars fans than it was for me.

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0489049/ this one ha? if i find the movie, why not! ..***..

 

[Ford Prefect]

the what?

# toponymy: the nomenclature of regional anatomy
# toponymy: the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language

 

[Martin]

# toponymy: the nomenclature of regional anatomy
# toponymy: the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language

Well it's nothing special. The Dutch name is Nederland which just means "lowland". I don't know why it's plural in English.

If you say Nederlands in Dutch you're talking about the language.