another maniacal Armond White review, this time "Fahrenheit 9/11"

the stethescope lead just gets twisted

― Everytime I hit 'submit post' the internet gets dumber (darraghmac), Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:04 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

no it doesn't

heh how did i know you'd have a second opinion on that

i dunno Morbs he has a point, I could be wrong, but from my experience, generally reviews written by people who were actually in the theatre at the exact time the film was scheduled to show tend to contain a greater level of accuracy then dart throwing by an internet troll.

ya there's just a certain ... je ne sais quoi... about having actually seen the art in question before criticizing it that elevates the writing to another level

it's like they're reviewing it on a deeper level somehow.

And yet we can all criticize Armond White without actually reading him.

it would be kinda interesting if someone consistently reviewed movies they hadn't seen for a major publication and then wait to see if anyone ever caught on.

i read armond white and then i criticize him

there is, his name is david denby, and yes weve noticed (xp)

really? Which movies?

as Bob Dole said, "Stop lying about my record."

So do you guys think Armond was right about Vincere and Wild Grass?

YOU KNOW, MOVIES THAT DON'T MATTER

everything i've criticized him for, i've read.

really? Which movies?

haha well obviously...

but i was mostly thinking abt his winter's bone review that characterized it as "something new in movies: a 'country-noir' thriller."

i didn't read his vincere review. i did interview marco bellochio and write a feature about the film for my paper tho. it's possible to think more than one kind of movie is worthwhile.

you mean like The Girl on the Train and Despicable Me?

not... specifically...?

those were the exact two types of movies i was thinking it was possible to like

like, those two, in particular

im not even sure where this is going

Those are 2 AW favorites of this year. I'm just as irritated with his automatic-pilot rants as many of you, but he also thinks more than one kind of movie is worthwhile.

but you ppl only get upset at his "contrarian" takes on your beloved multiplex must-see-on-the-first-weekend shit, so what else is new

the special thing about a. white is not which movies he likes and dislikes but the offhand sweeping contempt at all the other shills and frauds who don't like and dislike what he does. a man alone!!

xp ha that's some kind of xp right there

(I'm not talking about s1ocki or even a non-English-language-film-hater like nrq)

Yeah, he is completely tiresome with the Anointed One stuff, no argument

but you ppl only get upset at his "contrarian" takes on your beloved multiplex must-see-on-the-first-weekend shit, so what else is new

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:56 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

like 'the hurt locker' iirc

but you ppl only get upset at his "contrarian" takes on your beloved multiplex must-see-on-the-first-weekend shit, so what else is new

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:56 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

u mean HIS beloved multiplex must-sees like transformers and GI joe?

even a non-English-language-film-hater like nrq

i've seen like three foreign-ass films in the last week, son

foreign 'ass films' dont count

... if he were a cheerful whacko instead of a rageaholic one one he'd be an ilx hero like terius nash or the struttin that ass guy

one of them had emmanualle beart true

but you didn't consider any "great" in the '00s

http://www.alliancevideousa.com/images/broken-record-765056.jpg

... if he were a cheerful whacko instead of a rageaholic one one he'd be an ilx hero like terius nash or the struttin that ass guy

― goole, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:02 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

people love ebert because hes nice not because hes got any great insight

and people hate armond cause hes a dick

^^^real talk

I like a dick who's consistent though.

*sniggers as he waits for joeks*

as long as they rise to the occasion eh

or are a head of their times.

and are very long and hard

this is like the fourth dick joke i've made on ilx today, btw :-/

always stick to what you know

always dick to what you know

Bunch of private dicks in here.

We're your private dicks, a dick for money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXSsseXKpzs

I really want to see Resident Evil Afterlife now, just to spot the deceptively dark homage to Demy's Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Also: "This Resident Evil is superior to Avatar and Inception on every level"

Also: "This Resident Evil is superior to Avatar and Inception on every level"

― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:38 AM (5 seconds ago) Bookmark

I doubt I'll agree with Armond on Inception, but Avatar....

When Alice is resurrected from her android state (“Thank you for making me human”), it confirms Anderson’s ingenuity as a life force.

Is he a Paul Thomas Anderson fan? I don't know how else to explain his not announcing that this Paul Anderson is so much better than that other Paul Anderson.

"Bad Bitcharama" is such a weird headline for a piece with one line describing the lead character and the rest blowing kisses to the man who "essayed" this movie.