tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post1166278498367320494..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Whiplash (a movie review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-66752564270322555202017-01-07T00:51:15.773-08:002017-01-07T00:51:15.773-08:00I guess that just serves to demonstrate that you h...I guess that just serves to demonstrate that you have a fucked up, distorted view of actual reality.<br /><br />(Yes, I am only just now seeing that you left this comment.)Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-41364957224482841732016-02-19T10:15:46.582-08:002016-02-19T10:15:46.582-08:00Finally a year later my wife and I watched this fi...Finally a year later my wife and I watched this film. We both liked it a great deal. Everything you've pointed out above is true, but I guess I'm often more than willing to suspend disbelief for a film like this. I'm not as forgiving these days to suspend my disbelief for a lot of the sci-fi that I watch (which I find myself watching less as time goes by).<br /><br /><i>Whiplash</i> was entertaining for me aside from the parts that annoyed me. I can be pretty forgiving about a lot of movies while others (e.g. <i>Prometheus</i> I find my assessment to be rather harsh.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br />A to Z Challenge Co-host<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-41421210700107573632015-02-04T16:35:42.680-08:002015-02-04T16:35:42.680-08:00bah
You don't need to apologize for that.bah<br />You don't need to apologize for that.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-58042099069833051782015-02-04T16:21:57.427-08:002015-02-04T16:21:57.427-08:00Whoops, sorry for the novel you got in your email....Whoops, sorry for the novel you got in your email. I figure a kid walking in bleeding all over the place would certainly grab someone's notice. Just ridiculous.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-55285153337358116512015-01-31T08:17:59.095-08:002015-01-31T08:17:59.095-08:00Shannon: Well, I got the other comment in my email...Shannon: Well, I got the other comment in my email and just wow! That's horrible. And I agree that adults can be uncaring assholes. That said, the thing that got me in Whiplash is the blood. No one ignores blood, and the kid was leaving a trail of blood as it dripped off his hand and had blood all over one said of his face. So Chazelle could have made it at least somewhat believable if there wasn't all the blood, but I don't buy no one saying, "Dude! You're bleeding everywhere!"Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-91844259574393958702015-01-29T21:10:12.371-08:002015-01-29T21:10:12.371-08:00I left a really long comment and deleted it, becau...I left a really long comment and deleted it, because it was long enough to be a blog post. Instead, I'll just leave this snippet of it: <br /><br />Sometimes, adults are more oblivious and horrible than would be realistic in fiction. But our job as writers (and screenwriters) is to make the situations "realistic" enough that readers/viewers can buy them. Yet I'm seeing this trend more and more in TV shows, movies, etc., where the situations they stack up to create the tension are ridiculous. Humorous, even. But then you see the way people accept it. Buy it hook, line, and sinker. And you realize that's why it happens. Maybe we just have a greater ability to suspend disbelief these days? Maybe we want to more?Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-14014858616721186782015-01-29T21:08:33.077-08:002015-01-29T21:08:33.077-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-79952804065092519102015-01-29T19:47:51.699-08:002015-01-29T19:47:51.699-08:00Janie: No problem; it happens sometimes.
I talked ...Janie: No problem; it happens sometimes.<br />I talked about fiction because the movie is fiction, which is too bad for the kind of movie that it is.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-83606796930589610392015-01-29T19:03:33.257-08:002015-01-29T19:03:33.257-08:00Regular-sized letters at the end of the second par...Regular-sized letters at the end of the second paragraph weren't enough to catch my attention, but I apologize for saying that you didn't issue a warning. I wasn't sure for a while if you were talking about the actual movie or if you were inventing something because you began by discussing fiction. I was just plain confused, and that's not your fault. Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-50771588293085922012015-01-28T16:47:00.912-08:002015-01-28T16:47:00.912-08:00TAS: Simmons is easily the best part of the movie....TAS: Simmons is easily the best part of the movie. His performance is fantastic. I just wish it could have been a better movie.<br />But that seems to be the way things are going this year.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-77100349260570919442015-01-28T16:46:10.232-08:002015-01-28T16:46:10.232-08:00Janie: I did issue a warning. It's quite clear...Janie: I did issue a warning. It's quite clearly there in the text:<br />"So let's walk through that. Yes, there will be spoilers."<br />I always say if I'm going to spoil.<br />That said, once you realized that I was talking about an actual scene from the movie, you could have quit reading.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-53716483692615689472015-01-28T16:38:24.595-08:002015-01-28T16:38:24.595-08:00I'm sorry I read your review. A movie review s...I'm sorry I read your review. A movie review should not reveal that much about the movie's plot unless you start with large letters informing readers that the review contains multiple spoilers. I took a movie review class in college. I write a review every week. If I'm going to reveal a spoiler, then I make it very clear. I still look forward to seeing Whiplash, and I'll try to put what you've said out of my head. If you write more reviews that give away so much plot, please issue a warning in your title and at the beginning of your review.<br /><br />Love,<br />Janie Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-58511887033932909382015-01-28T15:22:00.377-08:002015-01-28T15:22:00.377-08:00We haven't seen it but I'll admit to curio...We haven't seen it but I'll admit to curiosity, mostly because I think JK Simmons is awesome. I think he's probably the favorite for Best Supporting but the film may not get much more than that.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-77058465970850053662015-01-28T13:09:52.478-08:002015-01-28T13:09:52.478-08:00Lee: It is pretty crazy. But what I find more craz...Lee: It is pretty crazy. But what I find more crazy than the movie are all the things people who like it are saying about it. It's like, maybe, they are blinded by the music aspect of the movie. Or, maybe, they all had experiences with a band director who yelled at them for screwing up, so it's some kind of "experience" to see the movie. I don't know.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-40123650489633992992015-01-28T12:20:52.667-08:002015-01-28T12:20:52.667-08:00Very funny review.
I've been hearing so many ...Very funny review.<br /><br />I've been hearing so many good things about this film that it's had me curious to see it. Then your review reaffirms the bad things I've heard about this film. I might see this one eventually when it makes it to DVD, but I might forget to see it too. This sounds like one of those films that will end up on my Netflix queue toward the bottom and never make it toward the top because I keep putting other films above it.<br /><br />Then again, based on your review, I might have to see it just to see what you've described. It sounds pretty crazy.\<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br />A to Z Challenge Co-host<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-69801680393182725922015-01-28T11:13:50.898-08:002015-01-28T11:13:50.898-08:00Pat: I think it's the kind of thing that appea...Pat: I think it's the kind of thing that appeals to a very specific demographic, a demographic which makes up about 80-90% of the Academy, hence the nomination.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-39723136250113219512015-01-28T07:23:25.957-08:002015-01-28T07:23:25.957-08:00Sounds lame.Sounds lame.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-24202039220267137572015-01-28T05:47:13.825-08:002015-01-28T05:47:13.825-08:00Alex: It took longer than five minutes to watch it...Alex: It took longer than five minutes to watch it, and it skipped through the actual driving (except for the crash) and the running.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-27047204988690569152015-01-28T03:33:31.257-08:002015-01-28T03:33:31.257-08:00That entire sequence of events is contrived. Five ...That entire sequence of events is contrived. Five minutes? he'd barely get out of the parking lot. Sounds like a skip to me.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com