Posted by Drunken Monkey at bpr10-194.ih2000.net on December 31, 2000 at 02:46:54:
In Reply to: Oh boy. posted by Palpee on December 31, 2000 at 02:14:03:
: I never said that it would have been more impoprtant to show instead of tell. I only "Suggested" that it might have been more "Interesting" or even funny to see Loki flip God off, etc.
First of all, suggestions are only useful if something can be done about it. Dogma stopped filming over a year ago. Secondly, that speech Alan Rickman gives is a bit too short to show clips along with (as are most speeches given in Dogma), plus I doubt Kevin will be reading this board, come across your post and say "That's brilliant! I'll rewrite Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back so that the speeches will have clips so that people with pea-sized attention spans will find it more 'interesting'!!!"
: : As exciting as visual stimulation can be, the strength of the conversation and dialogue can be the difference between a good film and a great one.
: The conversation they were having was getting the back story out. I also said that the conversation would stay in "Along" with the visuals. And I repeat. It was only a "suggestion", not a complaint. I loved the film. Hence the 15th time watching it part in my original post.
Once again, it's pointless to make suggestions when nothing can be done about it. It doesn't matter if you loved it, it's stupid for you to argue about hypotheticals.
: : Fortunately, this is an area where Kevin excels,
: Amen to that!
: : and we all benefit from it.
: Amen again!
If you agree with him, why don't you just shut up?!
: : And constructive criticism is one thing,
: That's what i was offering. Nothing else.
You're a dumbass, don't try to pretend you weren't bitching and being a little bitch (That doesn't sound like a third grader, does it?)
: : but until you become a successful filmmaker yourself,
: Have you ever heard about why you shouldn't ASS.U.ME anything?
: The less a man makes declaritive statements, then the less apt he is to look foolish in retrospect.
He made a good point, you just look stupid trying to be clever. The saying is "When you assume, you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me", the way you have it makes it look like gay sex. "Ass, u, me"<----gay sex, right?
: : you may want to be a little more conscious of how you word your comments. You did not come off too well with how you expressed your opinion.
: What was so hard to understand about it? You seemed to get it. You wrote so much about it in your post.
Once again, he made a valid point and you come off looking like a kid fanboy who couldn't argue his way out of a paper bag, so just shut up.
Angry Drunken Monkey