November 17, 2004
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I thought some of you might be able to take advantage of this deal while it’s still available. http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com
is having a 20% sale off the total cost for just this week (until the
20th). Last I checked, the working promotional code for this
are…NYTIMES
USATODAY
bargainflix
and while I’m in a similar subject…
Me and a friend of mine had a discussion on movies. It started
off with him telling me how he did not enjoy “The Grudge” at all.
I told him that I haven’t seen it yet, but I mentioned that the things
that are considered scary in the movie are partly influenced by
Japanese culture, and it probably doesn’t translate well to some other
cultures. I then asked if he’s seen “the Ring” and implied that
he probably did not like it, and yeah he did not like that
either.
He then mentioned the Matrix sequels and how he didn’t like them, and I
told them that it’s also partly due to how they were directed which
seemed to be heavily influenced by Japanese movies.
Then the Lord of the Rings trilogy was brought up and he was surprised
when I said that my problem with the movies was that they were not long
enough. That’s right, they were not long enough! The
trilogy took too much time with the action sequences that I felt the
character development were secondary, or relegated to specific integral
scenes only. In fact, I found The Fellowship of the Ring to be
the best of the three because it had the most character development out
of all three (although some things still felt forced to me).
He then told me that I probably liked Kill Bill vol.2 more than vol.1
and he is right! He liked vol.1 more because of all the action
scenes, while I liked vol.2 more because of the characters and
dialogue.I’ve got to say that was one of the more civil movie discussions I’ve
ever had. I’ve primarily had the opposite opinion to movies than
he did, but each of us had no real problem with that. We accepted
each other’s points of views, and that’s it! No arguing or trying
to convince the other to change their opinion. Why can’t things be more
like that at a regular basis?
