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Re: iseegenius (not quite so)

Alfred B Johnson wrote:
Don't want to get to spoilers territory.

Well you did when you revealed to the whole list "The aliens are silly."
Had I not already seen the movie, I'd be very upset with you.  Next time,
put a warning in your subject line that might clue people in so they don't
end up getting "spoiled."

This again gets into the whole issue of OtR content versus non-OtR content
and some list ettiquette.  At the minimum it contributes to the case for
having someone monitor the list before messages are automatically passed on.

Sláinte!
David

np: OtR - Atlanta

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred B Johnson" <hoopyfrood at juno_com>
To: <Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 6:12 AM
Subject: iseegenius


> Hmm.
>
> I loved Signs.
>
> The aliens plot was a vehicle for the crisis-of-faith story, which was
> less of a twisty turny oo-ahh plot than it was an amazingly emotionally
> resonant poem.  Use of silence in the film is intense and beautiful.
> Cinematography as always with M. Night S[can't spell it] is gorgeous.
> And this guy is a super director of actors.  The performances he gets out
> of kids are terrific, especially if you're familiar with the dreck
> usually produced by child actors.  Character development is very full,
> though some people will insist that character development was minimal,
> b/c each character has a quirk.  But the development of these charaters
> through non-verbals is absolutely cool.
>
> And so on.  Don't want to get to spoilers territory.  Ebert's review was
> good: www.suntimes.com/ebert.
>
> The aliens are silly.  It doesn't matter. The ending is consistent with
> the plot and does not, no matter what anyone says, too neatly tie up all
> the ends.
>
> I've always loved movies that use an alternate reality to work on big
> themes that have nothing to do with that alternate reality.  Which is not
> to say that I love all such movies or that I find them all equally
> satisfying.
>
> NPR just said that it's M Night's 32nd birthday today.
>
> Gotta go that is all &c &c &c,
>
> Fred
>
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