ThunderPeel2001

Watch this until the end. You will like it. I promise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A8JsRx2lois

That's hilarious! Unfortunately it means me not doing the most important things on my list... I'm not sure how my clients would feel about that. But in the meantime, I have a sudden desire to do anything but work!

Those neon things rock!

Explanation!

This is the "no" life thread. Ha ha! *rimshot*

Bah. That's the worst, IMO. I've found myself skipping things occasionally, but the internet should never take precedence over Real Life™. Maybe these sort of strategies don't go deep enough for me. Like it's possibly another tactic to avoid a deeper problem, but I'm intrigued about this app you mention. Link?

Me too. Although I've managed to get a shower, I've yet to leave the flat. #dayfail

I wish to move to LA.

It is rather entertaining. If anyone wants to see it, go here: http://www.therumble2012.com/

I get what you're saying and I don't disagree. I think it's just terminology. I suppose what I'm saying is: He considers Bergman to be the greatest filmmaker ever, and he desperately wants to be as good as he is, in the same way. He wants his films to resonate on the same level as his hero. As previously stated, I don't think it requires any particular talent to simply shine a light on the human condition, but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree there. And as I said before, even a bad Woody Allen film has a certain "solidness" that I respect and admire. He's a good filmmaker. There are moments in C&M that just blew me away, but I just couldn't take the bleakness. It affected me so much that I stopped watching his films!

That is awesome. Well done, Google!

I have to ask: What are the two films each decade that you consider to be as good as Annie Hall? I personally really love Play It Again Sam.

Even his best pessimistic films are pale imitations of Bergman. If you think Allen is good, you should experience the master he desperately tries to ape. Personally I don't think it takes any sort of genius to be pessimistic, or to write pessimistically. It's just a choice. I might even argue that it's harder to come up with an optimistic outlook that increasingly cynical audiences buy into. If you like that stuff, because it's refreshing to your palate, I totally get that, but I don't think it's anything special. For example: The ending of the Purple Rose of Cairo was interesting, and strangely satisfying, but it I have issues with it. Also: September a "masterpiece"? Really? One thing about Allen: Even his bad films are interesting in some way, and are solidly made.

(MMM, while amusing, is definitely considered one of his weaker films.)

Generally speaking Annie Hall is considered his best work (although he hates it himself). A great balance of comedy and drama. The guy is so incredibly pessimistic though. I hated the experience of watching Crimes and Misdemeanours, even though I acknowledge how well made parts of it are. I like films for their escapism as well as their insight. I come from the Nick Hornby school of "an artist's job is to make life more bearable for those that experience it". I know not everyone agrees with that, but C&M's conclusion and story was far too bleak for me. So Woody Allen has this odd mixture of pessimism and, in his best films, optimism. Manhattan Murder Mystery was a flat out zany comedy, for example. (Did you enjoy it?) Anyways, I've seen all of his films up to C&M. It's somewhat ironic that you've seen (almost) all of the ones after that!

Not sure about that, I went back and re-read several times, and I don't recall there being an indication it was . In fact I'm pretty sure she describes the hair on his head...? The other one was very obvious, though

Looper is well worth seeing.

Far too many! But then, I don't think it's depressing that I haven't played them. If I've got better things to do, then I have better things to do! In terms of wasted money, the only consolation I have is that I only buy games in sales, so I haven't spent too much on them. Also, they tend to be indie games, so I've supported the developers. Those few games that I've played full price for, I've played the shit out of them.

I noticed the deer's antler is what killed the direwolf in the second chapter... stuff like that?

Catelyn has just reached Moat Cailin. Can you give me a hint?

Hmm. Now I'm confused as to this whole "sub-layer" you've mentioned. I thought it was some big thing that a website somewhere revealed? Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick.

I'm not sure that "era" means what you think it does...? Otherwise I'm totally perplexed by what you mean. Interiors was his first drama, and it was sandwiched between comedies. Indeed it was sometime before he felt confident enough to try again. Also, most of his films have elements of C&M in them, I would worry about not having enough to watch. (It really is true about their being "early funny ones". )

Ha! It's odd that you pick Interiors as that was so atypical of the other films he was producing at the time. So did C&M make you not want to venture further forward into the Allen oeuvre? (It did for me.)

Really? That's one of the things that's been the same in every map I've seen. I guess you're not a map nerd like me Have you seen this one? http://www.sermountaingoat.co.uk/map/index.php

Also, everyone's seen this, right? http://mc.westeroscraft.com/