From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:43:38 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha   
    wrote:   
      
   >Paul S Person  wrote in   
   >news:1cfa0htqcldmpc6nml473pqvrjvop91354@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:46:52 +0000, Jerry Brown   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:05:49 -0800, Paul S Person   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 10:30:47 -0800 (PST), T987654321   
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>Wow did it crater at the box office.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>IIRC, it's by Emmerich, so I am /still/ going to rent it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I survived /10,000 BC/ (the story of how a White Guy led a   
   >>>>bunch of Black Guys to rebel against a bunch of Yellow Guys,   
   >>>>with a superfluous sabretooth [as Ebert pointed out] added in   
   >>>>for no particular reason) and /Anonymous/ (the Shakespeare   
   >>>>thing that turned out to be the third installment of the   
   >>>>/Elizabeth/ series, just with a completely new cast and crew),   
   >>>>after all.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>OTOH, I /did/ skip /Stonewall/, but, IIRC, the reviews   
   >>>>suggested it was more about an individual than a movement.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>And, anyway, /Moonfall/ is at least an SF film. I might find it   
   >>>>... acceptable ... as an Emmerich film.   
   >>>   
   >>>I think of him as this generation's Irwin Allen: a purveyor of   
   >>>utter tosh, where the relevant question is whether the film is   
   >>>entertaining as opposed to whether it's good.   
   >>   
   >> Without commenting on Irwin Allen, I would agree with your   
   >> characterization of Emmerich. Well, except that "being   
   >> entertaining" is a major component of "being good", IMHO. YMMV.   
   >>   
   >> Or, as I would put it, an excellent provider of Brain-Dead   
   >> Summer Action Flicks -- that is, films which entertain without   
   >> requiring any mental effort.   
   >   
   >Or films that entertain only if you actively *avoid* any mental   
   >effort.   
      
   Fair enough, at least for those so obnoxious you cannot help thinking   
   about them.   
      
   For myself, I generally don't bother. Who cares if the North Atlantic   
   Current is shown moving in reverse in /The Day After Tomorrow/?   
      
   Or whether a car can /really/ take down a helicopter as in /Live Free   
   or Die Hard/?   
   --   
   "I begin to envy Petronius."   
   "I have envied him long since."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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