tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post116584196843763165..comments2024-03-25T21:14:21.671-04:00Comments on Listen Eggroll: The transported man.md'ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-36463657058161768552007-06-12T14:46:00.000-04:002007-06-12T14:46:00.000-04:00I finally saw The Prestige and while too distracte...I finally saw The Prestige and while too distracted by little flaws to be swept away, I did appreciate its philosophical muscle.<BR/><BR/>"Now you're looking for the secret...but you won't find it, because you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled." <BR/><BR/>Sums up the Bush administration's sleight of hand "successes" eerily well.Nictatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174200071752059810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-6846450570974320532007-01-16T01:02:00.000-05:002007-01-16T01:02:00.000-05:00Actually the question everyone is asking is WHAT A...Actually the question everyone is asking is WHAT ABOUT "SKY HIGH" THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, THEN?<br /><br />Never forget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-24286240371604329052007-01-04T12:58:00.000-05:002007-01-04T12:58:00.000-05:00md'a, you owe your faithful reader(s) a detailed, ...md'a, you owe your faithful reader(s) a detailed, spoiler-filled exegesis of <i>The Prestige</i> in my opinion. I mean come on bud, you can't just tease us with nuggets about the battle between materialism and spirituality etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-31228941550856207392006-12-31T22:29:00.000-05:002006-12-31T22:29:00.000-05:00I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone who has...I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it; suffice it to say that of the three acts described in the opening monologue, only two are mentioned in the closing monologue. <br /><br />Since making this post, I've also realized why the closing monologue ends with the words it does: "Now you're looking for the secret...but you won't find it, because you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled." The first time, I assumed those words alluded to some plot twist I wasn't getting. In fact, they are deeply, grandly metaphorical—the culmination of what I now recognize is the film's exploration of the battle between materialism and spirituality.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-13571938273142865602006-12-31T12:05:00.000-05:002006-12-31T12:05:00.000-05:00For those of us without the benefit of DVD screene...For those of us without the benefit of DVD screeners: How do Caine's two monologues differ?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944875991712695886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-65046150500614043612006-12-28T15:46:00.000-05:002006-12-28T15:46:00.000-05:00Wow! THE PRESTIGE is up to 90 now - rarified air ...Wow! THE PRESTIGE is up to 90 now - rarified air indeed. I liked it well enough when I saw it the first time, and thought I would probably revisit it at some point, but now I'm incredibly anxious to do so. Someday, you'll have to explain what "only extreme self-sacrifice can rescue us from our dawning certitude that science has eliminated all mystery from the world" means. I've been playing the movie over in my head, but still feel I must be missing something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-17504647069171908232006-12-27T13:26:00.000-05:002006-12-27T13:26:00.000-05:00Ouch. Star-fucking Harry Knowles? I hereby grant y...Ouch. Star-fucking Harry Knowles? I hereby grant you a dispensation for any excessive bitterness toward women, relationships, and the world in general. Mike D'Angelo, you're a survivor.Adam Villanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694072629634740634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-60836290351578326122006-12-13T21:29:00.000-05:002006-12-13T21:29:00.000-05:00Hooray! All hail the returning wondrous wordsmithy...Hooray! All hail the returning wondrous wordsmithy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com