tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post2546935841362174912..comments2024-03-25T21:14:21.671-04:00Comments on Listen Eggroll: Skandies: #12md'ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-30764828944686680402012-02-08T12:25:15.564-05:002012-02-08T12:25:15.564-05:00Or "Some Men and Some Gods"...Or "Some Men and Some Gods"...Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456537279199977221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-18193597374605221112012-02-07T18:32:28.511-05:002012-02-07T18:32:28.511-05:00But if you're not making allowances for the re...<i>But if you're not making allowances for the respective languages' different rules, then the more accurate literal translation would be</i> Of The Men And Of The Gods.<br /><br />Good job Xavier Beaumont employing the Vern-acular.thanksbudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-43875409565488827562012-02-07T17:11:07.066-05:002012-02-07T17:11:07.066-05:00Good job The end. I suspect The beginning will pla...<i>Good job The end. I suspect The beginning will place above it, although it is not as good in my opinion.</i><br /><br />Too bad about The middle.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-39740436233646890502012-02-07T17:05:57.875-05:002012-02-07T17:05:57.875-05:00(though the literal French would be OF MEN AND OF ...<i>(though the literal French would be OF MEN AND OF GODS ... which sounds even worse in English).</i><br /><br />Depends how literal you want to be. All French nouns must have articles, so there'll almost always be clumsiness of that sort in sentences involving multiple nouns. But if you're not making allowances for the respective languages' different rules, then the more accurate literal translation would be <i>Of The Men And Of The Gods</i>.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-41704055404329325602012-02-07T16:39:55.857-05:002012-02-07T16:39:55.857-05:00"I almost gave scene points to The Last Suppe..."I almost gave scene points to The Last Supper in OF MEN & GODS"<br /><br />You should have; it would have made the Top 20. But I forgive you ... in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.<br /><br />Also good call, giving this scene the same title I gave it.Victor Mortonhttp://vjmorton.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-33233707350334801982012-02-07T16:23:27.840-05:002012-02-07T16:23:27.840-05:00Good job The end. I suspect The beginning will pl...Good job The end. I suspect The beginning will place above it, although it is not as good in my opinion.<br /><br />I almost gave scene points to The Last Supper in OF MEN & GODS but ultimately it was not as good as The Great Wise Wizard in YOU'RE HIGHNESS.thanksbudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-78263894475885139712012-02-07T14:37:16.943-05:002012-02-07T14:37:16.943-05:00Stunned it took you this long to recognize (though...Stunned it took you this long to recognize (though the literal French would be OF MEN AND OF GODS ... which sounds even worse in English).<br /><br />I suspect the influence of Steinbeck.Victor Mortonhttp://vjmorton.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-78592451566530743892012-02-07T14:31:24.129-05:002012-02-07T14:31:24.129-05:00Only just consciously realized that the title of B...Only just consciously realized that the title of Beauvois' film actually translates as <i>Of Men & Gods</i>. Was it reversed strictly for prosody's sake? That does sound odd.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-9382896488429450532012-02-07T14:19:11.983-05:002012-02-07T14:19:11.983-05:00Wonder who the other two voters besides me and McC...<i>Wonder who the other two voters besides me and McCloud are?</i><br /><br />El Chuck and Dude From Nickelback.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-86508439003760659362012-02-07T14:18:30.917-05:002012-02-07T14:18:30.917-05:00Very pleased to see DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX placin...<i>Very pleased to see DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX placing so high, but it is odd to see 4 votes and 62 points getting a film to the 12th spot.</i><br /><br />Yes. Again, that's a result of the unusual consensus up at the top. Last year, the top 10 films received 1,577 combined points. This year, the top 10 films received 2,146 combined points. There's a 36-point gap just between #11 and #10.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-83162516128528423872012-02-07T14:14:44.808-05:002012-02-07T14:14:44.808-05:00woo-hoo!!! ... 11 spots too low, but 9 spots highe...woo-hoo!!! ... 11 spots too low, but 9 spots higher than I've expected for about a week now. I thought this gonna finish 17-20 or not at all. <br /><br />Wonder who the other two voters besides me and McCloud are? And there's some Passiondex in there ... one or both of those other two must've had it in their Top 5 at least.Victor Mortonhttp://vjmorton.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-15977221670207956952012-02-07T14:05:06.107-05:002012-02-07T14:05:06.107-05:00Very pleased to see DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX placin...Very pleased to see DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX placing so high, but it is odd to see 4 votes and 62 points getting a film to the 12th spot.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902486713575127522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-73292443086694882222012-02-07T14:02:17.418-05:002012-02-07T14:02:17.418-05:00I'm pretty sure that in the case of both of th...I'm pretty sure that in the case of both of those movies Payne co-wrote he was more of a script doctor, or wrote an original draft that went through a lot of change.Atli Sighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542195031294304732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-4389642818742511432012-02-07T13:23:56.275-05:002012-02-07T13:23:56.275-05:00So happy to see Sallette here. Nicely done, 7 othe...So happy to see Sallette here. Nicely done, 7 other voters. In a bevy of troubled beauty, she managed to steal scenes with a haunting fragility.Nictatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174200071752059810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-72234195937699516042012-02-07T13:12:46.790-05:002012-02-07T13:12:46.790-05:00When you wrote, "Payne has never missed for a...When you wrote, "Payne has never missed for a film he's also directed," I wondered what the films Payne wrote that he didn't direct were. So I checked IMDb and found out.<br /><br />I really would not have guessed that Payne had co-written those other films (which I'm not mentioning here, in case other people want to be surprised).Joshuanoreply@blogger.com