tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post1210132588918199555..comments2023-12-24T10:14:39.424-05:00Comments on Cole Slaw Blog: In its dumb way, even Oliver! mattersFlophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04677185628909814152noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-14636647171100767792008-01-26T09:10:00.000-05:002008-01-26T09:10:00.000-05:00You definitely should make friends with "Flop."You definitely should make friends with "Flop."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-73589724264305594462008-01-25T08:57:00.000-05:002008-01-25T08:57:00.000-05:00First!First!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-7809202740441380392008-01-23T19:30:00.000-05:002008-01-23T19:30:00.000-05:00One of the good things I can say about Time Warner...One of the good things I can say about Time Warner Cable is that we get Turner Classic Movies on demand. For awhile last year "Oliver!" was on the slate. Not having seen it in years I thought it might be interesting to see how it holds up. It doesn't. I agree that your knowledge lands "somewhere."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-62295462096711246602008-01-23T14:12:00.000-05:002008-01-23T14:12:00.000-05:00i know all the words to every song in oliver!(!) ...i know all the words to every song in <I>oliver!</I>(!) i suppose that's neither here nor there, but perhaps somewhere.blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847339484292778234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-57870238641832525442008-01-23T13:14:00.000-05:002008-01-23T13:14:00.000-05:00Perhaps I overstated. I shall do the gentlemanly ...Perhaps I overstated. I shall do the gentlemanly thing and apologize.<BR/><BR/>Still: rats are cute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-30688250617089621522008-01-23T12:58:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:58:00.000-05:00You distorting, incomprehensive weenie.I think Jun...You distorting, incomprehensive weenie.<BR/><BR/>I think <I>Juno</I> is not great, but not awful and said previously that <I>Ratatouille</I> would have A.O. Scott et al dancing a peppy hornpipe if it were an Algerian cook who were the outcast. I would say bonus points if it were subtitled, but that would only tickle Jay Sherman's fancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-25448955106260772152008-01-23T00:17:00.000-05:002008-01-23T00:17:00.000-05:00I know you hate it and that you think Ratatouille ...I know you hate it and that you think Ratatouille is an allegory about the experience of Algerian immigrants in France. I've got no views on either movie's merit, except that rats are cute and I'm not that into pregnancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11661639.post-74612701835089203412008-01-22T23:03:00.000-05:002008-01-22T23:03:00.000-05:00Not to get the ball rolling on the whole "OMG snub...Not to get the ball rolling on the whole "OMG snubbed/overrated" thing, but <I>Juno</I> was a contrived mess. An endearing one with a rather likeable main character, but it's too openly manipulative and the first half requires too much shoring up of my disbelief for the much better ending to have much in the way of a lasting payoff. It's not awful, or even bad. It's just not all that good.<BR/><BR/>It's definitely not as enjoyable, well-made or just as good as <I>Ratatouille</I> and the fact that I found the idea of a rat being a world-class chef easier to believe than some of the scenes in Juno should probably tell you something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com