scottEweinberg
Scott Weinberg
I am honestly stunned. @ebertchicago: your review of The Raid is outrageously short-sighted. As if there's no artistry in cinematic action.
DeusExCinema
David Neary
@scottEweinberg @ebertchicago Precisely. That film had better rhythm than any blockbuster of the last 20 years, and escalated perfectly.
@scottEweinberg @ebertchicago Precisely. That film had better rhythm than any blockbuster of the last 20 years, and escalated perfectly.
mant_a_tangi
Ian Mantgani
@scottEweinberg One of Rog's occasional inexplicable moral high-horse moments, a la The Hitcher, eh?
@scottEweinberg One of Rog's occasional inexplicable moral high-horse moments, a la The Hitcher, eh?
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Jonathan Poritsky
@scottEweinberg Sounds more like you're whining. How is @ebertchicago short-sighted; how is that even a criticism of a weekly column?
@scottEweinberg Sounds more like you're whining. How is @ebertchicago short-sighted; how is that even a criticism of a weekly column?
poritsky
Jonathan Poritsky
@scottEweinberg What's the far-sight you wish he displayed? Should he predict the next decade and then form an opinion? Honest question.
@scottEweinberg What's the far-sight you wish he displayed? Should he predict the next decade and then form an opinion? Honest question.
scottEweinberg
Scott Weinberg
@poritsky Short-sighted as in all he saw was violence. Not choreography, editing, timing, score, rhythm, etc. Just OMG violence.
@poritsky Short-sighted as in all he saw was violence. Not choreography, editing, timing, score, rhythm, etc. Just OMG violence.
poritsky
Jonathan Poritsky
@scottEweinberg Or he didn't find anything else to the film and said so. Is it so bad he judged it on its narrative arc or lack thereof?
@scottEweinberg Or he didn't find anything else to the film and said so. Is it so bad he judged it on its narrative arc or lack thereof?
poritsky
Jonathan Poritsky
@scottEweinberg That sells the form short a bit, no? Suggests action films aren't capable of basic story structure. Anyway, potayto potahto.
@scottEweinberg That sells the form short a bit, no? Suggests action films aren't capable of basic story structure. Anyway, potayto potahto.
scottEweinberg
Scott Weinberg
@poritsky It's a stripped-down, intentionally simple framework for amazing action scenes. Judge it as that.
@poritsky It's a stripped-down, intentionally simple framework for amazing action scenes. Judge it as that.
poritsky
Jonathan Poritsky
@scottEweinberg I do and that framework fails. Bad guy isn't bad enough, space isn't mapped well. I really should write this up...
@scottEweinberg I do and that framework fails. Bad guy isn't bad enough, space isn't mapped well. I really should write this up...
scottEweinberg
Scott Weinberg
@poritsky NOT BAD ENOUGH? Wow, sir. I do disagree there. On the "geography" front I semi-agree but not entirely.
@poritsky NOT BAD ENOUGH? Wow, sir. I do disagree there. On the "geography" front I semi-agree but not entirely.