Ozymandias by Shelley

The rhythm’s there, not always in your face. Some subtlety can make it hard to spot—unless you’re used to clapping every line. That’s what I make my freshmen do in class. No matter what I try, some still get stuck. On YouTube, there’s a video that helps: “I am a Pirate With a Wooden Leg.”

I’m surprised they even make it into the theater after spending 45 minutes trying to back into a parking spot. That should also earn jail time.

You asked a question about a rose and then posted a long discussion of the plastic bag. I’m confused. Which one do you want to talk about?

There’s nothing bad about reading. Read as much as you can, or as little as you can.

I enjoy 3D. Best case scenario is when they offer both formats and let people choose, so we can all see a movie the way we prefer.

Yes, the shooting of the old dog foreshadows Lennie's fate at the end. Remember that Candy says that he shouldn't have a let a stranger shoot his dog. He makes everything seem inevitable--I enjoyed it even more the second time, as there are so many things that point toward the conclusion.

I read the Folio edition last year and I felt like this novel was ahead of its time. I’m surprised that it hasn’t been adapted as a film or streaming series. The relationship at the center of the book is unique and complex and ultimately moving.

I’ve never seen it. I love the parallel development of young Vito building up the family while Michael destroys it at roughly the same age. I can’t imagine watching all of their respective scenes isolated in chronological order with the first film stuck in between. It would completely destroy the counterpoint that the second film achieves.

I prefer the Coda version.

I can’t stand Shrek 2 but I enjoyed Puss in Boots more than anything in this franchise since the first Shrek.

Let’s start a thread discussing white women who like romantic comedies or black viewers who enjoy Tyler Perry films.

Airplane is a classic comedy.

I went through that with my taste in movies after I fell in love and got married. My cynical and pessimistic edge really softened and I was able to experience sincerity in stories for the first time in a while.

Netflix only allowed it to play in 600 theaters for one week.

Theaters begged for more screens and more time to show it, and Netflix declined.

Jojo Rabbit

I’m in central California. It would be at least a 2.5 hour drive to see it down in LA, but I don’t have five hours of round trip driving time to spare right now.

It’s not playing anywhere near me.

I have never finished an interactive game and wished that someone would release a passive non-interactive version. Just about everything that made it a compelling experience would be removed. What’s more fun—playing a video game or watching someone else play a video game? Video game movies are like handing the controller over to someone else and just sitting there watching them have all of the fun.

I haven’t seen Shawshank Redemption in a theater, and that’s probably the best movie that I’ve only experienced on my TV at home. I’m pretty sure that all the rest of my favorite movies have been seen on the big screen at some point in my life.

Marion was such an incredible female lead that they just had to go in a different direction—I understand why they came up with such a different character with Willie, but she’s definitely a test of the viewer’s patience at times.

I think that fits in with the overall approach of the film, though. Rather than just doing a retread of the first and giving the audience more of the same, they went in a very different direction at every point possible. Throw out whatever you were expecting, because “anything goes.”

Don’t like Fargo?

I'm not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou.