tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427726387034958552.post7014645440613954838..comments2018-08-29T11:55:35.204-05:00Comments on I Dream of Scotland: WantedI Dream of Scotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346341962574855741noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427726387034958552.post-38516981917770791972008-07-16T01:01:00.000-05:002008-07-16T01:01:00.000-05:00i have to agree with karlie actually john--even th...i have to agree with karlie actually john--even though i didn't walk out on the film. i wasn't sure if it was the bullet going through the donut or the knocked out tooth providing the "u" in the f**k you (shoot 'um up anyone? another absolutely terrible movie that i did turn off), but i left asking when they are going to realize that there is just nothing more that they can do. this is just ridiculous. can a movie be more unrealistic and ridiculous? i submit that it cannot.<BR/><BR/>now i know you mentioned realism too, but that's not why heads exploded. if you want realism, see a movie that has some degree of artistic measure--this was complete over sensitization. i mean, bending a bullet, really? and that's not even close to the most ridiculous thing.<BR/><BR/>i have this thing with movies/tv shows (lost etc.) that just are taken so far to the extreme. there's no subtlety to narrative elements or suspense. it's all so over dramatic it makes me sick. it actually physically makes me sick. this movie left a really bad taste in my mouth--not just because it was bad, but because of what it says about the nature of entertainment for our culture. senseless violence ok is nothing all that new. but if it's gotta be there give me some rich thematic nihilism like there will be blood, no country for old men, or the departed. now that's entertainment.lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933996475380135421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427726387034958552.post-4020377742883617202008-07-14T11:31:00.000-05:002008-07-14T11:31:00.000-05:00i'm probably never going to see that movie, so i r...i'm probably never going to see that movie, <BR/>so i read your whole synopsis of it. <BR/>you should write synopses for movies, john, <BR/>i'm sure you'd do fantastically.<BR/><BR/>and thanks, because now i don't have to go see it!<BR/><BR/><BR/>and i'm sorry that angelina died.<BR/>for your sake, at least.rachel riannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757826139850681730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427726387034958552.post-34007557019146311772008-07-14T10:02:00.000-05:002008-07-14T10:02:00.000-05:00john, you should know that i have never walked out...john, you should know that i have never walked out of a movie theater because i hated a movie. until i saw wanted. it was just too much for me, i agree that stories where someone living a mundane life seeks something more and breaks out of it are awesome, but this was done in SUCH a poor way. it just reflects how our society is so desensitized, and it's not cool anymore to see a little blood - people have to be shot point blank in the head and blood has to splatter. and do NOT get me started on the sexual overtones. i was appalled. and, i thought it just sucked, AND i am so disappointed in morgan freeman and james mcavoy. okay i'm done with my ranting.<BR/><BR/>in the future we just just stick to awesomely bad movies such as sasquatch to avoid any further disagreements!<BR/><BR/>*but, i do not think less of you or anyone that liked the movie, it just was not for me.karlie nicole cooper.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14104609185973419224noreply@blogger.com