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I might watch the director's cut from 7:30 til 11:30.WellyBlues wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:39 pm On the Sunday programme on TV One tonight is an interview with Peter Jackson about the movie. 7:30 to 8:30pm for those interested.
Paul on John Rowles: “I took one look at John Rowles at Vegas and it was, ‘Fuck the White Album. This is the real thing! I memorized every Rowles song and went to Vegas and screamed right along with all those chicks.”robnobcorncob wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 4:32 pm Did John Rowles really just get mentioned in the early part of episode 2?
The trouble with ignoring reviews is that without any introduction at all you can either waste your money and time or miss out on stuff. Reviews have saved me some serious time and moderate coin over the years. For example, I loved John C Reilly and Will Ferrell in Stepbrothers - it's probably my favourite movie - but reviews of their Sherlock Holmes movie led me to rightly conclude that the latter was a steaming turd - and I'd be interested to hear from anyone who does not agree - and thereby saved myself the loss of $20 and 2 hours of my time. I loved the movie Dumb and Dumber, but the reviews correctly and rightly put me off seeing the atrocious prequel Dumb and Dumberer - again saving me money and time. I never would have bothered watching The Wire on tv, because at the time the golden age of tv was in its infancy and I didn't much care for tv shows, but the reviews painted an accurate picture of something akin to a Dickens novel, in its complexity, sophistication and ambition, and beautifully realised, so I watched it and loved it. Nobody I know had seen any of the above, so I couldn't have relied on word of mouth.sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:30 am Its best just to ignore critics, they are usually self-appointed and have no idea what you enjoy or don't enjoy.
True, but it is far easier (and very likely more accurate) to just check the star ratings on IMDB.werdna wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:31 amThe trouble with ignoring reviews is that without any introduction at all you can either waste your money and time or miss out on stuff. Reviews have saved me some serious time and moderate coin over the years. For example, I loved John C Reilly and Will Ferrell in Stepbrothers - it's probably my favourite movie - but reviews of their Sherlock Holmes movie led me to rightly conclude that the latter was a steaming turd - and I'd be interested to hear from anyone who does not agree - and thereby saved myself the loss of $20 and 2 hours of my time. I loved the movie Dumb and Dumber, but the reviews correctly and rightly put me off seeing the atrocious prequel Dumb and Dumberer - again saving me money and time. I never would have bothered watching The Wire on tv, because at the time the golden age of tv was in its infancy and I didn't much care for tv shows, but the reviews painted an accurate picture of something akin to a Dickens novel, in its complexity, sophistication and ambition, and beautifully realised, so I watched it and loved it. Nobody I know had seen any of the above, so I couldn't have relied on word of mouth.sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:30 am Its best just to ignore critics, they are usually self-appointed and have no idea what you enjoy or don't enjoy.
First impressions, 1969. Wonder if he squirms now thinking of that?blackstratblues wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 6:57 am
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Here's what he said in Barney Hoskyns 'Trampled Underfoot' (a killer read btw):
“I don’t think anybody paid any particular attention to what I said. My review was a terrible piece of writing and a terrible piece of criticism – I thought Fusion’s was very much better than my own. I’d never been a big fan of the blues. It was absolutely devoid of all the things I liked: melody, wit, vocal harmony. At the end of the first song when Robert Plant sang, “I know what it’s like to be alone,” I thought to myself, “No, he doesn’t.” He sounded sarcastic and glib and it just really annoyed me. And that was the best song on the album.”