--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: <snip> > > I was more impressed with the ability of certain "sidhas" > > to predict and make movie reviews they hadn't seen using > > the power of the unified field of all the laws of nature. > > It was SO coherent! I felt so peaceful just hearing them. <snip> > I was kinda expecting what's-her-name to jump into the > Firefly vs. Babylon 5 debate. After all, she would feel > imminently qualified to do so, having seen neither series. > > > They don't seem as good at going back in time...but then > > again, the movie review siddhi twasn't dat good either... > > I don't know...being able to review films you've > never seen gives you a *tremendous* advantage over > other film critics.
As both Barry and Vaj know, I never "reviewed" "Apocalypto." Unlike Barry, who in fact did exactly that by calling Lynch's film "a stupid movie," I don't review films I haven't seen. What I did was make some comments on the film's *content*, as reported by many reviewers. You could call yourself The > Blindfolded Film Reviewer and beat Ebert to the punch > every time. > > And, when someone mentions that The Blindfolded Film > Reviewer included some elements in her review that > weren't in the film AT ALL There were no such elements, as Barry well knows. , she can just scream at > them and make up stories about them. Hey! that approach > has worked wonders for Rush Limbaugh, so I'm betting > that The Blindfolded Film Reviewer show will be a > big hit. > > The first films reviewed will be: > * "Inland Empire" (2006) -- a glowing, positive review, Unlike Barry's "stupid movie" review... Barry, you're really slipping. This is about the weakest attempt at parody you've ever come up with, not least because it bears no relationship whatsoever to reality. As I've attempted to explain to you before, satire and parody work only when they're quasi-realistic. This doesn't even rise to the level of *burlesque*. > stressing the filmmaker's...um...coherence and aversion > to the violence that The Blindfolded Film Reviewer finds > so abhorent. > > * "One: The Movie" (2005) -- a *scathing* review of this > New Age film, stressing the appearance of Deepak Chopra, > Ram Dass, Thich Nhat Hahn, Robert Thurman, and others > she will refer to as "spiritual lightweights," while > blasting the filmmaker for not including Maharishi. > > * "How I Won the War" (1967) -- again, a real new-asshole- > ripper of a review of this film in its re-release, stress- > ing Lennon's obvious stress upon leaving Rishikesh and > saying the things he did back then, and his lack of coherence > for making such a strongly pro-war film. > > * "Boogie Nights" (1997) -- another positive review this > time, stressing Heather Graham's contributions to the film, > and how her TM-inspired...uh...perkiness added to its > overall coherence and general sense of family values. > > * "Candy Baby" (1969) -- the best review of all, for what > will be obvious reasons if you check out its IMDB page at: > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182866/ Similar positive > reviews will be made for "Aliens from Spaceship Earth" > (1977) and "Romeo und Julia 70" (1969), for the same > reason. There can, after all, be no better recommendation > for a film than it containing a cameo by not only an > enlightened being, but the MOST enlightened, BESTEST > spiritual teacher in all of recorded history, on any > planet anywhere in this universe or any other. > > :-) >
