tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755381943999164140.post6116708313296776039..comments2022-09-11T04:20:04.908-04:00Comments on That's What Shea Said: 70th Golden Globes Predictions Matt Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00772515681319492523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755381943999164140.post-45337744161247851302013-01-03T09:10:53.017-05:002013-01-03T09:10:53.017-05:00Well ALRIGHT then.
I usually try to stay clear of...Well ALRIGHT then.<br /><br />I usually try to stay clear of responses, but in this case I feel it is warranted.<br /><br />I think you should re-read a few things. Namely what I wrote about Les Mis, and your response to it, which is almost triple the length.<br /><br />I'd be willing to bet that if I wrote a straight-up review of Les Miserables, you wouldn't have commented. I would have spent more time, gone into more detail. But, that was not the purpose of this post. I merely wanted to offer some predictions for the Globes. Predictions based on what I DO know. I also said, at the very beginning, before ou read ANYTHING that I had not seen a lot of stuff on this list. So you are free to take your criticism of my choices anyway you like.<br /><br />But...you don't really care about my other choices, do you? You read this, were curious about what I had to say, I assume because you know me in some way (I could be wrong, but I have a hunch, Mr. or Miss. Anonymous). No...you've commented because you were upset to find that I didn't like Les Mis, and are probably tired of all the other people talking about how they didn't like Les Mis because you did.<br /><br />Well sir or madam, I am glad you enjoyed it. Honestly, I am. Part of what makes film great is that it speaks to different people for different reasons. I, on the other hand, did not enjoy this movie. So when picking a movie for the category, I put out a few sentences saying so and moved on. I am more than prepared to go on to mention problems with your criticism, such as "nobody told me I wouldn't understand the movie if I have studied French History", or the fact that yes, lots of story lines are started and none are fully developed. But those types of things don't bother me. I pissed you off, so you tore apart the three sentences I said about a movie. Fine.<br /><br />I would have left your comment alone for that reason. Unfortunately, you chose to take these predictions, and use them as a basis for calling me, what was it? Ah yes, "emotionally misinformed". Myopia, thrown in there too! (Congrats on the vocab words, brah!) <br /><br />Look, I didn't enjoy the movie. Sorry. I didn't say it was devoid of emotion, now did I? I wouldn't have picked Hathaway if I thought that, right? I mean, Jesus, I didn't even tear it apart! I just said some bullet points: I didn't like it because I felt the story was weak (ly developed) and the direction was poor. That's it. Now re-read what your response was, ending with calling who either is someone you are afraid to identify as someone you know OR is a complete stranger, and tell me that calling them "emotionally misinformed" and nearsighted because they didn't like one movie you did, and essentially said only that...is just a little over the top.<br /><br /><br /><br />Matt Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772515681319492523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755381943999164140.post-3070356309337182522013-01-02T22:12:48.125-05:002013-01-02T22:12:48.125-05:00Your voracious critique of "Les Miserables&qu...Your voracious critique of "Les Miserables" is made significantly weak by the fact that you're commenting on this awards race without having viewed everything in contention, notably the big names in it ("Argo," "Lincoln," "Life of Pi"). <br /><br />I get it that musicals are only for some people and that the movie wasn't perfect, but your criticism is almost unfair, as though you went into the experience with rigid expectations, and rather than modifying them in the moment and allowing yourself to be moved by what it actually was. I thought Hooper's direction was intimate and personal and suited well the themes of the piece as a whole. You don't get that sense of raw reality on a Broadway stage, that's why this movie capitalized on that so much - so that the movie itself was unique and not just a rehashing of what is already known.<br /><br />Also, you picked the wrong musical to pick apart for "lack" of a story. If anything there is too much story in this, and that isn't a bad thing in this case because the intent is to show the impact of the main character's morality on a literal world of people. Jean Valjean's story originally spanned nearly 1500 pages before being condensed into a 3 hour play. By the way, the rebellion depicted is the "June Rebellion," an admittedly little known resistance movement in 1830s France, but a remedial understanding of European (especially French) history alongside what was depicted in the film from the start shows you that downtrodden, desperate, starving, angry people do such things as revolting to make a point. It's not Tom Hooper's or the movie's fault that you're incapable of picking up on not just context clues BUT GLARINGLY OBVIOUS THEMES.<br /><br />Maybe I am singing the praises of "Les Miserables" too loudly and too obnoxiously, but I've about had it with people who've let myopia bar them from what I found to be one of the most moving cinematic experiences of my life. I am not so emotionally frail that a simple movie holds this much power on me. I also don't enjoy musicals all too much other than this one show. So why does it matter so much what you thought? Perhaps because I care about art and this particular example doesn't deserve the graceless criticisms of someone as emotionally misinformed as is you. <br /><br />Also, until you've watched every episode of "Homeland" you are not actually allowed to consider yourself a citizen of this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com