tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952840237028925108.post6330658088804911327..comments2023-04-06T05:06:31.978-07:00Comments on Ed's Blasts From the Past: 1991: LeftoversEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10936818849749255253noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952840237028925108.post-59424252981883647592014-08-09T15:17:02.754-07:002014-08-09T15:17:02.754-07:00Precisely what drove me so crazy about that ending...Precisely what drove me so crazy about that ending. It's one thing to have a character pick up the idiot ball once in a while, but to actively vie for it is something else.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936818849749255253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952840237028925108.post-1170507867266291332014-08-08T21:22:31.749-07:002014-08-08T21:22:31.749-07:00My big problem with Thelma and Louise is that, eve...My big problem with Thelma and Louise is that, every time one of them makes a decision, she may as well have said "What's the stupidest action I can take at this moment?" because that's what both of them wind up doing.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219398680812453228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952840237028925108.post-84060283353179251132014-08-08T20:32:52.898-07:002014-08-08T20:32:52.898-07:00EDIT: If you have an ounce of decency in you, Ed,...EDIT: If you have an ounce of decency in you, Ed, please edit my previous comment thusly, if you can, or else simply replace the former with this one. I should proofread more, I know, but my Internet comments are make from pure enthusiasm, and limited caution:<br /><br />Flaws an' all, Prince of Thieves was a hell of a lot more FUN than the recent Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe Robin Hood, right? And, for the record, I like Crowe and LOOOOOOOVE Cate Blanchett. But the movie...just dreary. Not bad, just not fun.<br /><br />Prince of Thieves still felt like it built upon the old storybook Errol Flynn/Claude Rains versions by being more mod-- well...post-Vietnam...(but realistic, in a Lawrence Kasdan) way. And the action was fun, and the villains were cartoonish - and let's not kid ourselves, that's not a huge departure from the days of Technicolor, Hays Code, and pre-Method acting).<br /><br />What I'm trying to say is, I loved the movie the first time I saw it, and for years afterwards, it was my default viewing everytime I was sick and couldn't go to school. "Mom, rent me 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves', I'd say." It was an institution for me. THE film of my early school years, even over Star Wars, statistically. To this day, I think I can still watch that movie any time. It's not great. But it's good, in an undemanding way. Even if a few of the performances are wooden and fake as hell, the ensemble makes up for it. I think it does a fantastic job of walking the line between old-school fantasy/legend adventure tale and a modern gritty/realism focus.<br /><br />Datedness be damned, I will always love that movie.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541208765653998434noreply@blogger.com