tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538142.post371667836533814995..comments2023-04-07T06:58:04.580-07:00Comments on Cinecism: They'll always be an England...and it looks like "Notting Hill"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538142.post-66144704246200344782007-05-20T03:43:00.000-07:002007-05-20T03:43:00.000-07:00See, I didn't even notice Notting Hill was an inac...See, I didn't even notice Notting Hill was an inaccurate picture of Britain until people started pointing it out. It hadn't even occured to me. It's film - I don't go expecting (or wanting) it to be realistic. I've got a massive capacity for belief; I just nod and smile at whatever movies tell me, however illogical the premise I'll accept it. I never spot continuity errors _ever_. "What do you mean you can't talk for that long after being shot?" So Notting Hill's fantasy England didn't bother me, just as Star Wars didn't bother me when the spaceships went "wooosh" instead of being silent. Anyway, it's odd how peeps pick on just our rom-coms for giving happy, glossy and false images of a place - 9/10ths of films airbrush the homeless people from their cities. I don't have an agenda on it, it's just a fact that never bothered me. <BR/><BR/>As for the mythologies thing, I think cultural differences are pretty cool really. How people interpret colours or images (like our image of Death as a chap with a scythe) - every time I watch Spirited Away, I always wonder what subtleties I'm missing becase I don't understand the cultural whatever behind Japanese demonology (some really weird things happen in that film...)<BR/><BR/>Have you seen those HSBC adverts with things like traditional/trendy? You can see some of them here: http://www.yourpointofview.com/hsbcads_airport.aspx<BR/>Very very coolUnmutualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317682642911946981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538142.post-59918295216201396702007-05-18T07:31:00.000-07:002007-05-18T07:31:00.000-07:00You mean Notting Hill isn't typical Britian? I gu...You mean Notting Hill isn't typical Britian? <BR/><BR/>I guess I am happy I am American, it seems everything is geared toward us. But do you have to keep bludgening us with Hugh Grant? (I can't stand that guy)<BR/><BR/>I like the idea that we share mythologies. I definitely identify more with y'all then with say the French or the Tibetians.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721391205169499355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538142.post-17080594981711382892007-05-18T02:08:00.000-07:002007-05-18T02:08:00.000-07:00It's not so much that he didn't know the smallest ...It's not so much that he didn't know the smallest about cult films, but that he had to contribute like he did...drives me up the wall when peeps do that. Like if you ask Some People about computers, or the web, she'll deliberately use the most obscure terminology possible to prove she knows what she's talking about. <BR/><BR/>Actually, it's exactly the way I drop words like chiascuro, goreno, high-concept and dwimmerlaik into ordinary conversation...oops...Unmutualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317682642911946981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538142.post-15444648671448141592007-05-17T07:20:00.000-07:002007-05-17T07:20:00.000-07:00ahaha oh come on, the 'cult. like from 'culture'!'...ahaha oh come on, the 'cult. like from 'culture'!' bit was hilarious XD he's such an arrogant fucktardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com