Popfilter vs. The Classics
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS
POP FILTER VS On the Waterfront When you review something it’s important to put it in its proper place and time. Being old isn’t an excuse to be bad, but it’s still worth noting that Star Wars wouldn’t have been such a dumb movie if George Lucas had been able to put giant shitty…
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POP FILTER VS. SLEEPER When I started watching Sleeper I suddenly realized that I had never actually sat through a Woody Allen film. It’s probably the only major gap in my film knowledge so I was glad to finally get this out of the way. While I’m glad I finally watched something of his…
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POP FILTER VS NOSFERATU Last time we were together as a class, we talked about Man With a Movie Camera. We discussed how much responsibility you have, as the viewer, to contextualize the 90 year-old film that you are watching, or if that’s bullshit and the movie should stand on it’s own.…
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POP FILTER VS RAGING BULL Clocking in at 129 minutes, Raging Bull is the longest pro-domestic violence propaganda film of all time. Actually it might be making a statement AGAINST domestic violence. I can’t honestly tell. All I know is that it’s a long movie about boxing where you probably see equal number…
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POP FILTER VS. BONNIE AND CLYDE “All I need in this life of sin is me and my girlfriend- down to ride till the very end is me and my boyfriend†– Jay-Z and Beyonce. I’m terrible at knowing cool outlaws and the only thing I really knew about Bonnie and Clyde was from the…
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POP FILTER VS. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST SPOILER ALERT: I’m going to spoil the ending of the movie in this write up so watch it beforehand if you care about such things. When I started watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest I realized that I had seen at least the beginning before…
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POP FILTER VS. THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA One of the most difficult things about watching, and attempting to review, a “classic†film, is trying to figure out what your responsibility is before and while you watch it. How much are you supposed to understand, or not take for granted, the year or…
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POP FILTER VS. THE GENERAL It’s hard to watch silent films. I can’t lie about that. The medium itself has been lampooned so often that it’s hard to take them seriously. The first time I was forced to watch A Trip to the Moon in film school, all I could think about was The…
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POP FILTER VS. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Man what a waste of decades-long adoration. 2001: A Space Odyssey is clearly one of those vague and artsy movies that people lie about understanding and say they liked to make themselves seem smarter. I know I’m of the ADD generation used to quick cuts and witty…
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POP FILTER VS. 8 1/2 ROUND ONE: LYNZ FLOREN FIGHT. 8.5 (out of 100) I am an educated man. I was raised with a WIDE variety of artistic and cultural influences. I always examine art from multiple angles, through different lenses, and within a variety of contexts. I say all of this because…
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