I haven't seen many of these movies, so I'm certainly not the right person to pass judgment.
Regardless, this list seems awfully pretentious to me. "
I Haven't read many of your comments, so I'm certainly not the right person to pass judgment.
Regardless, you seem like a remarkably close-minded person.
All joking aside, what is pretentious about it? The fact that you haven't heard of 99% of them?
If you're take on it was: "Wow I haven't heard of most of these, I might learn something by tackling this list a bit." I would find that to be a great approach to dealing with your apparent ignorance.
But your reaction is: "I've never heard of all these films and a lot of them are old, silent and foreign, therefore this list must be pretentious."
Definition of pretentious: "Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed."
Ok so let's see. Jonathan Rosenbaum has been a film critic for many, many years. The amount of film he has actually seen is far greater than this list. These are the films he chose, that in his experience where essential viewing, from all the films he has seen in his many years as a film goer and reviewer. He has written extensively, thoughtfully and with great knowledge, talent and precaution about most of these entries.
Now in your opinion, based on the definition of pretentious, is that a correct analysis of this list?
Because in my opinion, this list, which I don't even claim to be an expert on, that was in one of Rosenbaum's many interesting books; has been prepared with a lot of love, care, talent, culture and humility.
And I really find that a person, who has only seen 1% of this list of over a 1000 titles, has the moronic audacity to come here and write that this list is pretentious, without knowing the first thing about it, is not only aggravating but also profoundly lacking in respect or basic intelligence.
I have had many pleasant and unpleasant messages, but mostly pleasant and I would be very upset not to be able to receive or send messages. Sometimes certain messages are a prelude to a friendship.
"People are going to be way more likely to pay for this service if they start out using it for free, and get addicted to it."
Totally agree. The only reason I'm donating today, is because I already love what I have and want more. I'm not paying to keep what I already have, that seems absolutely unfair.
I'm going to go for the Pro for a year, but like everyone else I'm urging you not to limit the number of checks and other vital ICM features for free users. If this site site becomes ICheckMoviesOnALimitedBasis.com, it will die rapidly. You want free users to feel like they are getting a great deal already.
He most certainly did, and once again I must remind him that due to the feeble percentage of films he's seen on this list, his opinion is basically uninformed.
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http://www.icheckmovies.com/movie/bakumatsu+taiyoden/Here's one that has both Monty comments and Jon comments :)
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"JohnPrice said:I haven't seen many of these movies, so I'm certainly not the right person to pass judgment.
Regardless, this list seems awfully pretentious to me. "
I Haven't read many of your comments, so I'm certainly not the right person to pass judgment.
Regardless, you seem like a remarkably close-minded person.
All joking aside, what is pretentious about it? The fact that you haven't heard of 99% of them?
If you're take on it was: "Wow I haven't heard of most of these, I might learn something by tackling this list a bit." I would find that to be a great approach to dealing with your apparent ignorance.
But your reaction is: "I've never heard of all these films and a lot of them are old, silent and foreign, therefore this list must be pretentious."
Definition of pretentious: "Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed."
Ok so let's see. Jonathan Rosenbaum has been a film critic for many, many years. The amount of film he has actually seen is far greater than this list. These are the films he chose, that in his experience where essential viewing, from all the films he has seen in his many years as a film goer and reviewer. He has written extensively, thoughtfully and with great knowledge, talent and precaution about most of these entries.
Now in your opinion, based on the definition of pretentious, is that a correct analysis of this list?
Because in my opinion, this list, which I don't even claim to be an expert on, that was in one of Rosenbaum's many interesting books; has been prepared with a lot of love, care, talent, culture and humility.
And I really find that a person, who has only seen 1% of this list of over a 1000 titles, has the moronic audacity to come here and write that this list is pretentious, without knowing the first thing about it, is not only aggravating but also profoundly lacking in respect or basic intelligence.
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Speaking of Span, or trolling, what about this:http://www.icheckmovies.com/movie/nijushi+no+hitomi/
http://www.icheckmovies.com/movie/gion+no+shimai/
There are many more, all over Japanese classics, by the way.
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I Want to buy this film, not Sally Hemings: An American Love Story!!!Movie comment on Nijûshi no hitomi
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"People are going to be way more likely to pay for this service if they start out using it for free, and get addicted to it."Totally agree. The only reason I'm donating today, is because I already love what I have and want more. I'm not paying to keep what I already have, that seems absolutely unfair.
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I think you guys need to focus on coming up with more features for pro account and leave the free account users almost exactly as they are now.Blog comment on Donate-a-thon
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I'm going to go for the Pro for a year, but like everyone else I'm urging you not to limit the number of checks and other vital ICM features for free users. If this site site becomes ICheckMoviesOnALimitedBasis.com, it will die rapidly. You want free users to feel like they are getting a great deal already.Toplist comment on Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
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Thanks for pointing that out, Wise Jake. I just contacted ICM about it.Movie comment on Simon
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"The best Dutch film made so far. "You should check out Paul Verhoeven's Dutch films, they are far, far superior to Simon.
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Whatever keeps this site alive and kicking is fine by me.Toplist comment on Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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He most certainly did, and once again I must remind him that due to the feeble percentage of films he's seen on this list, his opinion is basically uninformed.Movie comment on Les misérables
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