tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post3721339159043759753..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: Thoughts on the film: Street Smart ( It's not very good)Emily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-80194266364038188382008-11-11T10:35:00.000-08:002008-11-11T10:35:00.000-08:00I watch movies like that alot. Sometimes they even...I watch movies like that alot. Sometimes they even have won awards. What I try to get out of them is:<BR/><BR/><B>1. Why it did not work.</B><BR/>So I can avoid doing the same damn thing by accident.<BR/><BR/><B>2. Find the good things about the movie. </B><BR/>Which is sometimes challenging, because sometimes it is only one thing in the whole movie. Sometimes it's a phrase, a delivery, the visuals, or maybe a good sound effect. But there is almost always something worthwhile in every film. Of course, some movies should come with a listing of the box that says "great sound effect in scene 3, at 12 minutes and 33 seconds in" or something like that to let you know there is some redeeming quality. Sometimes it's the basic story even when badly acted, scripted, shot, and with bad sound.Hugo Fuchshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122110266954111510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-77285468053603315012008-11-11T08:51:00.000-08:002008-11-11T08:51:00.000-08:00I've never seen STREET SMART, but I've always been...I've never seen STREET SMART, but I've always been kind of curious. Freeman was nominated for it and it was probably his first step towards the megastardom that he achieved. The film was a pet project for Christopher Reeve, who was able to get it made at Cannon, partly by agreeing to appear in SUPERMAN IV. Of course, Freeman was the actor who wound up getting acclaimed for the film and SUPERMAN IV was, well, SUPERMAN IV.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-43394836746629973902008-11-10T22:28:00.000-08:002008-11-10T22:28:00.000-08:00I remember C.R. him putting in a decent performanc...I remember C.R. him putting in a decent performance in "Deathtrap". (A clue as to how old I am: I saw it during its theatrical run.) I was also impressed with "Somewhere in Time", after catching in on cable last year.<BR/><BR/>Freeman was nominated for Best Supporting Oscar that year - and he won a few other Best Supporting awards from other groups, including the LA Critics Assoc.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205502093632888570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-10569793174864307662008-11-10T20:39:00.000-08:002008-11-10T20:39:00.000-08:00Indonesian TV showed 'When Harry Met Sally' when I...Indonesian TV showed 'When Harry Met Sally' when I lived there. While Meg Ryan was faking her orgasm, the censors BLOCKED HER MOANS BY REPLAYING HARRY CONNICK JR'S SONG.<BR/>Because women aren't supposed to have orgasms, right? <BR/>So I, of course, had to go around correcting THAT misconception.Jeff Pulicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557790577435036365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-82714538202169740352008-11-10T15:39:00.000-08:002008-11-10T15:39:00.000-08:00He made crappy films (I never got into the Superma...<I>He made crappy films (I never got into the Superman films).</I><BR/><BR/>Save for "The Remains of the Day," (though he was not one of the main cast), a good performance considering his role as a 1930s foreign relations congressman who's part of Roosevelt's brain trust, and then goes on to purchase Darlington Hall decades later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-82227519029340175082008-11-10T06:28:00.000-08:002008-11-10T06:28:00.000-08:00haha. i never heard of this film, but Christopher ...haha. i never heard of this film, but Christopher Reeve? Ew. He made crappy films (I never got into the Superman films).Sabina E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14679639206346030919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-13642445175835745882008-11-10T06:21:00.000-08:002008-11-10T06:21:00.000-08:00Morgan Freeman was nominated for a best supporting...Morgan Freeman was nominated for a best supporting actor nomination for that movie, if I remember right.Joshua Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239067667651048280noreply@blogger.com