tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8337900054612007950..comments2024-03-28T19:23:37.979-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Blue Is the Warmest Color" — that movie about lesbians that won the grand prize at Cannes — is hated by...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24603093020235074552013-06-08T10:28:35.738-05:002013-06-08T10:28:35.738-05:00The author doesn't hate the movie - just the s...The author doesn't hate the movie - just the sex scenes.Lv99 Slackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020947334779302775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24785627428847572192013-06-08T10:22:19.393-05:002013-06-08T10:22:19.393-05:00The author doesn't hate the movie - just the s...The author doesn't hate the movie - just the sex scenes.Lv99 Slackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020947334779302775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47143640149958279572013-06-06T18:29:16.833-05:002013-06-06T18:29:16.833-05:00But just as it's child porn when it's just...<i> But just as it's child porn when it's just a drawing (as is codified in the USC), when you've got a movie depicting a 15 year old in these types of scenes, that's a problem</i><br /><br />If I recall correctly the SCOTUS ruled that porn involving fictional underage characters cannot be considered child porn, although it could be considered obscene.<br /><br />But regardless, the notion that something can be "child pornography" when no children were involved in its creation is deeply stupid.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51914529824532834162013-06-06T16:57:37.477-05:002013-06-06T16:57:37.477-05:00Rabel wins the interwebs!!!Rabel wins the interwebs!!!Xmashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512911190985990931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78039090348977366402013-06-06T16:21:37.667-05:002013-06-06T16:21:37.667-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74022839018220939572013-06-06T15:25:33.186-05:002013-06-06T15:25:33.186-05:00Icepick
I was fortunate to have met James Ellroy b...Icepick<br />I was fortunate to have met James Ellroy before I had read any of his fiction books or really even knew who he was. We went to the same coffee shop where my daughter worked and she brought home a copy of My Dark Places, the book about his mother's murder. I asked if I could meet with him to talk about the book and we hit it off. So I had the good fortune to read Ellroy's "L.A. Quartet" in order because he guided me through it. At the time I was spending a lot of time in LA so it really made the books come alive. I regard White Jazz as the best crime novel in American fiction. caplight45https://www.blogger.com/profile/05812859612469770448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22858052844907372302013-06-06T13:58:57.492-05:002013-06-06T13:58:57.492-05:00"Le Bleu Est une Couleur Chaude" doesn&#..."Le Bleu Est une Couleur Chaude" doesn't mean "blue is the warmest color." It means "blue is a warm color," which has a different meaning.<br /><br />If they can't even get the title right, why expect them to do anything else correctly?<br /><br />Having said that -- straight people have been playing gay characters, and gay people have been playing straight characters, for as long as acting has been around. They're <i>actors</i>, that's the whole point. Matt Baumer is gay but still has great on-screen chemistry with his female co-stars (except in <i>Magic Mike</i>, in which every single actor was devoid of charisma). Demanding a lesbian director or lesbian actors reminds me of Democrats who insist that only a woman can represent women's interests, and that only persons of color can represent non-white's interests. Too heck with all of them.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093453920666892035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15929935538510588902013-06-06T13:57:35.953-05:002013-06-06T13:57:35.953-05:00So straight actors aren't competent to portray...So straight actors aren't competent to portray lesbians? Should gay actors also be presumed unfit to portray straight people? Because that seems to happen pretty often. fivewheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00511002180195360137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35736712167686019842013-06-06T13:00:22.345-05:002013-06-06T13:00:22.345-05:00I have ONLY watched porn at work.
To be sure, I ...<i>I have ONLY watched porn at work. </i><br /><br />To be sure, I was teasing not judging.madAsHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149940549262340795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66472198045694507872013-06-06T12:49:56.132-05:002013-06-06T12:49:56.132-05:00What Mitchell the Bat said...What Mitchell the Bat said...Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42416321497433444552013-06-06T12:43:00.493-05:002013-06-06T12:43:00.493-05:00SeanF: "It's only illegal under US law i...SeanF: "It's only illegal under US law if it involved an actual, real-life, underage person."<br /><br />Not according to the Justice Department: "Images of child pornography are not protected under First Amendment rights, and are illegal contraband under federal law. Section 2256 of Title 18, United States Code, defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor (someone under 18 years of age). Visual depictions include photographs, videos, <b>digital or computer generated images indistinguishable from an actual minor</b>, and images created, adapted, or modified, but appear to depict an identifiable, actual minor. Undeveloped film, undeveloped videotape, and electronically stored data that can be converted into a visual image of child pornography are also deemed illegal visual depictions under federal law."Misinforminimalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420058444431162570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36003967737900955352013-06-06T12:33:34.949-05:002013-06-06T12:33:34.949-05:00Just a reminder that you can purchase your sexuall...Just a reminder that you can purchase your sexually related prosthetics through the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Wellness-Products/b/ref=amb_link_377280882_32?ie=UTF8&node=3777371&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-2&pf_rd_r=1F3XZBKFE8YYNJFFBZ7J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1563113482&pf_rd_i=3760901" rel="nofollow">Althouse Amazon portal.</a><br /><br />Stay well everyone.Rabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612585516401001803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73047204552717746762013-06-06T12:27:12.227-05:002013-06-06T12:27:12.227-05:00""The movie 300, also from a graphic nov...""The movie 300, also from a graphic novel ( and also graphic, of the violent variety ) was not so much about how beautiful women are."<br /><br />Homosexual, with deniability. Hope you enjoyed the experience!"<br /><br />Considering the myths around the Spartan's lifestyle, that was probably part of the design. It was thought that homosexuality was the norm. It wouldn't surprise me if Miller subscribed to this myth.Geoff Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335872605196107867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14027925869196812992013-06-06T12:23:18.279-05:002013-06-06T12:23:18.279-05:00And you can't help but think it absolutely suc...<i>And you can't help but think it absolutely sucks.</i><br /><br />And the big fat royalty paycheck really sucks too.Crunchy Froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817138913728820310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30995317045036102502013-06-06T11:28:07.514-05:002013-06-06T11:28:07.514-05:00Ann Althouse said...
""The movie 300, al...Ann Althouse said...<br />""The movie 300, also from a graphic novel ( and also graphic, of the violent variety ) was not so much about how beautiful women are."<br /><br />Homosexual, with deniability. Hope you enjoyed the experience!"<br /><br />My date to that film couldn't wait for us to get home. So it may have been the kind of thing to fill a gay man's spank bank but seemed to have the same effect on (at least one) woman too. dbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91415615118554836832013-06-06T11:17:22.755-05:002013-06-06T11:17:22.755-05:00The last line by Amy Taubin most likely says it be...The last line by Amy Taubin most likely says it best: "If you take the sex out,” she said, “no one would be interested in this movie." <br /><br />It seems as though the spirit of the graphic novel [by a lesbian] has been partly made into a movie [by a man] that exploits attractive women. Sorry to say but nothing new here.<br /><br />I have a friend who saw it and thought the first two hours were good but the last hour too long. [Yes, it's a three hour movie]. He said the movie is not about the sex. But, of course, that is why many will go see it. <br /><br />BTW on of the actors Léa Seydoux is 27 years old not 19. The other was 18 when the movie was made.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977662030208589392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53326669572812084852013-06-06T11:11:46.245-05:002013-06-06T11:11:46.245-05:00You know what would absolutely suck?
You write a ...You know what would absolutely suck?<br /><br />You write a book or you produce a graphic novel or something.<br /><br />And they turn it into a movie.<br /><br />And you see the movie and you're deeply moved by how perfectly they understood your work and how they put it right up there on the big screen<br /><br />And you can't help but think it absolutely sucks.Eric the Fruit Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003976042428037836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24679331663469909902013-06-06T11:04:32.448-05:002013-06-06T11:04:32.448-05:00It's all just utter, vapid nonsense. All of it...It's all just utter, vapid nonsense. All of it.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31387306341959594172013-06-06T10:58:36.813-05:002013-06-06T10:58:36.813-05:00Homosexual, with deniability
The usual joke refer...<i>Homosexual, with deniability</i><br /><br />The usual joke refers to gladiator movies, but 300 was close enough.Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13643620189023593442013-06-06T10:54:19.302-05:002013-06-06T10:54:19.302-05:00It's something a man can take his female compa...<i> It's something a man can take his female companion to see along with him without that creepy feeling of watching porn.</i><br /><br />If you feel creepy then you're watching the wrong kind of porn.Colonel Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521684405975098246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19783623450513759092013-06-06T10:52:46.342-05:002013-06-06T10:52:46.342-05:00"Sooooo.....you were watching porn at work. ;..."Sooooo.....you were watching porn at work. ;-)"<br /><br />I have ONLY watched porn <i>at work</i>. <br /><br />And by porn, I mean video/film of the kind that circa 1981 need to be found obscene, because the U.S. government was confiscating as it came through the mail. They couldn't just take it. They had to get a federal judge to find it obscene.<br /><br />All it was was actors actually having sex on camera, with the inning and outing well lit and shown some of the time in close up. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23203129539076372282013-06-06T10:48:26.364-05:002013-06-06T10:48:26.364-05:00"The movie 300, also from a graphic novel ( a..."The movie 300, also from a graphic novel ( and also graphic, of the violent variety ) was not so much about how beautiful women are."<br /><br />Homosexual, with deniability. Hope you enjoyed the experience!Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72638456465569426352013-06-06T10:42:02.688-05:002013-06-06T10:42:02.688-05:00But what do you expect when a commercial movie is ...<i>But what do you expect when a commercial movie is made from a <b>comic</b> book?</i><br /><br />Fixed it for you.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70766505281677200172013-06-06T10:38:23.642-05:002013-06-06T10:38:23.642-05:00Is it a credit to us that Althouse is sharing her ...Is it a credit to <i>us</i> that Althouse is sharing her only experience of the graphic kind with us or is that credit like the reaction that was expected of this movie that got a prize that didn't seem to mean much because the audience was no solemn.<br /><br />I think there is a question in the form of an answer in there somewhere.<br /><br />I have to go. But I'll be on the phone so I'll be half here. Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29123788265755984122013-06-06T10:32:54.422-05:002013-06-06T10:32:54.422-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dr Weevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059306888033890029noreply@blogger.com