tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post114483774268723977..comments2024-02-27T07:05:13.652-05:00Comments on Reel Fanatic: Anticipating "Thank You for Smoking" and the art of satireReel Fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145315749856327672006-04-17T19:15:00.000-04:002006-04-17T19:15:00.000-04:00Election. I remember the first time I saw it in a ...Election. I remember the first time I saw it in a theatre with a bunch of old folks (obviously there for the subject matter) and teeny boppers ("OMG!! It's REESE!!!"). Too bad for the teeny boppers...they missed nearly all of the hilarity! Great list!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694038143796175251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145142968389383942006-04-15T19:16:00.000-04:002006-04-15T19:16:00.000-04:00Fun list...can't say i'm the biggest satire fan......Fun list...can't say i'm the biggest satire fan...<BR/><BR/>love duck soup though...but clockwork...i understand it's masterpiece, but it's just not enjotyable movie watching for me.<BR/><BR/>Glad to read you enjoyed thank you for not smoking.<BR/><BR/>--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.comRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145114366086337822006-04-15T11:19:00.000-04:002006-04-15T11:19:00.000-04:00Dr. Strangelove is one of my all-time favorites.Dr. Strangelove is one of my all-time favorites.Nonononononohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06560551041516223980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145107756960768422006-04-15T09:29:00.000-04:002006-04-15T09:29:00.000-04:00thanks for your comment on my blog reel fanatic......thanks for your comment on my blog reel fanatic... :)<BR/><BR/>it was a fantastic movie.. i think it was brilliant...being a cancer doctor it hit home harder..chick peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08476446613977769940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145083621877297372006-04-15T02:47:00.000-04:002006-04-15T02:47:00.000-04:00Okay, I could only go with you on Election. The r...Okay, I could only go with you on Election. The rest will have to wait, or never make the cut. HAH! <BR/><BR/>I will see the smoking one on DVD, until then.......Abadiebitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13131824336879869920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145078810117132682006-04-15T01:26:00.000-04:002006-04-15T01:26:00.000-04:00Thank You for Smoking totally kicked butt!Thank You for Smoking totally kicked butt!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10095858945733304208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145059527125978042006-04-14T20:05:00.000-04:002006-04-14T20:05:00.000-04:00I have not seen "If," but I will check it out .. t...I have not seen "If," but I will check it out .. thanks ... Love all the love for Chaplin ...Reel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1145053143996226492006-04-14T18:19:00.000-04:002006-04-14T18:19:00.000-04:00Hey there. Good list. I would've included "The G...Hey there. Good list. I would've included "The Great Dictator" as well. But you have enough Peter Sellers on your list so that makes up for it.Joanna Arcierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907927126375112868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1144910899637660082006-04-13T02:48:00.000-04:002006-04-13T02:48:00.000-04:00Hello, thank you for your comment on Petrona -- ha...Hello, thank you for your comment on Petrona -- have just found your very interesting blog as a result.<BR/><BR/>Quite agree with you about The Village; it was a disappointment to me, having enjoyed The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, but in mitigation I did watch this dreadful damaged DVD so it wasn't very fair. The next movie does not sound promising from what you say.<BR/><BR/>I like some of the movies you mention in your satire list very much. I loved Duck Soup years ago, ditto Clockwork Orange on its first time round, though I have not revisited it since its re-release. Dr Strangelove was great -- those "essential bodily fluids"!<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen Sideways yet, someone gave us the DVD for Christmas so who knows, maybe I'll get a spare hour or two sometime (unlikely, sadly). Interesting to read about "Citizen Ruth", will look out for that --- and "Thank you for Smoking" if it ever makes it to the UK.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you count this as "political" satire, but one of my favourite movies in the genre is Lindsay Anderson's "If" --- brilliant! (I liked his subsequent two in the "loose trilogy" less -- Oh Lucky Man and Britannia Hospital, but I suppose you could say that the latter two are more "political" satires than the first.)<BR/><BR/>Tim Robbins--- hmmm -- I haven't seen him in much, thought he was good in Shawshank Redemption but I could not believe how awful his segment was in "War of the Worlds" -- a pretty poor movie in most ways, but that Tim Robbins segment -- ouch!Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1144886798208739472006-04-12T20:06:00.000-04:002006-04-12T20:06:00.000-04:00Thanks for sparing me .. agreed that "The Great Di...Thanks for sparing me .. agreed that "The Great Dictator" is a masterpiece, but not a huge fan of Wag the DogReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1144885715267490342006-04-12T19:48:00.000-04:002006-04-12T19:48:00.000-04:00Hi there, reel fanatic, just saw your comment over...Hi there, reel fanatic, just saw your comment over at my blog about the Top 10 screenplays.... <BR/><BR/>Looking at your list, I see you are also a Peter Sellers fan :)<BR/><BR/>You missed "Wag The Dog" and Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" in your list of political satires!!<BR/><BR/>But then again, you included "Duck Soup" and that saves you from eternal damnation :))kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.com