The Flick Filosopher responds:
Glad to be of service!

posted 08.02.99
Paul H. Smith writes:
Re: Your EWO Review
What brain?
Paul Smith

The Flick Filosopher responds:
Huh?
Let me try to decipher what you're saying. By "EWO," you actually mean, "EWS," right? Eyes Wide Shut, right? And by asking "What brain?" you're referring to the line at the end of my review: "Trying to wrap my brain around this one is giving me a headache," right? So you're implying that I'm a moron because my opinion of the movie differs from yours. Charming.
I guess I can't be too stupid if I was able to figure out what you were trying to convey.

posted 08.02.99
Adam writes:
Dear Chick:
Thank you SO MUCH for your review [of Eyes Wide Shut]. I agreed with virtually everything you said about the movie and could not understand WHY it got so many glowing reviews from other critics. It was unbelieveably slow with each scene at least three times too long - huge pauses between each line, and frequent repetition the lines of the other characters. And what hardly anyone has mentioned is the relentlessly monotonous soundtrack with the same repeated two notes pounded on the piano incessantly. Sexist, unsexy, unpassionate, self-indulgent, AND boring. You were right on the money on this one.
Adam

The Flick Filosopher responds:
Ah, the annoying soundtrack... My friends and I were reminded of Schroeder pounding out "Jingle Bells" for Lucy in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

posted 08.02.99
Rogelio P. Mendoza writes:
Dear Ms. Johanson,
I didn't mean to write to you again so soon, but your review of The Haunting expressed my feelings so well that I had to write.
A few quick comments:

1. Lili Taylor and Selma Hayek apparently have the same agent.
2. If nothing else, The Haunting certainly disproves that the theory that all bad screenplays have multiple writers.
3. If you or your readers ever see another screenplay by David Self, then be scared. Be very scared.
4. I look forward to seeing the next Lili Taylor movie but not the next Jan De Bont film. His characterization and plot logic was even worse here than in Twister.
5. If this movie is a symbol of what we can expect from future Hollywood horror films, perhaps Chris Carter better start rethinking his retirement from The X-Files. I'll take even the clumsiest MOTW episode of that series over this film any day.

The Flick Filosopher responds:
No need to worry about writing me again: you at least have intelligent things to say, which I'm afraid is not always the case with some of my correspondents!
For all that was bad about Twister, I have to confess that it's one of my guilty-pleasure movies. But that may have more to do with the presence of Bill Paxton than any redeeming value of the movie itself...

posted 08.02.99
Lavell L. Neal writes:
Hello Ms. Flickosopher,
My name is Lavell Neal. I have just signed on to your Web Page and I absolutely love it. Your reviews are in-depth and resonable. Although I don't agree with ALL of your conclusions, I enjoyed reading a "critic" who is fair to the movies. But I had one problem (and I don't want to take up too much of your time). As I read your review of The Truman Show, a comment was made. You said (concerning GOD taking people's lives and the unfortunately early death of your friend), "...that's a deity worth worshipping?". Well, those well-meaning Christians who told you things such as "It was God's time" are not the only (or most popular view holders of the Christian God, Yahweh, Jesus Christ). I, for one, don't beleive that God is the cause of all deaths. The Bible (God's Word) teaches that we have an enemy, the Devil. The Devil (or Satan) does have a limited amont of power in the Universe. He's not enabled with power because God is limited in any way, but because God (in His Superior Knowledge) gave Humans a "free will". This is in sharp contradiction to The Truman Show (which I thought was the 2nd Best Movie of 1998 [second only to Saving Private Ryan]). The Truman Show showed a "god-like" character who meant well, but still "controlled" the environment his "creation" lived in without his acceptance or knowledge of it. On the contrary, God created us and gave us a choice. And God loved us SOOOOO much that He would not dictate our will's for us even though He knew we would make the wrong choice(s). But, like a loving Parent, He did not leave us to live with the erronious choice we made by disobeying Him. He gave us another "choice": To accept His Plan of Salvation thru His Son, Jesus Christ. So, I just wanted to write you and say that The Truman Show truly "blessed me" BECAUSE of the fact that God doesn't put us in a box and not let us know what's going on. He "set's before us Life and Death" and encourages us to "choose Life". Thank you for your time....now get back to writing those reviews!!!
Lavell L. Neal

The Flick Filosopher responds:
Just goes to show that people will read their own religious beliefs into things.
Thanks for your nice comments about my site. It's always nice to hear from a new fan.

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