Fastest Filly Ever...

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

hard to even call that movie very loosely based...apart from being plain awful it was completely unbelievable.

but you've got to remember that it wasn't made for racing fans -- it was made for little girls.

the little girl watching the movie gets to be the hero when she watches it.

they obviously took enough liberties with the believability that they had to have known they were not making it for the racing community.

think 98% Disney, 2% documentary.

I saw it just for the song that rolled during the credits

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

but you've got to remember that it wasn't made for racing fans -- it was made for little girls.

the little girl watching the movie gets to be the hero when she watches it.

they obviously took enough liberties with the believability that they had to have known they were not making it for the racing community.

think 98% Disney, 2% documentary.

I saw it just for the song that rolled during the credits

I knew that going into it...I still want that 90 minutes back.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

I knew that going into it...I still want that 90 minutes back.

i found it just slightly tolerable. just moreso than "the other sister" and "the royal tenenbaums"

Matter of fact, I believe I may be the only person ever to walk out of the latter. Everyone else seems to love it, I left halfway through I was so mortified by how bad it was.

[blackthroatedwind]

I guess you're not a fan of Salinger either.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I guess you're not a fan of Salinger either.

didn't mind him. not as rabid a fan as some -- i'm not going to go down in flames with him like most high school juniors getting their first taste, no.

i find him more tolerable than that film, however -- but still not my type of literature.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

didn't mind him. not as rabid a fan as some -- i'm not going to go down in flames with him like most high school juniors getting their first taste, no.

i find him more tolerable than that film, however -- but still not my type of literature.

Well, I didn't read him until I was 40, but as far as High School juniors....whatever.

" The Royal Tannenbaums " is very much Nine Stories and Franny and Zooey.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Well, I didn't read him until I was 40, but as far as High School juniors....whatever.

" The Royal Tannenbaums " is very much Nine Stories and Franny and Zooey.

sorry, i wasn't trying to make a dig with the high school juniors comment -- i just remember very well being one and watching everyone fall in love with salinger when they read "catcher.." and thought they had sort of discovered the key to misfit life through his characters -- and then hearing from my new english teacher friend how that phenomenon was not exclusive to my class in high school. they generally have the most excitement and passion for him, even though they generally don't understand the big picture of his works, and that commentaries are not endorsements per se.

i've had the RT conversation with literally dozens of people in the last few years, all who are appalled that i didn't like it. they then immediately move to show me that i didn't LIKE it because i didn't UNDERSTAND it, which is not quite true. it's more that understanding it and finding it bland are not mutually exclusive ideas.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

i found it just slightly tolerable. just moreso than "the other sister" and "the royal tenenbaums"

Matter of fact, I believe I may be the only person ever to walk out of the latter. Everyone else seems to love it, I left halfway through I was so mortified by how bad it was.

I'm with you, I actually hated the Royal Tenenbaums. And I normally love Wes Anderson.

As for the Other Sister, well, I'm just impressed to see you work that one into any conversation.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Bystander

I'm with you, I actually hated the Royal Tenenbaums. And I normally love Wes Anderson.

As for the Other Sister, well, I'm just impressed to see you work that one into any conversation.

The Other Sister? Isn't that loosely based on DrugS's life...with Juliette Lewis playing DrugS?

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The Other Sister? Isn't that loosely based on DrugS's life...with Juliette Lewis playing DrugS?

Absolutely. The 90's version of the movie with the famous line, "I love you Roger," starring Sean Cassidy (I think.)