Comments on: Volver: A Feast of Banalities http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Theofanis http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-92768 Theofanis Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:09:59 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-92768 Nice! Nice!

]]> By: rkbtvxcfjj http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-55460 rkbtvxcfjj Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:55:25 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-55460 24 Connecticut upset fifth ranked Stanford 2 0, eliminating the host Cardinal from the NCAA women's soccer tournament. The Cardinal (15 3 5) were looking to advance to the final eight of the tournament, but instead the Huskies (14 5 2) will be playing for a spot in the final four. They will face Florida State next weekend. The Cardinal made a second Sweet 16 in a row. The six Cardinal seniors depart after compiling 53 wins in their four seasons on the Farm. "It was just a weird game," said Stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe, whose team outshot UConn 12 7. "I felt like we dominated the first half and Connecticut just was able to convert (its) two scoring chances. "I am so proud of the players (who) are moving on from this program, they are such great people." Men's soccer: Andrew Wiedeman scored off a...<a href='http://news-blog-for-you.com/news/36280' rel="nofollow">http://news-blog-for-you.com/</a> 24 Connecticut upset fifth ranked Stanford 2 0, eliminating the host Cardinal from the NCAA women’s soccer tournament. The Cardinal (15 3 5) were looking to advance to the final eight of the tournament, but instead the Huskies (14 5 2) will be playing for a spot in the final four. They will face Florida State next weekend. The Cardinal made a second Sweet 16 in a row. The six Cardinal seniors depart after compiling 53 wins in their four seasons on the Farm. “It was just a weird game,” said Stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe, whose team outshot UConn 12 7. “I felt like we dominated the first half and Connecticut just was able to convert (its) two scoring chances. “I am so proud of the players (who) are moving on from this program, they are such great people.” Men’s soccer: Andrew Wiedeman scored off a…http://news-blog-for-you.com/

]]> By: sean http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4751 sean Thu, 31 May 2007 22:35:00 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4751 Alas, one can't stay an enfant terrible forever (or at least into late middle age), but Almodovar is now the festival circuit's big cuddly teddy bear, his "outrageousness" indivisible from his sentimentality. He couldn't appear at the NY Film Fest Q&A (for Volver) we were told because he had to fly back to Madrid to accept "a lifetime achievement award" from the Spanish government. At age 57. Alas, one can’t stay an enfant terrible forever (or at least into late middle age), but Almodovar is now the festival circuit’s big cuddly teddy bear, his “outrageousness” indivisible from his sentimentality. He couldn’t appear at the NY Film Fest Q&A (for Volver) we were told because he had to fly back to Madrid to accept “a lifetime achievement award” from the
Spanish government. At age 57.

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4709 Dan Leo Wed, 30 May 2007 20:59:55 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4709 Personally, I always read what I write before I hit publish. The problem is I'm uzually reely drunkk by the thyme I hit purblish. Personally, I always read what I write before I hit publish. The problem is I’m uzually reely drunkk by the thyme I hit purblish.

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4706 Tom Watson Wed, 30 May 2007 18:52:02 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4706 Et tu, Brutus? Et tu, Brutus?

]]> By: Brutus http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4683 Brutus Wed, 30 May 2007 04:24:56 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4683 A sentence! My kingdom for a correctly written sentence! Pick just about any sentence out of this post and there is some punctuation, grammar, or syntax flaw. I'm so distracted I can't even tell what your point is. Sure, I'm picking on this post, but many of the others on this site are just as bad. Do you folks read what you write before you hit publish? Phooey. Now commence killing the messenger. G'head. See it that makes you a better writer. A sentence! My kingdom for a correctly written sentence! Pick just about any sentence out of this post and there is some punctuation, grammar, or syntax flaw. I’m so distracted I can’t even tell what your point is.

Sure, I’m picking on this post, but many of the others on this site are just as bad. Do you folks read what you write before you hit publish?

Phooey. Now commence killing the messenger. G’head. See it that makes you a better writer.

]]> By: Kathleen Maher http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4660 Kathleen Maher Tue, 29 May 2007 13:19:03 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4660 I don't know about J-P Melville, but the French affection for Jerry Lewis is hard to fathom otherwise, and always has been. It has, however, occurred to me that French people love Jerry Lewis because he may, to them, typify the archetypal American, trying to keep up with the rest of the worlds' suave, smart, and fantastically romantic style. Pathetic Americans have no sensibility, to their eyes, other than our inherently obscene buffoonery and sorry tendency to walk with pigeon-toes. I don’t know about J-P Melville, but the French affection for Jerry Lewis is hard to fathom otherwise, and always has been.
It has, however, occurred to me that French people love Jerry Lewis because he may, to them, typify the archetypal American, trying to keep up with the rest of the worlds’ suave, smart, and fantastically romantic style. Pathetic Americans have no sensibility, to their eyes, other than our inherently obscene buffoonery and sorry tendency to walk with pigeon-toes.

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4636 Dan Leo Tue, 29 May 2007 02:17:49 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4636 Kathleen, you've brought forth a very interesting idea, this business of how we as Americans watch foreign movies in a special way. It occurs to me that the reverse is true also, that foreigners watch American movies in their own odd fashion, the most obvious example being the veneration the French supposedly have for Jerry Lewis. And I remember ages ago reading an interview with one of my own favorite French directors, Jean-Pierre Melville: he was asked to name his favorite actor, and he said "Fred MacMurray". Passing right over Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando, Jean Gabin and all those other hacks...Funny thing is, Melville might have been on to something there. Kathleen, you’ve brought forth a very interesting idea, this business of how we as Americans watch foreign movies in a special way. It occurs to me that the reverse is true also, that foreigners watch American movies in their own odd fashion, the most obvious example being the veneration the French supposedly have for Jerry Lewis. And I remember ages ago reading an interview with one of my own favorite French directors, Jean-Pierre Melville: he was asked to name his favorite actor, and he said “Fred MacMurray”. Passing right over Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando, Jean Gabin and all those other hacks…Funny thing is, Melville might have been on to something there.

]]> By: Kathleen Maher http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4634 Kathleen Maher Tue, 29 May 2007 01:57:23 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4634 I don't disagree with you at all. Yet until I read your review, I hadn't thought too carefully about the movie other than: I enjoyed it, and while the use of color was pleasurable, the story (by any standards)really was ridiculous. But to say so too strenuously might be unfair. For me, apparently, subtitles automatically supply an exotic and thus mysterious allure. Penelope Cruz was too beautiful for the context, which made her appear to me, so much more gorgeous than I had judged her from other movies. My leniency toward foreign films may amount to a previously undiscovered prejudice on my part. But it's hard to gauge. For me, it's definitely not a Spanish thing. Four French movies that I have accepted as, well, at least, interesting, may not be. In fairness, too, I should revisit a couple Swedish, German, and Japanese movies for a more honest reappraisal. I don’t disagree with you at all.
Yet until I read your review, I hadn’t thought too carefully about the movie other than: I enjoyed it, and while the use of color was pleasurable, the story (by any standards)really was ridiculous. But to say so too strenuously might be unfair. For me, apparently, subtitles automatically supply an exotic and thus mysterious allure. Penelope Cruz was too beautiful for the context, which made her appear to me, so much more gorgeous than I had judged her from other movies.
My leniency toward foreign films may amount to a previously undiscovered prejudice on my part. But it’s hard to gauge.
For me, it’s definitely not a Spanish thing. Four French movies that I have accepted as, well, at least, interesting, may not be. In fairness, too, I should revisit a couple Swedish, German, and Japanese movies for a more honest reappraisal.

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4631 Tom Watson Tue, 29 May 2007 01:16:36 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4631 Off the list - saving me a couple of hours. Thankee. Off the list - saving me a couple of hours. Thankee.

]]> By: Karina http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4630 Karina Tue, 29 May 2007 01:04:54 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/27/volver/#comment-4630 THANK YOU. The second most overrated corpse smuggling comedy of 2006, just barely behind Little Miss Sunshine. THANK YOU. The second most overrated corpse smuggling comedy of 2006, just barely behind Little Miss Sunshine.

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