Why oh why do I keep falling for the same trick?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — MASH
natalie_hardy-997-307193 — 13 years ago(July 14, 2012 06:29 PM)
Why oh why do I keep falling for the same trick?
I'm going along - living my life - and I see something like AFI 100 or Best Movies on topic XYZ - and one of Robert Altman's movies is in the pile.
And I think But I hate Robert Altman! He's a terrible director with ONE shot in his bag of tricks (PUSH IN - PUSH IN - NOW PULL BACK!) No talent for changing an actor's range or help tell the story. Just Push in with the freakin' camera and then pull back.
Then I think - But how bad could it be? I've never watched MASH - perhaps I should.
So I did.
And this - is why I hate Robert Altman.
His movies are not narrative stories and this one is no different. It's a loosely weaved bunch of slapstick skits where misogynistic guys sexually harass every female in sight, tell dick jokes and treat a young Korean boy as a slave. If they had only dropped the N word the rainbow of racism and sexism would be complete.
I can think of 1000 ways to show the degradation of war and what it does to the human spirit how humor is a tool for survival. By the end I wished a these a-holes would take a hint from the theme song!!!
And the movies all time most WTF moment - why did Hot Lips suddenly become a cheerleader at the end? -
franzkabuki — 13 years ago(July 28, 2012 03:17 AM)
Oh yeah, the dreaded "N word" now that would really have made the head explode with all the unbridled politically correct little sensibilities mercilessly frustrated.
And Hot Lips became a cheerleader because she learned her lesson and figured out it was better to try and fit in with the boys. Shouldnt be that difficult to understand.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan -
natalie_hardy-997-307193 — 13 years ago(August 09, 2012 06:30 PM)
"unbridled politically correct little sensibilities mercilessly frustrated" - wow! Did you think that one up with the word genie? It sounds like a bad haiku poem.
And Hot Lips became a cheerleader because she learned her lesson and figured out it was better to try and fit in with the boys.
I dont doubt that folks like you who see the movie think that but the fact is that she didnt have a lesson to learn. -
franzkabuki — 13 years ago(August 30, 2012 09:22 AM)
Now how does a lad get to be as righteous as this anyway? Is there possibly some Ludovico Clinic Of Political Correctness out there that could perhaps soothe my extravagantly insatiable lust for the "N word" as well as all other kinds of racist, misogynist, homophobic and altogether EVIL parlance and behaviour?
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan -
mmserrano4 — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 08:09 PM)
It's an incomplete truth. Selectively editing the truth to make it more palatable, marketable, or popular is dishonesty seen most commonly in our "news" media today. Try your luck there.
Those seven years of MacGyver finally payed off -
Druffmaul — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 12:58 PM)
Almost every quote is "an incomplete truth." It's always one little sentence extracted from a paragraph that was part of a huge speech or whatever, taken out of context. This one was a Freudian slip that's pretty amusing to folks who think Reagan was a bit of a dunderhead and a lout. Deal with it.
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Druffmaul — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 12:08 PM)
you refuse to acknowledge that Reagan simply misused two words and realized it. You are a stubborn ass.
But I do acknowledge that. My only assertion here is that "Facts are stupid things" is in fact a statement that came directly out of Ronald Reagan's mouth, and therefore is a legitimate quote. I know you'll never accept that, because you just tried to project your own stubbornness onto me. -
nelliewilson — 13 years ago(October 09, 2012 11:54 AM)
"and treat a young Korean boy as a slave."
Hahaha. The Korean boy made martinis. Not exactly slave labor. And he wasn't being forced. If real slaves would only be so lucky.
" The rug really tied the room together, did it not? " -
DreTam2000 — 13 years ago(February 16, 2013 08:35 PM)
I much prefer his older films like McCabe & Mrs Miller and The Long Kiss Goodnight to those more recent
I'm a bit confused here. I just had a look at the Director's resume and could not locate one of the films you mention here. Could you direct me to the film you speak of called
The Long Kiss Goodnight
? I'm not sure it was listed in his resume.
I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way