The end result is a sort of anti-genius. I don't think I've laughed so hard at a movie since I saw Ghostbusters at the age of ten. I was, perhaps, helped along just a touch by the companion whiskey-and-sodas we were consuming. But alcohol really isn't necessary. The movie itself is intoxicating.
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Is it a better bad movie than Gigli? I thought it was hilarious, but perhaps I was helped along by taking bong hits in the movie theater's parking lot.
"The dialogue is not merely wooden, but petrified"
Does this even make sense? Petrified wood is not wood but rather mineral...
I get what you're saying but...
Dave:
You first ask, "does this make sense?" just to answer "I get what you're saying but..."
Lets see if I can remove your but from this remark.
Webster has two definitions for wooden: 1 made or consisting of wood, and 2 lacking ease or flexibility : awkwardly stiff "a wooden speech" "a wooden performer"
Webster also has two definitions for petrified. Number 1 is to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter and number 2 is: to make rigid or inert like stone: a: to make lifeless or inactive : deaden "slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking" — Saturday Review b: to confound with fear, amazement, or awe "a novel about an airline pilot that will petrify you — Martin Levin> intransitive verb"
The multifaceted definitions have you confused, Dave? Well lets just supplant the word wooden with the second definition of "wooden" and the word petrified with the second definition subsection-a of petrified, in McArdle's succinct yet controversial sentence.
Thus: "The dialogue is not merely wooden, but petrified," becomes, "The dialogue is not merely, "awkwardly stiff, as in a wooden performance, it is, deadened as in a "petrified man's thinking"
Clearer?
No.
Another example?
How about your wooden or awkwardly stiff reading of the blogger's words petrified or deadened your ability to understand her analogy.
I hope this helped. For you don't want to be that guy that can`t see the petrified forest for the mineral trees.
By the by Dave: did you write that, "I get what you're saying?" Saying? Does this make sense? McArdle is not communicating orally but rather in writing. I surmise what you are trying to state, still....
Sure, but petrified wood has even less give and flexibility than regular wood, so I think the metaphor holds.
For those of us who couldn't summon the interest to wade through all of that AV Club essay, but nevertheless are mildly curious to know what this film is about, could you summarize its plot? TIA.
When Jane Galt makes fun of you as an autistic Objectivist, you just might be...on the spectrum.
If you haven't seen Gymkata, I'm not sure you can take part in this discussion.
"Skill of gymnastics, the kill of karate"
I've been meaning to catch this one for a while. My roommate, by some bizarre coincidence, had the experience of ridesharing from LA to SF with Tommy Wiseau driving. He apparently drives a Hummer (terribly, all over the road, with dark sunglasses, at night ...), which he hopes to convert to be a hybrid someday to help the environment. There were other treasures of conversation I can't quite recall. Afterward was when we learned about The Room and its cult status in LA. The real question is how he got $6M in the first place ...
Can one find this movie without buying it? (Netflix doesn't have it yet.)