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Posted on 01/01/2004 4:52:07 AM PST by FlyLow
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:52:07 AM PST
by
FlyLow
To: FlyLow
What a horrible movie. Sick, really. I remember at the time I was a sophmore in high school with leftist sensibilities, and so of course I conformed to the notion it was a brilliant film. I tried to watch it years later, only to find it was a worthless, immoral turd. It is probably a perfect portrait of the left wing baby boomer liberal though: Sick, self absorbed, not to be trusted.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:56:35 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: FlyLow
Great soundtrack.
To: Huck
Ohh pulllease... it was a great movie, irrespective of the politics. Jeez... you'd think you could put your political idealism on the back burner for 2 hours.
To: StatesEnemy
Ohh pulllease... it was a great movie, irrespective of the politics. Jeez... you'd think you could put your political idealism on the back burner for 2 hours. It's a terrible movie. Boring, maudlin, and morally creepy.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:06:26 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: StatesEnemy
The soundtrack is what the movie is actually famous for. The albums sold very well. Basically a motown compilation.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:07:10 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: FlyLow
"I think it speaks to an experience that many, many people in our generation went through. It was a reminder of what it was like to be around during the Vietnam War, the idealism, the activism, the passion that we felt." And the drugs that permanently damaged their brains.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:07:55 AM PST
by
metalboy
(I`m still waiting for the protests against Al-Qaida.)
To: Huck
It's a terrible movie. Boring, maudlin, and morally creepy.
In a way that only introspective Boomers can achieve.
Yes, I'm a Boomer
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:09:29 AM PST
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(where is Count Petofi when we need him most?)
To: Huck
Really? I thought it was rather interesting how these idealistic hippies wrestled with the reality of the world.
For instance, when Kline's character berated Hurt's after being asked "when did you get so chummy with cops"
Or when Tilly's character referred to her indigent defendant clients as scumbags.
But perhaps you should stick with Pixar movies.
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
In a way that only introspective Boomers can achieve. LOL. Man oh man. It was wall to wall introspection. There was a movie called Wonder Boys that came out in 2000. I saw it. Ebert gave it 4 stars (http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/2000/05/051207.html). I think that movie was intended for the same audience, and it left me queasy.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:14:20 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: StatesEnemy
Yeah! I liked the part where Glen Close just smiled as her husband banged her best friend upstairs.
Yeah, realistic!
To: StatesEnemy
But perhaps you should stick with Pixar movies. That's uncalled for. Pixar is Disney, right? I am not a big fan. All that Bugs Bunny I watched in my youth corrupted me. But I know you were just suggesting I am too stupid or immature to appreciate the brilliance of the Big Chill. I get it.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:19:49 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: metalboy
And the drugs that permanently damaged their brains.the drugs that permanently damaged their brains
drugs that permanently damaged their brains
that permanently damaged their brains
permanently damaged their brains
damaged their brains
their brains
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:20:40 AM PST
by
trebb
To: Bluntpoint
Yeah! I liked the part where Glen Close just smiled as her husband banged her best friend upstairs. In order to impregnate her. I know couples who had to try a long time before hitting the old bullseye. And there's a kid that's going to live happily ever after. No confusion there. Nice.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:21:42 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: Huck
Sorry Huck, you're right. Haven't had my second cup yet, and I get snappy.
To: Huck
No confusion there. Nice. Man, do we come from different worlds and experiences. I say coffee you say latte.
To: StatesEnemy
I haven't even had my first. Fair enough. Happy New Year.
Big Chill still sucks. Now Soylent Green-- there's a movie!
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:26:23 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: Bluntpoint
You may have misunderstood me, I am not sure. I find the end of the movie very disturbing, with the scene you described. I was just pointing out that not only is he humping her friend upstairs, but the intention is to impregnate her! That makes it 50 times worse! Imagine that poor child. And I don't even really LIKE kids that much. But it's still very offensive to me the way they cavalierly committed those acts. Gross.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:30:14 AM PST
by
Huck
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To: StatesEnemy
As one who saw the movie in 1983 in the theater (when I was barely 21 years old), let me say that the movie was truly awful. And it had nothing to do with the "politics" as I was basically politically neutral at the time. That 1960s "idealism" that the Baby Boomer's were so proud of always rang hollow for me. It was basically all about sleeping with each other, smoking a lot of pot and listening to a lot of rock albums. As the Baby Boomer's aged, it all basically all about acquiring material satisfaction.
Nothing but the best would do for these Boomers. Couldn't have regular eggs from the supermarket. No! Has to be "cage free" organic eggs from someplace like Vermont. Forget the $1.99 block of cheddar, they had to have the $6 a pound goat's milk cheese from Trader Joe's (that went bad three days after you got it home but that's okay because it sat in the refrigerator for seven weeks so that all the guests would know that you had "taste").
Furniture had to be from Crate & Barrel or some other obnoxiously expensive "Yankee" or "European" styled place. Couldn't just go to the barber for a $7 haircut, had to spend at least $30 at a "unisex salon." Automobile had to have a trendy European name like Volvo or Audi or BMW. If you were stuck with a "pedestrian" American automobile, why you had to at least get that European-style license plate for the front and sport a bumper sticker that said something with "Oui" in it or "Citroen" or something equally as pretentious.
The whole Baby Boomer "yuppie" lifestyle of the 1980s really creeped me out. And this movie helped to set it all in motion.
The music from the movie was generally lame too. I still can't hear "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" or "Whiter Shade Of Pale" without thinking of that awful movie. In fact, most of the 1960s music was over-rated. Give me 1970s or 1980s rock anyday.
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posted on
01/01/2004 5:30:41 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Happy New Year!)
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