Comments on: Wait a minute! Superman’s a “Man?”

by: hedera

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 05:24:34 +0000

I liked Mick La Salle’s review of Superman, in the SF Chronicle. He made the point that although any good looking hunk with black hair can play Superman, it takes actual talent to play Clark Kent, and he didn’t think what’s-his-face came anywhere near the late great Christopher Reeve at playing Clark Kent. If I get an urge to see Superman, I think I’ll just rent the old one.

by: Draco

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 01:48:59 +0000

I don’t know–is Superman a man? He’s male but he’s from another planet. I always thought his name was something of a misnomer.

by: Draco

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:47:44 +0000

I long thought Last Year at Marienbad should be remade with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Now they’re getting too old.

What struck me most about the movie was how the woman refuses to let the plot get started, blocking all the male’s attempts to move the narrative forward. She’s one of the most disruptive characters I’ve ever seen, even though she remains stubbornly passive for most of the movie.

by: piglet

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:02:28 +0000

Leave it to you guys to read “boy, this Superman site sure is for the obvious-challenged!” and turn it into “boy, art films are sure arty!”

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

by: Ann

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:40:27 +0000

Don’t worry, Chris—as long as you don’t actually make “films,” you’ll be forgiven for your youthful missteps.

by: Chris Regan

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:54:17 +0000

Holy crap!

Did I really admit that I went to “film school?”

Don’t hold it against me.

by: cooper

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:00:51 +0000

Confession is good for the soul, SeattleDan. It helps remove the oily residue left behind by having watched the View, even once. And new age sensitivity is a thin veneer; the average urban woman sees right through it, and so much more. We only fool ourselves.

by: SeattleDan

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:07:09 +0000

coop, I never saw “A Man and a Woman”. If I’d gone, it would have been to score with my date. Did you? Have you seen “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”…another score movie. Damn, I’m blowing off my new age sensitive guy image.

Scamper off to IMDB to look that up.

And to be honest, I never saw “Marienbad” either. But I pretended I had a few times.

by: cooper

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:24:19 +0000

Marienbad? naw. I just googled the title and went to the most pretentious and pompous critical review, did a copy and paste on the second paragraph, and viola! Now I’m a pretentious, pompous and hip euro film expert.

I didn’t see any of those other films either. I did see “A Man and a Woman”, not for the French ambience, but for the ear-splitting roar of the Formula Fords GT cars that raced all across Europe in the ’60’s but were made right down the road from me at the Holman and Moody race shop. Man, those cars shook the earth when they were cranked! Monsters, they were.

by: dee

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:08:28 +0000

No chocolate. It’s really not part of the “Provencal” cuisine — all that butter and cream is more northern.

But wine (and cognac) — now that’s another thing.