Comments on: People In Glass Houses http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:12:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Enoch Root http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74057 Enoch Root Sat, 12 May 2007 01:06:30 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74057 'Empire' for the win. All I need to know about 'Spiderman 3' I learned at Burger King. Superhero movies are so last-week. More 'Pan's Labyrinth,' more 'Children of Men.' ‘Empire’ for the win.

All I need to know about ‘Spiderman 3′ I learned at Burger King.

Superhero movies are so last-week. More ‘Pan’s Labyrinth,’ more ‘Children of Men.’

]]> By: TheHolyFatman http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74056 TheHolyFatman Fri, 11 May 2007 18:49:17 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74056 Empire remains the best. Empire remains the best.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74055 C.S.Strowbridge Fri, 11 May 2007 14:48:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74055 "Let's recap... Jigsaw is dead. Amanda is dead." I'd just like to point out they are making a sequel to Daddy Day Care, without Eddie Murphy. That Cuba "I won an Oscar, honestly" Gooding Jr. is taking his place. So there's no idea too dumb for Hollywood. “Let’s recap…
Jigsaw is dead.
Amanda is dead.”

I’d just like to point out they are making a sequel to Daddy Day Care, without Eddie Murphy. That Cuba “I won an Oscar, honestly” Gooding Jr. is taking his place.

So there’s no idea too dumb for Hollywood.

]]> By: Elayne Riggs http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74054 Elayne Riggs Thu, 10 May 2007 21:37:43 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74054 I'm sorry, Empire isn't a movie. It's a chapter. It has no satisfying conclusion, and it cannot stand alone without having seen ANH and Jedi. I’m sorry, Empire isn’t a movie. It’s a chapter. It has no satisfying conclusion, and it cannot stand alone without having seen ANH and Jedi.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74053 Duros62 Thu, 10 May 2007 17:12:08 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74053 <i>One seems to be all that's required.</i> Sorry, never saw any of them. I don't endorse terror or torture. Continuing to see movies of this sort just encourages them (studios, I mean. Spider: I second. One seems to be all that’s required.

Sorry, never saw any of them. I don’t endorse terror or torture. Continuing to see movies of this sort just encourages them (studios, I mean.

Spider: I second.

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74052 SpiderJ Thu, 10 May 2007 05:13:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74052 In defense of Lucas, I can't agree that he knows nothing about "story." All six <i>Star Wars</i> films are excellent in terms of "story," and would be considered classics of form if we had a greater tradition of oral storytelling. Lucas is a marvelous storyteller. The problem is that he's crap as a scriptwriter. In defense of Lucas, I can’t agree that he knows nothing about “story.” All six Star Wars films are excellent in terms of “story,” and would be considered classics of form if we had a greater tradition of oral storytelling. Lucas is a marvelous storyteller.

The problem is that he’s crap as a scriptwriter.

]]> By: calling all toasters http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74051 calling all toasters Thu, 10 May 2007 01:18:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74051 How much longer must we wait for "Spaceballs" parts I, II, III, V, and VI? How much longer must we wait for “Spaceballs” parts I, II, III, V, and VI?

]]> By: frameone http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74050 frameone Thu, 10 May 2007 00:54:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74050 "My favorite one is "Return of the Jedi" (original version)" Now far be it from me to start any controversies on this here blog but is it not true that the above statement pretty much disqualifies someone from offering any opinion on any movie-related subject? Just asking ... “My favorite one is “Return of the Jedi” (original version)”

Now far be it from me to start any controversies on this here blog but is it not true that the above statement pretty much disqualifies someone from offering any opinion on any movie-related subject?

Just asking …

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74049 Duros62 Thu, 10 May 2007 00:12:31 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74049 Saw IV? Great googli-moogli... One really doesn't need much in the way of brain cells to be a studio exec anymore, do you? Saw IV? Great googli-moogli… One really doesn’t need much in the way of brain cells to be a studio exec anymore, do you?

]]> By: Randy Brown http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74048 Randy Brown Wed, 09 May 2007 23:25:57 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74048 1- Apologies for the double post...stupid f'n library computers. 2- Really, though, movie "franchises" should be retired after the third episode. Lucas should have left the rebels on Endor, celebrating the demise of the emperor. Spidey should perhaps cool it - now (haven't seen "3" yet). And the fool at Lions Gate who greenlighted "Saw IV" should be forced to eat the negative! 1- Apologies for the double post…stupid f’n library computers.

2- Really, though, movie “franchises” should be retired after the third episode. Lucas should have left the rebels on Endor, celebrating the demise of the emperor. Spidey should perhaps cool it – now (haven’t seen “3″ yet). And the fool at Lions Gate who greenlighted “Saw IV” should be forced to eat the negative!

]]> By: Chuck http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74047 Chuck Wed, 09 May 2007 22:21:39 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74047 To be fair, Lucas is kind of a expert on films that don't have stories. I didn't like <a href="http://chutry.wordherders.net/archives/006973.html" rel="nofollow">Spider-Man 3</a>, but it was a lot more fun than anything Lucas has made in the last twenty years. To be fair, Lucas is kind of a expert on films that don’t have stories. I didn’t like Spider-Man 3, but it was a lot more fun than anything Lucas has made in the last twenty years.

]]> By: Jay http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74046 Jay Wed, 09 May 2007 21:13:46 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74046 Actually, Lucas did write the story for 'Empire', but he did not write the script. Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett wrote the screenplay. I think its more of a sour grapes issue. Industrial Light & Magic does like 95% of the special effects in Hollywood films. But not this one. Actually, Lucas did write the story for ‘Empire’, but he did not write the script. Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett wrote the screenplay.

I think its more of a sour grapes issue. Industrial Light & Magic does like 95% of the special effects in Hollywood films. But not this one.

]]> By: Eric http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74045 Eric Wed, 09 May 2007 20:32:59 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74045 Norbiz, I had known that Lucas was inspired by Samurai movies as well as old movie serials, but I thought it was just that, inspired by, until I saw Hidden Fortress, Wow, about a 3rd of the way in I realized "Hey this is the exact plot of Star Wars" Norbiz,

I had known that Lucas was inspired by Samurai movies as well as old movie serials, but I thought it was just that, inspired by, until I saw Hidden Fortress, Wow, about a 3rd of the way in I realized “Hey this is the exact plot of Star Wars”

]]> By: Rounds77 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74044 Rounds77 Wed, 09 May 2007 19:50:31 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74044 The latest Star Wars, Spiderman 3, etc. They're all the same. Seeing these movies is like trying out the latest roller coaster. Each new one tries to go faster longer. It's a rush, but that's about it. The latest Star Wars, Spiderman 3, etc. They’re all the same. Seeing these movies is like trying out the latest roller coaster. Each new one tries to go faster longer. It’s a rush, but that’s about it.

]]> By: Randy Brown http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74043 Randy Brown Wed, 09 May 2007 19:47:11 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74043 Surely you mean "Attack of the Crohns...er, Clones" right? "Menace" was disappointing, but "Clones" was an all-out piece o' schidt! Lucas more than made up for it with "Sith," though. My favorite one is "Return of the Jedi" (original version); "Empire" my second-least favorite. And Lucas' best movie ever is STILL "American Graffiti." Surely you mean “Attack of the Crohns…er, Clones” right? “Menace” was disappointing, but “Clones” was an all-out piece o’ schidt! Lucas more than made up for it with “Sith,” though.

My favorite one is “Return of the Jedi” (original version); “Empire” my second-least favorite. And Lucas’ best movie ever is STILL “American Graffiti.”

]]> By: Randy Brown http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74042 Randy Brown Wed, 09 May 2007 19:46:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74042 Surely you mean "Attack of the Crohns...er, Clones" right? "Menace" was disappointing, but "Clones" was an all-out piece o' schidt! Lucas more than made up for it with "Sith," though. My favorite one is "Return of the Jedi" (original version); "Empire" my second-least favorite. And Lucas' best movie ever is STILL "American Graffiti." Surely you mean “Attack of the Crohns…er, Clones” right? “Menace” was disappointing, but “Clones” was an all-out piece o’ schidt! Lucas more than made up for it with “Sith,” though.

My favorite one is “Return of the Jedi” (original version); “Empire” my second-least favorite. And Lucas’ best movie ever is STILL “American Graffiti.”

]]> By: norbizness http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74041 norbizness Wed, 09 May 2007 19:32:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74041 To be fair, also, <a href="http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/hidden_fortress.htm" rel="nofollow">Akira Kurosawa wrote</a> most of Star Wars (Episode 4 for you nerds) when he did "The Hidden Fortress" in 1958, right down to the squabbling peasants (droids). To be fair, also, Akira Kurosawa wrote most of Star Wars (Episode 4 for you nerds) when he did “The Hidden Fortress” in 1958, right down to the squabbling peasants (droids).

]]> By: spoosmith http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/09/people-in-glass-houses/#comment-74040 spoosmith Wed, 09 May 2007 17:38:13 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6275#comment-74040 I remember my husband and I were so excited as we took our seats to see the new Star Wars movie. It didn't take long before we wanted our money back. I'm assuming that Lucas couldn't see past merchandizing opportunities to realize he had made one of the worst movies of all time. I remember my husband and I were so excited as we took our seats to see the new Star Wars movie. It didn’t take long before we wanted our money back.

I’m assuming that Lucas couldn’t see past merchandizing opportunities to realize he had made one of the worst movies of all time.

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