Comments on: The Absolute Best of the Century (Thus Far) http://dorkshelf.com/2010/01/21/the-absolute-best-of-the-century-thus-far/ Comics, Film, Video Games, TV, Music, Toronto Thu, 24 May 2012 15:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eugenio Stout http://dorkshelf.com/2010/01/21/the-absolute-best-of-the-century-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Eugenio Stout Fri, 28 May 2010 00:26:35 +0000 http://dorkshelf.com/?p=4797#comment-1267 If only more than 91 people would read this.. If only more than 91 people would read this..

]]> By: Best of the 21st Century « HAND CRAFTED CINEMA http://dorkshelf.com/2010/01/21/the-absolute-best-of-the-century-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Best of the 21st Century « HAND CRAFTED CINEMA Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:24:03 +0000 http://dorkshelf.com/?p=4797#comment-811 [...] READ NOAH’S ARTICLE HERE [...] [...] READ NOAH’S ARTICLE HERE [...]

]]> By: Will http://dorkshelf.com/2010/01/21/the-absolute-best-of-the-century-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Will Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:27:50 +0000 http://dorkshelf.com/?p=4797#comment-797 Must read Whatever Happened to the Dark Knight?, it sounds excellent. Loved the only Gaiman I've read, American Gods and Marvel 1602... really want to see what he can do with Batman. Good call on Spider-Man 2 the game Noah. I spent a lot of time playing that game as well. It captured for the first time, that open-world, sandbox feel GTA started and that many more recent super-powered games have aspired to (Crackdown, Prototype and Infamous spring to mind). I'm sure it would feel dated if you played it now... but nothing beat swinging to the top of the Empire State building with a criminal in your webbing and pile-drive him into the pavement hundreds of feet below. I'm sure he'll be fine. Saw Basterds on Blu-Ray the other night, first time I'd seen it since the sneak preview with Tarantino and Eli Roth in attendance. What amazed me about the film was just how well those long tense scenes work, even though I knew (having already seen the film) exactly what the outcome was going to be. As per Marty's comment, I like to think of the eponymous basterds themselves as the Harry Lime of this film. In The Third Man, Orson Welles' Lime doesn't even show up until the last quarter of the film... but for the entirety of the film leading up to it, <em>everyone</em> is talking about Harry Lime. His reputation precedes him, so when he finally does appear, you want to absorb every bit of information you can about the character, because he may just disappear again. Welles' presence had nothing to do with it I'm sure ha, but the character was absolutely captivating. It's the same with the basterds in Basterds, you always see people talking about them, about what they're doing and what they've done; their reputation precedes them... same with Landa, everyone knows who the "Jew Hunter" is. Every time the bastards and particularly Landa were on screen, you wanted to know what they were going to do and when they were off screen, you wondered what they were up to. I've heard takes on the film saying that all this reputation talk is about filmmaking, and that it's Tarantino making a statement about himself... even the last line of the film: "I think this might be my masterpiece." is ballsy as hell... but you expect no less from Tarantino and you love him for it. Like Lime, Landa and the Basterds you want to see what Tarantino will throw at you next. Must read Whatever Happened to the Dark Knight?, it sounds excellent. Loved the only Gaiman I’ve read, American Gods and Marvel 1602… really want to see what he can do with Batman.

Good call on Spider-Man 2 the game Noah. I spent a lot of time playing that game as well. It captured for the first time, that open-world, sandbox feel GTA started and that many more recent super-powered games have aspired to (Crackdown, Prototype and Infamous spring to mind). I’m sure it would feel dated if you played it now… but nothing beat swinging to the top of the Empire State building with a criminal in your webbing and pile-drive him into the pavement hundreds of feet below. I’m sure he’ll be fine.

Saw Basterds on Blu-Ray the other night, first time I’d seen it since the sneak preview with Tarantino and Eli Roth in attendance.

What amazed me about the film was just how well those long tense scenes work, even though I knew (having already seen the film) exactly what the outcome was going to be.

As per Marty’s comment, I like to think of the eponymous basterds themselves as the Harry Lime of this film. In The Third Man, Orson Welles’ Lime doesn’t even show up until the last quarter of the film… but for the entirety of the film leading up to it, everyone is talking about Harry Lime. His reputation precedes him, so when he finally does appear, you want to absorb every bit of information you can about the character, because he may just disappear again. Welles’ presence had nothing to do with it I’m sure ha, but the character was absolutely captivating. It’s the same with the basterds in Basterds, you always see people talking about them, about what they’re doing and what they’ve done; their reputation precedes them… same with Landa, everyone knows who the “Jew Hunter” is. Every time the bastards and particularly Landa were on screen, you wanted to know what they were going to do and when they were off screen, you wondered what they were up to.

I’ve heard takes on the film saying that all this reputation talk is about filmmaking, and that it’s Tarantino making a statement about himself… even the last line of the film: “I think this might be my masterpiece.” is ballsy as hell… but you expect no less from Tarantino and you love him for it. Like Lime, Landa and the Basterds you want to see what Tarantino will throw at you next.

]]> By: Marty http://dorkshelf.com/2010/01/21/the-absolute-best-of-the-century-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Marty Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:59:24 +0000 http://dorkshelf.com/?p=4797#comment-788 Regarding the largely absent "Basterds," I am certain Tarantino's original version of the screenplay centered almost exclusively on their exploits. However, with each subsequent draft, he got further and further away from the source material until the only similarities between this film and the original was the title - and a few incidental details. (This not necessarily a bad thing). I suppose having spoken publicly about making the film for a number of years Tarantino realized it might not be in his best interest - or those of his many fans - to finally release a WWII-themed picture without the aforementioned title, regardless of how much (or little) screen-time the eponymous death-dealing soldiers received. Regarding the largely absent “Basterds,” I am certain Tarantino’s original version of the screenplay centered almost exclusively on their exploits. However, with each subsequent draft, he got further and further away from the source material until the only similarities between this film and the original was the title – and a few incidental details. (This not necessarily a bad thing). I suppose having spoken publicly about making the film for a number of years Tarantino realized it might not be in his best interest – or those of his many fans – to finally release a WWII-themed picture without the aforementioned title, regardless of how much (or little) screen-time the eponymous death-dealing soldiers received.

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