Match Cut's Obsession with Existentialism...

[Qrazy]

... Is getting old. I demand we now review all films through the lens of Rousseau and Romanticism or Cartesian skepticism. That is all.

[Melville]

I demand we now review all films through the lens of Rousseau and Romanticism or Cartesian skepticism.
Hmm... Nah.

[monolith94]

I guess the fact that I've been viewing films through the skein of Kantian philosophy has whizzed over your head.

[Melville]

I guess the fact that I've been viewing films through the skein of Kantian philosophy has whizzed over your head.
I think Kant's Transcendental Idealism lays the foundation for phenomenological and hence existential analysis, so he's got you covered.

[monolith94]

I refuse to be categorically imperaticized!!!

[Melville]

I refuse to be categorically imperaticized!!!
Now there's a nonsense pun I can get behind.

[Qrazy]

Hmm... Nah.

Ok, I'll make an exception for you. You can Thomas Aquinasize a film of your choice, but that's the best I can do.

[Melville]

Ok, I'll make an exception for you. You can Thomas Aquinasize a film of your choice, but that's the best I can do.
Jeez, these options are getting worse and worse. At least I've read the Romantics and Descartes. Maybe I'll write a review based on Anselm's ontological argument, just for you.

[Qrazy]

Jeez, these options are getting worse and worse. At least I've read the Romantics and Descartes. Maybe I'll write a review based on Anselm's ontological argument, just for you.

Don't make me open up a can of Leibniz on your ass. Aquinasize!

[Boner M]

I agree that this obsession is getting way out of hand. Here are a few things that we should discuss more instead:

Inappropriate tonal shifts
Art vs. Entertainment
Paul Verhoeven
Funny Games
Whether ________ nihilistic or not

And so on.

[origami_mustache]

I agree that this obsession is getting way out of hand. Here are a few things that we should discuss more instead:

Inappropriate tonal shifts
Art vs. Entertainment
Paul Verhoeven
Funny Games
Whether ________ nihilistic or not

And so on.


hahaha rep

[Qrazy]

I agree that this obsession is getting way out of hand. Here are a few things that we should discuss more instead:

Inappropriate tonal shifts
Art vs. Entertainment
Paul Verhoeven
Funny Games
Whether ________ nihilistic or not

And so on.

Don't forget Armond White.

[Benny Profane]

If I see the word "meta" one more time...

[Melville]

Let's throw in genre subversion while we're at it. Everybody likes discussing genre subversion, right?

[Qrazy]

And ranking strategies.

[Spinal]

I can deal with all of these as long as we cut back on discussing 'internet videos and/or pictures involving poop'.

[Melville]

I can deal with all of these as long as we cut back on discussing 'internet videos and/or pictures involving poop'.
I was going to make a joke about that being the lifeblood of the forum, but then I realized that I agreed with you.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I can deal with all of these as long as we cut back on discussing 'internet videos and/or pictures involving poop'.

This is popular? Am I viewing the wrong threads? Or are you joking. You're probably joking. Disregard this post.

[Spinal]

Or are you joking. You're probably joking.

I wish I was.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I wish I was.

Really? Care to clue me in? What am I missing around here?

[Derek]

Really? Care to clue me in? What am I missing around here?

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Please don't ban me.

[MadMan]

I guess the fact that I've been viewing films through the skein of Kantian philosophy has whizzed over your head.Ugh, Kant. Apparently philosphy allows you to completely disregard any sense of proper grammar and sentence structure :P As for his beliefs, from what I remember (I read some of his stuff last year in college) I found them to be way too rigid. But hey maybe I'll revisit him sometime.

[Kurosawa Fan]

http://a463.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/48/l_3d4cbe434cda92524ca5f3ed605b 9336.jpg

Please don't ban me.

See, I avoided that video from its first mention. I was under the impression it was vomit in the cup. I'm not sure which is better.

[Qrazy]

See, I avoided that video from its first mention. I was under the impression it was vomit in the cup. I'm not sure which is better.

It's both!

[Melville]

It's both!
When I first heard the title, I assumed it was urine in the cup... which now seems positively arousing compared to the truth.

[Melville]

Ugh, Kant. Apparently philosphy allows you to completely disregard any sense of proper grammar and sentence structure :P As for his beliefs, from what I remember (I read some of his stuff last year in college) I found them to be way too rigid. But hey maybe I'll revisit him sometime.
The translations I've read seem to conform pretty well to 18th century grammar, which seems appropriate. Did you read his ethics or his critical philosophy? A lot of people think his ethical system is too rigid (although I think it's brilliant), but his Critique of Pure Reason is solid gold by anybody's standard.

[lovejuice]

to me all movies are superflat.

[MadMan]

The translations I've read seem to conform pretty well to 18th century grammar, which seems appropriate. Did you read his ethics or his critical philosophy? A lot of people think his ethical system is too rigid (although I think it's brilliant), but his Critique of Pure Reason is solid gold by anybody's standard.Well in that case 18th century grammar just isn't my bag I suppose. Heh.

I believe I read his ethics only, although I feel like I have heard of his Critique of Pure Reason. If I haven't read that I may check it out sometime.

[SirNewt]

If I see the word "meta" one more time...

What about the words, "postmodern masterpiece"?

[SirNewt]

The translations I've read seem to conform pretty well to 18th century grammar, which seems appropriate. Did you read his ethics or his critical philosophy? A lot of people think his ethical system is too rigid (although I think it's brilliant), but his Critique of Pure Reason is solid gold by anybody's standard.

Sorry if this is off topic but what didn't you like about The Man Who Fell to Earth? I haven't seen it, but the idea of contemporary gnostic adventure excited me so it's in my Netflix queue.

[Qrazy]

Sorry if this is off topic but what didn't you like about The Man Who Fell to Earth? I haven't seen it, but the idea of contemporary gnostic adventure excited me so it's in my Netflix queue.

I know this isn't directed at me but it's one of the most moronic, meandering and purposeless films ever made... so that might have something to do with it.

[Melville]

Sorry if this is off topic but what didn't you like about The Man Who Fell to Earth? I haven't seen it, but the idea of contemporary gnostic adventure excited me so it's in my Netflix queue.
Roeg's direction was just too aggressively silly for me. I guess it would be pretty easy to interpret the alien's fall to earth as the Gnostic's fall into the debased material world, but I don't think the film really has much to say about Gnosticism. Mind you, I don't know much about Gnosticism.

[Qrazy]

Roeg's direction was just too aggressively silly for me. I guess it would be pretty easy to interpret the alien's fall to earth as the Gnostic's fall into the debased material world, but I don't think the film really has much to say about Gnosticism. Mind you, I don't know much about Gnosticism.

I've always assumed it had something to do with the gnashing of one's food, or lack of food rather.

[SirNewt]

Roeg's direction was just too aggressively silly for me. I guess it would be pretty easy to interpret the alien's fall to earth as the Gnostic's fall into the debased material world, but I don't think the film really has much to say about Gnosticism. Mind you, I don't know much about Gnosticism.

Well, there is also the idea that there is purpose in the fall, that the fallen individual has something to achieve and that the individual before his fall not only knew his/her purpose but also knew everything. Ultimately, the fall has caused each individual to forget everything and the process of remembrance that would normally occur has been subdued by the many distractions of the material world.

That's a pretty basic explanation. Perhaps, you already knew all that.

[Melville]

Well, there is also the idea that there is purpose in the fall, that the fallen individual has something to achieve and that the individual before his fall not only knew his/her purpose but also knew everything. Ultimately, the fall has caused each individual to forget everything and the process of remembrance that would normally occur has been subdued by the many distractions of the material world.

That's a pretty basic explanation. Perhaps, you already knew all that.
I was not aware that there is typically supposed to be a purpose to the fall; wasn't it all that damn demiurge's fault?

[SirNewt]

I was not aware that there is typically supposed to be a purpose to the fall; wasn't it all that damn demiurge's fault?

Nope, sorry, don't know what I was snorting earlier. I should've said that the fall, provides a purpose. That purpose being the return to knowing. Therefore, the fallen should seek out the incarnation or manifestations of the perfect being, who is in opposition to the demiurges.

I haven't seen TMWFtE yet but I was told many of the gnostic themes are present. I guess I'll have to wait and see it.

[Qrazy]

Nope, sorry, don't know what I was snorting earlier. I should've said that the fall, provides a purpose. That purpose being the return to knowing. Therefore, the fallen should seek out the incarnation or manifestations of the perfect being, who is in opposition to the demiurges.

I haven't seen TMWFtE yet but I was told many of the gnostic themes are present. I guess I'll have to wait and see it.

Still, can't really appreciate what you've got until you lost it right? God don't know what he be missin'.