Oil well ignorance (mine)

On Apr 29, 4:12*pm, DaveS wrote:


Hell, I can't watch "24" much less . . . . *Fact is don't have much of
a stomach for screen/blood compared to most. Even to my female
friends. Visually its too real, and puts me on alert. Usually I leave.
At the other end of the spectrum, chick flicks don't register. Kind of
limits things. But he is a great actor/director from what I have seen.

Colonel Dave of the Jungle

Don't know what "24" is.

I'm not a great fan of screen violence for it's own sake either (nor
the real world variety, for that matter). However, if it's a
necessary and integral part of a good story, I'm o.k. with it. I'm
also not particularly fond of Westerns.....and Eastwood isn't among my
favorite actors.

But "The Outlaw Josey Wales" is still a great movie for a number of
reasons. For one thing, it's self-consciously biblical as a morality
play, progressing from loss through revenge and on to
redemption.....even a sort of forgiveness. It is also fairly
hilarious as self parody, cashing in on just about every western
cliche on the market. It has some great dialogue and quite a few
fabulous characters, well played by very accomplished actors.

"Pale Rider" on the other hand, wasn't as good as I remembered
it......and I remembered it as being not very good.

On Apr 29, 7:18*pm, Giles wrote:
On Apr 29, 4:12*pm, DaveS wrote:

Hell, I can't watch "24" much less . . . . *Fact is don't have much of
a stomach for screen/blood compared to most. Even to my female
friends. Visually its too real, and puts me on alert. Usually I leave.
At the other end of the spectrum, chick flicks don't register. Kind of
limits things. But he is a great actor/director from what I have seen.

Colonel Dave of the Jungle

Don't know what "24" is.

I'm not a great fan of screen violence for it's own sake either (nor
the real world variety, for that matter). *However, if it's a
necessary and integral part of a good story, I'm o.k. with it. *I'm
also not particularly fond of Westerns.....and Eastwood isn't among my
favorite actors.

But "The Outlaw Josey Wales" is still a great movie for a number of
reasons. *For one thing, it's self-consciously biblical as a morality
play, progressing from loss through revenge and on to
redemption.....even a sort of forgiveness. *It is also fairly
hilarious as self parody, cashing in on just about every western
cliche on the market. *It has some great dialogue and quite a few
fabulous characters, well played by very accomplished actors.

"Pale Rider" on the other hand, wasn't as good as I remembered
it......and I remembered it as being not very good.

Well I probably should try it. I did enjoy a lot of Avatar. Sometimes
turning the sound way down works. I do enjoy "48 hours" and detective
novels.

I watched part of an episode of "24" once and it appeared to be an
elaborate cover story for presenting cleaned-up torture/interrogation
as entertainment. No smells/no splatter. These shows do not reflect
the truth of how easy humans can die. Thanx
Dave