Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, Its opinion. I simply disliked a full 30 minutes of guts flying around. True to life, yes. Necessary? Not for that period of time. He needs to lesson shock value and pick up more story. I realize I am a minority saying this, but shock value does nothing for me, its the story that counts, and the re-make of a Sullivan Bros type of flick as Spielberg did was a weak story line pumped up by the shocking first 30 minutes. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Marc James Small [mailto:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 6:31 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] SPR: OFF-TOPIC At 02:27 PM 1999-02-18 -0800, Peter Kotsanedelis wrote: >It sucked! Spielberg needs to go back to lighter movies. Something with a >storyline. SPR was fabrication in the biggest sense except for the first 30 >minutes which I assume close to accurate considering the expert consultants >he had for the movie. Its just that I find it entirely unecessary to >subject an audience to 30 mins of it when 5 would do. But that would make >for a shorted movie and Spielberg likes them long winded.... Peter I am stunned by this. If you guys would change the subj: line, I'd key into these threads earlier. DAMN IT: CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE WHEN THE THREAD DRIFTS. This isn't rocket science, and you guys are all MENSA candidates, or you'd not be shooting Leica, now, would you? I am on the WWII-L. The veterans were horrifically impressed by SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and hate THE THIN RED LINE. Me? I'm a retired light colonel, but no one ever fired at my sacred body, so what do I know? But I feel that SPR is worthy of great respect, the exact opposite to the feeling I have for that fallacious LIST flick he made. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!