Looks like I'll have to buy my Xmas goodies from Borders--because they gave 100% of their political money to Dems, while Amazon.com only gave 39% to Dems.
Actually, scratch that. I don't want to shop with companies that give to either major party. And Borders and Amazon have an unholy alliance anyway.
Oh, and Amazon more than funds my internet access bill each month, so you should ignore this information and BUY EVERYTHING FROM THEM--AFTER CLICKING A BANNER AD TO THE RIGHT.
You can see a handy list corporate political donations here (via Bob Harris).
What, no 3rd party spending by these fat cats?
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Still, someone should email Borders and tell them that their new TV commercials are SO INSANELY ANNOYING.
I used Amazon. Because I'm that lazy. (And Borders Columbia just feels all wrong.)
Emily
OMG--I saw one of those commercials the other night. DREADFUL.
I use Amazon too--fast, not too expensive, easy! I haven't set foot in Borders since my last day. I even went to B&N once instead, and I HATE B&N.
Internet buying is just too damn easy.
I have never been an impulse buyer until
I got on Amazon. Just dropped another $79.
waiting around for new tires at the Toyota dealer.
Slosh me!
The above post was mine, , huurrhh! Derail it quick!
This is still an early call - but according to Chinese newspaper Hangzhou Daily, director Zhang Yimou and Jackie might have a meeting to explore the possibility of doing a movie together. Zhang Yimou is quietly planning his third martial-art film, after Hero and House Of Flying Daggers. On the other hand, Jackie Chan is getting tired of his days in Hollywood and is returning home to resurrect his career. Zhang is now doing Qian Li Zou Dan Ji, a small contemporary drama. He is working on The Myth. from www.monkeypeaches.com
uhh--BLONG!!!!
"Slosh me"--now, that takes me back to 8th grade.
I think Jackie Chan should hang it up--after doing films with Chris Tucker and Owen Wilson and Disney he needs to get out of Hollywood and back to the East.
Yimou will have him trying to act, which would be insufferable.
Actually I disagree. Nothing would please me more than to see Chan doing what he does best, invigorated and at home. Having someone else calling the shots might be a nice change of pace for him. I would give my left nut to see his action captured by Yimou's eye for beauty. I think you're restraining Yimou to directing a dramatic martial arts film--what if it were a comedy of sorts? Chan can be wonderfully subtle and charming in his acting!
He should head back east, but NOT hang it all up. The only reason I haven't watched any of his recent films is because of the costars--I boycott all films with Tucker or either Wilson brother. A friend, at this exact moment has lent Lady 0 Rush Hour with a plea for me to watch it only for a merciless Zhang Ziyi but I refuse although temptation is great.
Chan's films mean more to me than most things and personally, I would rank them far over Yimou's.
I only meant "hang it up" in Hollywood--getting back East is exactly what he needs.
I love many of his films as well; but his forays over here were largely adolescent, insipid catastrophes.
Having seen parts of those Wilson films on planes, and having sat through Rush Hour, I say keep to your guns!
I can't really compare Yimou to Chan. When I watch those types of films I watch them with different expectations. Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" is great and I really like it, but if I compare it to Bruckner's symphonies it disappears into insignificance, but only until I hear it again.
I'd have to say the best Jackie Chan disappears into insignificance compared to "Raise the Red Lantern," but not really--they're different categories for me. That's just me, though--I'd never say Yimou's films are or should be better for anyone else. Sometimes I NEED to watch Jackie Chan.
As for acting--Chan's a great mime, a great physical comic, a fantastic gymnast, a true melange of Buster Keaton and Gene Kelly, and he's made a fantastic and engaging body of work--but I've never seen him act. He's got that goofy concerned/pained look, and that goofy excited look, and often they're very contrived and awkward until the action starts (it's part of his charm). Mebbe you're right though--Yimou made Jet Li look good in a turgid syrupy movie; perhaps he could do it with Chan (I'd like to see him in an elaborate retelling of a Chinese opera, with those studied mannerisms and movements and facepaint--or, a parody of such).
I know you weren't saying Yimou's films were better but I felt duty bound to defend Jackie Chan. The majority of opinion holders would [place Yimou's films above his so I wanted to speak out. Most continually trash him--why revere Keaton but not Chan? Both are masters! It's good to take a stand--and you have stated your clear preference for Yimou's films. I tend to rank story and entertainment over meaning and art! As such I have no problem placing Paul's Boutique with Bruckner's Ninth.
I'm running out of time, I wish I could say this post better--Chan was trained in the Peking Opera school so he would do a fantastic job, really!!
I often feel the same way--for years I considered Sam Raimi my favorite director over cats like Kubrick; I still think of him as a great filmmaker, but not as interesting/challenging, though he's more interesting/fun. Maybe it's because I'm getting more snobby in my old age (well, not "maybe" at all!), but I tend to categorize those things differently now. Though were I to list my ten favorite directors, Raimi would still be up there and I wouldn't make distinctions between him and Kubrick and Yimou and Scorcese and Carpenter.
P. North and Jon Dough are right up there with Jackie Chan and Clint Eastwood.
BTW--I saw Kill Bill 2 again at Thanksgiving, and liked it much better the 2nd time. You might like it, but I'm not sure. It's got those annoying Quentin T. flourishes, tho at least he's not in it.
Yep, things change from day to day but we do have our favorites. I ponder the differences between popular and elite art all of the time. It does seem that elite art is more subjective to personal tastes while popular appeals to larger groups of people. How does one compare Michelangelo's Last Judgement to one of Rothko's late monochromes? I can so easily see John Q. Public dismissing the Rothko out of hand--how would I defend it's merits? Maybe the Michelangelo has in it's image more in common with universal human nature--maybe I'm selling the Rothko and humanity short!
King Kong was Hitler's favorite movie!
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