tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post3963620701745835968..comments2022-03-24T16:11:50.124-04:00Comments on The Man From Porlock: "I Don't Go to Movies to Think!"Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-89661301844956919972008-03-03T15:42:00.000-05:002008-03-03T15:42:00.000-05:00Higher Oscar ratings could be achieved by subtract...Higher Oscar ratings could be achieved by subtracting the adult Golic type.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-64912465371404064902008-03-02T09:32:00.000-05:002008-03-02T09:32:00.000-05:00To quote a small part of Nathaniel R's excellent p...To quote a small part of Nathaniel R's excellent post: "box office mostly honors movies made for kids?'. Golic quote in your post heading "I Don't Go to Movies to Think!" sounds like an adult who is still a kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-10293845012793051942008-02-29T21:53:00.000-05:002008-02-29T21:53:00.000-05:00Thanks, Chet. I wasn't giving Golic credit, though...Thanks, Chet. I wasn't giving Golic credit, though. Just showing how machismo can unintentionally show its flipside.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-78352925937481524862008-02-29T20:17:00.000-05:002008-02-29T20:17:00.000-05:00Craig, you're giving him WAY too much credit. Even...Craig, you're giving him WAY too much credit. Even if Tootsie was a good movie, Golic likely only recognized it as something that may provide him some level of street cred with those among us who may actually enjoy going to the movies to 'think.' Oh well, I applaud him for (hopefully) having seen it and potentially appreciated it's subtleties.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the post. Keep up the good work.Chet Mellemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547986971813920497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-76490255362536729002008-02-29T11:54:00.000-05:002008-02-29T11:54:00.000-05:00Rene: I do remember one Oscars several years ago -...Rene: I do remember one Oscars several years ago -- the "Sense and Sensibility" year, I believe --when the majority of the nominees were Brits. Like this year, it was a fluke occurrence. Dunno if others feel this way, but I agree that American actors are better than ever, even if their roles aren't.<BR/><BR/>Chet: I think Golic is a smart guy who knows his audience. Sometimes he betrays his blue-collar jock persona in unwitting ways, like recently while unmanning one of his colleagues that featured mention of the movie "Tootsie," Golic suddenly stopped and said, "By the way -- 'Tootsie.' Good movie!"Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-27345087869099854902008-02-29T10:04:00.000-05:002008-02-29T10:04:00.000-05:00I've heard Golic say the "I don't go to movies to ...I've heard Golic say the "I don't go to movies to think" line a number of times. His level of intellectual disengagement is remarkable.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I love a mindless good time at the theatre every now and then as well, but to not be able to even acknowledge there is another side to the story boggles my mind.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the link to the Film Experience write-up...I enjoyed it.Chet Mellemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547986971813920497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-42226562104898775392008-02-29T09:16:00.000-05:002008-02-29T09:16:00.000-05:00Can't imagine anybody being surprised by the succe...Can't imagine anybody being surprised by the success of the 2007 foreign stars. For many years, Katherine Hepburn was the only non-foreign star that could upstage them.<BR/> I see no reason for panic. Our actors have come a long ways since the Hepburn era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com