Mission: Impossible III May 5, 2006
Posted by Dustin in Movies.trackback
This movie was quite remarkable. If what we require of this genre is a explosive yet clever American counterpart to James Bond, I suggest that J.J. Abrams has succeeded on all counts. The action commences en medias res (which is a Latin literary term for in the middle of things). Movies that contain such subtleties are generally worth watching and this one is no exception. However, subtleties alone rarely make make a movie. Perhaps the best element of the picture is the oft venerated acting of Philip Seymour Hoffman. If you look at his filmography, it is easy to understand how he lends credence to any production in which he is involved. In MI3, he transmutes the one-dimensional role of villain into a complex and enigmatic entity. In the end, facets of guile and allusion make for a compelling cinematic experience.
I think that if you spent as much time focusing on content as you do searching through your online thesaurus that you might have a blog worth publishing. I was embarressed [for you] when I read this.
Rude though your anonymous stalker may be, he does have a tiny bit of a point here (though not much of a life apparently)–I had to laugh at your frequent references to our “verdant Rogue Valley.” Who says verdant anymore? But hats off to you–while the vast majority of us have allowed our grammar and vocabulary to rot away over the years, you persist in reminding us all that the English language can be as complex and beautiful as we choose to make it.
hey anonymous if you don’t like it, don’t read it. i don’t publish this site for pansy-ass clowns who take pot shots behind a veil of anonymity. perhaps if you knew how use an online dictionary (or had passed grammar school for that matter) you might know how to spell. for the record, my vernacular is a consequence of the three or so books i read each week. thesauri are for chumps.
I believe I don’t have the credentials to comment on this seeings as I have one of the worst blogs out there(style, content, writing), but I have to disagree with Anonymous. First off, if you knew the man behind the blog you would know he has been writing like this and talking like this since the sixth grade, probably while you were still learning to read. He’s incredibly educated and communicative. I don’t have a diverse blogroll (pretty much what is listed on this site) but I can easily say he is one of the top bloggers I know of. If people didn’t like his blog, they wouldn’t read, comment, care. Apparently, they do. But that is just my two cents.
Anonymous: you sound jealous. read a book you illiterate son of a bitch!
Eh. I can see where anonymous is coming from. In some cases, the way you write your entries can discourage further reading. It’s neat that you make such a point to stylize your prose, but I think it annoys some people. Regardless, it’s your blog, so you can use whatever words you like – who cares what other’s think?
I can appreciate the criticism as well. My writing has been labeled as wordy at various times since middle school. But faceless criticism is difficult to deal with. If it could be proven that this person is a regular reader/commenter, I would take their thoughts into consideration. At any rate, their tone was antagonistic and it is unlikely that the real issue is my prose. Was it a joke? We may never know.
That’s pretty lame to use “anonymous,” but your words can get the best of you – remember in class when you said “Probablistically?” That was funny and NOT a real word!
actually it is a real word. but i am not past making up words. i find it amusing and at times practical.
Ahhh, at first I thought that you said “probablistically,” but “probabilistically” does make more sense now that I think about it. Touche.
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