The greatest New York movie ever?

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#30
November 16, 2003, 07:51:45 PM
I didn't really like Taxi Driver. Don't know why...just felt like he was driving around complaining all the time...

I did look deeper and saw what it was really about...a bit disappointed I have to say.

NEON MERCURY

#31
November 16, 2003, 07:52:02 PM
like ..Duh..

SoNowThen

#32
November 16, 2003, 07:53:42 PM
Quote from: kotteI didn't really like Taxi Driver. Don't know why...just felt like he was driving around complaining all the time...

I did look deeper and saw what it was really about...a bit disappointed I have to say.

This girl I was in love with once said she didn't like Catcher In The Rye because it was about a guy who went around New York complaining all the time. For that split second I hated her...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

kotte

#33
November 16, 2003, 07:57:38 PM
Quote from: SoNowThen
Quote from: kotteI didn't really like Taxi Driver. Don't know why...just felt like he was driving around complaining all the time...

I did look deeper and saw what it was really about...a bit disappointed I have to say.

This girl I was in love with once said she didn't like Catcher In The Rye because it was about a guy who went around New York complaining all the time. For that split second I hated her...

Hate's a nice feeling...just pour it over me and realize I'm entitled to an opinion. :)

SoNowThen

#34
November 16, 2003, 08:09:35 PM
Quote from: kotte
Quote from: SoNowThen
Quote from: kotteI didn't really like Taxi Driver. Don't know why...just felt like he was driving around complaining all the time...

I did look deeper and saw what it was really about...a bit disappointed I have to say.

This girl I was in love with once said she didn't like Catcher In The Rye because it was about a guy who went around New York complaining all the time. For that split second I hated her...

Hate's a nice feeling...just pour it over me and realize I'm entitled to an opinion. :)

I hated her, not you. I'm just saying...

to dismiss Taxi Driver as what you said about it is to dismiss Catcher.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Alethia

#35
November 16, 2003, 08:17:08 PM
prolly taxi driver or manhattan, but I happen to love New York (like the song, which is also featured in another woody 'Manhattan' title), so i'll go with Manhattan...............

AI had an interesting New York, but we couldn't count that

what about eyes wide shut?

freakerdude

#36
November 16, 2003, 09:52:07 PM
Commence the flogging now for the last two..........

Taxi Driver
The Warriors
Escape From New York

Hey, I have years on most of you...... :?
MC Pee Pants

cine

#37
November 16, 2003, 10:51:28 PM
You know, when I went through my movies tonight for something to watch, I felt like an idiot when I was reminded of this.
THIS is the best New York movie. If not for you, then for me.

kotte

#38
November 17, 2003, 05:40:03 AM
Quote from: SoNowThen
Quote from: kotte
Quote from: SoNowThen
Quote from: kotteI didn't really like Taxi Driver. Don't know why...just felt like he was driving around complaining all the time...

I did look deeper and saw what it was really about...a bit disappointed I have to say.

This girl I was in love with once said she didn't like Catcher In The Rye because it was about a guy who went around New York complaining all the time. For that split second I hated her...

Hate's a nice feeling...just pour it over me and realize I'm entitled to an opinion. :)

I hated her, not you. I'm just saying...

to dismiss Taxi Driver as what you said about it is to dismiss Catcher.

I get it...

godardian

#39
November 17, 2003, 12:58:19 PM
No Scorsese in a poll about New York movies??!!??!!

Taxi Driver is clearly one of the very best New York movies ever.

I picked Woody from the meager poll choices...
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

kotte

#40
November 17, 2003, 01:04:00 PM
Quote from: godardianNo Scorsese in a poll about New York movies??!!??!!

Taxi Driver is clearly one of the very best New York movies ever.

I picked Woody from the meager poll choices...

Martys' films are great...better than great but I don't think they are great New York movies. They don't make me want to go there now.

This is really an excuse for forgetting his name...  :oops:

©brad

#41
November 17, 2003, 01:09:27 PM
Quote from: godardianNo Scorsese in a poll about New York movies??!!??!!

Taxi Driver is clearly one of the very best New York movies ever.

I picked Woody from the meager poll choices...

agreed. u can't talk about new york movies w/o mentioning the big 3 NY directors: scorsese, woody, and spike. (and to a lesser extent- coppola) what's cool is that the body of new york work amongst these filmmakers is wonderfully diverse in its portrayl of the big apple; spike's idealized brooklyn in do the right thing, scorsese's neorealistic approach in mean streets. i would say woody's movies are the most heart warming, in regards to the city itself, not necessarily what happens to the characters.

i wouldn't say one filmmaker was necessarily better than the other, for they're depictions of the city itself and motives for doing so are often much different.

godardian

#42
November 17, 2003, 01:12:26 PM
Quote from: kotte
Quote from: godardianNo Scorsese in a poll about New York movies??!!??!!

Taxi Driver is clearly one of the very best New York movies ever.

I picked Woody from the meager poll choices...

Martys' films are great...better than great but I don't think they are great New York movies. They don't make me want to go there now.

This is really an excuse for forgetting his name...  :oops:

Oh well, Woody's just as good and emblematic.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

Gamblour.

#43
November 17, 2003, 01:31:20 PM
I just watched some of Die Hard 3...great fucking movie and just watching New York is so much fun.
WWPTAD?

kotte

#44
November 17, 2003, 01:38:57 PM
Crocodile Dundee II :)
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