Comments on: The Unbelievable Coincidence http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:44:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TPN :: Box Office Weekly » Blog Archive » Short Film Update, Part 10 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-176454 TPN :: Box Office Weekly » Blog Archive » Short Film Update, Part 10 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:44:59 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-176454 [...] On the other end of this process, having an HDV submaster meant I had the ability to screen the film easily and in full resolution on any HD monitor. This brings us back to the preview screening at the Mill Gallery: When I left that first screening I thought of Guy’s Movie Night at my friend Daev’s place in Santa Cruz. Weeks before, as noted here, we watched Live Free or Die Hard there, projected from a top-flight, fine-resolution Panasonic video projector onto a 120” diagonal screen. [...] [...] On the other end of this process, having an HDV submaster meant I had the ability to screen the film easily and in full resolution on any HD monitor. This brings us back to the preview screening at the Mill Gallery: When I left that first screening I thought of Guy’s Movie Night at my friend Daev’s place in Santa Cruz. Weeks before, as noted here, we watched Live Free or Die Hard there, projected from a top-flight, fine-resolution Panasonic video projector onto a 120” diagonal screen. [...]

]]> By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-167435 Skot Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:29:25 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-167435 Alright, I just checked out DEATH PROOF. Even worse than PLANET TERROR. Name-checking 1970s fast-car films doesn't legitimize the half-baked ideas trying to pass for a story. Having cute actresses spout gobs of free-form Tarantino-speak doesn't make the dialog interesting. The final stunt-filled chase was well done-- until you realize the preceding 75 minutes were all time-wasting, flimsy justification for getting two MOPAR muscle cars to bang against each other, while Zoe Bell hangs onto a car hood for no goddamn good reason. Alright, I just checked out DEATH PROOF. Even worse than PLANET TERROR. Name-checking 1970s fast-car films doesn’t legitimize the half-baked ideas trying to pass for a story. Having cute actresses spout gobs of free-form Tarantino-speak doesn’t make the dialog interesting.

The final stunt-filled chase was well done– until you realize the preceding 75 minutes were all time-wasting, flimsy justification for getting two MOPAR muscle cars to bang against each other, while Zoe Bell hangs onto a car hood for no goddamn good reason.

]]> By: chris http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-166793 chris Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:36:32 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-166793 Movies are supposed to be like real life. No, not actual real life, but our false-memory real life. Like how growing up I remember the summers were hot and long and it always snowed on Christmas Eve. Wait a minute... I grew up in Santa Cruz where the average annual temperature only varies by about 10 degrees, summertime means fog, and the once-every-ten-years-snowfall melts the second it hits the ground. The point is, our fond memories are punctuated by Unbelievable Coincidences. We find them, well, memorable. ...and entertaining. I think that's why the UC as a story-advancing device is not only tolerated and accepted, it's anticipated. We aren't even aware of it unless by its absence. Thanks, Skot, for another fine article. Movies are supposed to be like real life. No, not actual real life, but our false-memory real life. Like how growing up I remember the summers were hot and long and it always snowed on Christmas Eve. Wait a minute… I grew up in Santa Cruz where the average annual temperature only varies by about 10 degrees, summertime means fog, and the once-every-ten-years-snowfall melts the second it hits the ground.
The point is, our fond memories are punctuated by Unbelievable Coincidences. We find them, well, memorable. …and entertaining. I think that’s why the UC as a story-advancing device is not only tolerated and accepted, it’s anticipated. We aren’t even aware of it unless by its absence.
Thanks, Skot, for another fine article.

]]> By: Daniel http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-166492 Daniel Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:58:32 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/11/the-unbelievable-coincidence/#comment-166492 If you though PLANET TERROR was long, check out Tarentino's DEATH PROOF. Satisfying ending, but it's 30 minutes of entertainment sloshing around in 90 minutes of movie. If you though PLANET TERROR was long, check out Tarentino’s DEATH PROOF. Satisfying ending, but it’s 30 minutes of entertainment sloshing around in 90 minutes of movie.

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