Re: FINAL Top Ten (Or So) Films Of 2008!!!

by **geezer9687** Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:56 am

It was from a book... they didn't just make it up unless they pulled a Watchmen.

by mfrendo Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:32 am

Buscemi wrote:The Reader had one of the dumbest twists in film history.

Spoiler:

How did the Academy find this concept good enough to give the film a Best Picture nomination? Oh wait, it wasn't the film itself. It was Harvey Weinstein promoting the film to be nominated!

That was a pretty bad twist, but I thought her portrayal was very close to how it was. She didn't intend to be EVIL per se, but was following without thinking, which is how most evil takes place.

by IPKI$$ Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:36 am

First of all, that wasn't intended to be a 'twist'. It was illustrating (quite effectively IMO) the theme of truth vs. honesty. I know I'm outnumbered here, but I really loved that movie. It was one of the few movies I saw last year that simply blew me away. The Reader and The Wrestler were far ahead of everything else I saw last year.

by Donte77 Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:21 pm

mfrendo wrote: She didn't intend to be EVIL per se, but was following without thinking, which is how most evil takes place.

And that explains the majority of evil in mankind and the nazi party specifically.

by **Buscemi** Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:27 pm

Donte77 wrote:
mfrendo wrote: She didn't intend to be EVIL per se, but was following without thinking, which is how most evil takes place.

And that explains the majority of evil in mankind and the nazi party specifically.

But shouldn't they have put emphasis on that rather than

Spoiler:

?

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