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You can judge for yourself, but noted film critic Roger Ebert thinks that this video of last week's blizzard in New York, which was quickly shot and edited, deserves to win the Oscar for best live-action short subject.
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Comments (14)
Thumbs down.... (Below threshold)1. Posted by DaveD | December 31, 2010 6:53 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Thumbs down.
1. Posted by DaveD | December 31, 2010 6:53 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 06:53
2. Posted by Bob | December 31, 2010 7:45 AM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
I understood this better than Inception - that should count for something.
Ebert is exceptionally knowledgeable about films but he is also a true lefty, which makes his opinions suspect. This short subject was decent and, frankly, I don't have anything to compare it with. It's main virtue is probably its timeliness for New Yorkers, for whom this week's blizzard and the slow response is a fresh, raw memory.
2. Posted by Bob | December 31, 2010 7:45 AM |
Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 07:45
3. Posted by TexBob | December 31, 2010 9:23 AM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Who cares what comrad Ebert thinks?
It's 72° and sunny today in the great state of Texas. :)
Happy New Year everybody!
TB
3. Posted by TexBob | December 31, 2010 9:23 AM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 09:23
4. Posted by jim m | December 31, 2010 9:38 AM | Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
This was OK. I think Ebert is simply enamored by the notion that people are actually making decent videos and posting them online.
Wake up Roger! The internet has been producing quality video and music for quite some time now. Get your lefty head out of your ass and you might find that there is more to society than the insulated leftist enclave that you associate with.
The academy will never accept something like this. It's a threat to everything they know. This means that people don't need a big studio to produce and distribute their films in order to be successful. The Hollywood parasites can't make money because their influence is nullified.
Just like we are seeing musical artists start to make it by putting their own music online and selling it via download this could become the future of video. It won't replace big ticket movies but it will provide another source of competition for them. It will erode their market and in some cases it will completely replace it.
Already there is a better market for documentaries online than there is in the theater.
4. Posted by jim m | December 31, 2010 9:38 AM |
Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 09:38
5. Posted by Carol | December 31, 2010 10:33 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Watching a dog going to the bathroom for 60 seconds was stupid, stupid, stupid.
5. Posted by Carol | December 31, 2010 10:33 AM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 10:33
6. Posted by dnb | December 31, 2010 12:20 PM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
While it was very well done, just another winter day in much of the world. Liked most of it, except the dog part. This, however, was most probably what Ebert liked the best. There is a remarkable resemblance.
6. Posted by dnb | December 31, 2010 12:20 PM |
Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 12:20
7. Posted by exceller | December 31, 2010 1:27 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
The video was very well done. Oscar worthy? who knows. I long ago lost respect for the opinions of Rodger Ebert.
7. Posted by exceller | December 31, 2010 1:27 PM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 13:27
8. Posted by Keith | December 31, 2010 1:29 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I think it was a pretty well made little video. It captured the blizzard and the NYC environs. Oscar winning? Hardly. But give the guy who put this together credit. He has a good eyeand decent production skills.
8. Posted by Keith | December 31, 2010 1:29 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 13:29
9. Posted by Woop | December 31, 2010 1:33 PM | Score: -8 (14 votes cast)
Why is Roger Ebert being villified? He dared to speak his mind and oppose the mighty tea party.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/03/02/2010-03-02_rober_ebert_takes_to_twitter_to_slam_sarah_palin_tea_party_movement.html
Shoot him. Just go shoot him. It's what Jesus would do.
9. Posted by Woop | December 31, 2010 1:33 PM |
Score: -8 (14 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 13:33
10. Posted by Saterp | December 31, 2010 2:34 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
I liked it.
10. Posted by Saterp | December 31, 2010 2:34 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 14:34
11. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | December 31, 2010 3:36 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
No Woop, do just the smallest bit of research... for once, and you'll know why some of us have such disdain for this over-rated lefty hack.
Oh, and have a great New Year everyone!
11. Posted by Son Of The Godfather | December 31, 2010 3:36 PM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on December 31, 2010 15:36
12. Posted by MjM | January 1, 2011 2:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
zzzzzzzzzzz
">This is much more interesting.
12. Posted by MjM | January 1, 2011 2:34 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on January 1, 2011 14:34
13. Posted by MjM | January 1, 2011 2:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This
13. Posted by MjM | January 1, 2011 2:37 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on January 1, 2011 14:37
14. Posted by Ask yourself this... | January 1, 2011 6:24 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Ask yourself this...
If the blizzard had been in Kansas do ya think Ebert would care so much? Or Cleveland?
Of course not.
BTW Woop, if you think Roger Ebert represents the intellectual superiority of your side.... well bother that says volumes.
14. Posted by Ask yourself this... | January 1, 2011 6:24 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on January 1, 2011 18:24