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Well, I think you've hit the nail on the head. I don't know what "some culture" means, but visual arts, music, dance, and to a lesser extent film are all things I devote time and serious thought to. "Who's a better Bond" is not.

Oooh, a university course! Damn, I wish I had one of those to fall back on!

Well, I think you've hit the nail on the head. I don't know what "some culture" means, but visual arts, music, literature, dance, and to a lesser extent film are all things I devote time and serious thought to. "Who's a better Bond" is not.

i may be wrong, of course, but i don't think violinist was trying to differentiate between himself and the 'average' mind. average meaning people in general, like me...

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yeah, it's silly. But so is psychoanalyzing a bunch of old chaplin films and screwball comedies...

The 2nd Thomas Crown Affair takes as much heat as accolades, but I love that movie.

Monica Bellucci for not being more mainstream and popular. She's at Anglie Jolie level and higher in Sex Appeal and she can act. She also dresses extremely classy, and has a body all men dream about, well, except gays of course

I'd love to hear your musings on music. If your gems in this discussion are any indication, you must be quite the Kenny G and Boccelli fan.

I'm astounded that someone who apparently made it through law school cannot get the fact that I could be interested in finding out why something liek the Bond series has been such a phenomenon, and that people actually devote discussion to it. The same situation doesn't exist for things like Die Hard, but I suppose the sociology of film isn't interesting to people like you.

on that note, while I am a huge 60s era Michael Caine fan, I actually prefer the remake of Alfie with Jude Law. at the risk of sounding like a GQforumite, I loved his wardrobe and the way his character put clothes together, along with the bit-too-small tight fits. And he rode on a 60s vespa.....it's like the Alfie character was a mod without the film ever referencing such a fact. It's the role that Jude Law was born to play. So much so that when people mention JLaw as a "sartorial influence", many times it's a reference to his Alfie character, not actual Jude Law, the real person.

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Freud attempted to pyschoanalyze Woodrow Wilson but failed rather badly.

The analysis of the popular culture can be traced back to the Warhol set, and the French Theory that was then pre-dominant.

Brendan Fraser.

That's right, Brendan Fraser.

Ooh, good call.

ugh. I intentionally avoid movies with him in it. I'd like to hear your rationale on him...

[quote=Lamo]i may be wrong, of course, but i don't think violinist was trying to differentiate between himself and the 'average' mind. average meaning people in general, like me...[quote]

Given the dreck that Hollywood puts out for the "average movie going mind", I'd avoid putting too much thought in to anlayzing it...

He was great in The Quiet American. He was supposedly great in Gods and Monsters (though I never saw it). I even liked him in School Ties, With Honors, and The Mummy. He seems to take a lot of comedic roles which don't necessarily showcase his talents. He also seems to be having a lot of fun doing what he's doing, so perhaps he's on to something.

I must have slept through the course in self-important pop culture aficianados, as I did so many others.
I get that you're interested in Bond. I never suggested otherwise. I'm not. You're right - the "sociology of film" isn't interesting to me. If it's interesting to you, bully for you. That brings us back to the point I originally raised - people can legitimately have different tastes and interests without one of them having to be a "victim of sheep mentality" or whatever other self-stroking constructions you put on it. The rest of your random, manic little tantrums are directed at arguments I never raised. And dude, Kenny G rocks - sociologically speaking, he's what made American Hardcore work as a film. It's just a shame that MacKaye doesn't give him enough credit for his critical role in Fugazi's development.