I’m not going to quote all the reviews now pouring in, but this one line from Christopher Orr in the New Republic about the film’s first 45 minutes is too good to pass up:
“…to call it slow is to insult inertia.”
10 comments
Wick, Far be it from me to dispute your omnipotent wisdom on this film. And I appreciate your concern for my financial well being in the movie business. If anyone understands the challenges of running a media business, its you.
You make it seem as if there arent any positive reviews. Not that Im suprised that such “fair and balanced” blogging would come from you.
If anyone has an interest in seeing all reviews listed, good and bad, they can head over to rotten tomatoes
Thanks for the independent and objective journalism Wick. We can always count of D Mag and Front Burner for that.
m
@ 1:56 pm on November 16, 2007
Mark, I’m pleased that you’ve once again opened the lines of communication between you and the magazine. We’ve missed you.
@ 2:18 pm on November 16, 2007
And, I must say, the newly svelte Mr. Cuban (dude, can I drop 20 by dancing with kym? can you make that happen?) has a point. Check out metacritic for a more well-rounded take, where you’ll get Roger Ebert praising it, Joe Morgenstern (who I like) loathing it, and my favorite critic, David Edelstein, somewhere in the middle.
Now you post something and they bend over backwards to kiss your ass.
I would be far more concerned it Wich Allison liked it.
Jack Jett
@ 3:24 pm on November 16, 2007
JJ, you are on fire today.
@ 4:08 pm on November 16, 2007
I hadnet seen Wick crawl out in years. I just couldnt resist the opportunitiy when his name popped up in my RSS reader
m
@ 4:22 pm on November 16, 2007
[munching popcorn with Eric]
@ 6:30 pm on November 16, 2007
i am sick of reading all this crap
about how people hate the film and its anti
american, or its going to cause soldiers to be killed.
If any movie has the impact to make people lose
their self control and go out and kill americans then
it must be a work of genius. So you people need to
stop blaming the film for what people may or may
not do and blame the people, otherwise your
admitting the film has power wich means the film is
good.
@ 7:58 pm on November 27, 2007
I wonder what the soldiers who are living in that hell think of this? Reading off youtube and the internet is different from being acive on the battle lines. Such shame. Randy Dowdy
@ 8:01 pm on November 27, 2007
I do believe the biggest problem we are facing in the USA is the hi-jacking of our Constitution by the current president and his cronies. The second biggest problem is lack of voter participation, with the vast majority belonging to lower income earners. Every American citizen that receives government assistance ought to be required to vote, lest they lose their stipend, i.e. educational aid, welfare, health care, etc. Of all the freedoms that our military and their families have sacrificed so much for, the right to vote is and should be the most precious. Their sacrifices have also enabled people like Bill “O’Really” to exercise their freedom to speak. Bill O waves the flag of patriotism so fiercely yet he dishonors this same flag by resorting to distorting facts, telling half-truths as well as outright lies in order to influence a person’s voting preference. Bill O’Reilly and people like him (right or left) should be totally ashamed of themselves for abusing this freedom as well as dishonoring the aforementioned sacrifices. They should use honesty and integrity when reporting the news. To do otherwise is to resort to being nothing more than a propagandist.
@ 3:32 pm on December 17, 2007
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
10 comments
Wick, Far be it from me to dispute your omnipotent wisdom on this film. And I appreciate your concern for my financial well being in the movie business. If anyone understands the challenges of running a media business, its you.
You make it seem as if there arent any positive reviews. Not that Im suprised that such “fair and balanced” blogging would come from you.
If anyone has an interest in seeing all reviews listed, good and bad, they can head over to rotten tomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008755-redacted/?sortby=date&critic=columns
Thanks for the independent and objective journalism Wick. We can always count of D Mag and Front Burner for that.
m
Mark, I’m pleased that you’ve once again opened the lines of communication between you and the magazine. We’ve missed you.
And, I must say, the newly svelte Mr. Cuban (dude, can I drop 20 by dancing with kym? can you make that happen?) has a point. Check out metacritic for a more well-rounded take, where you’ll get Roger Ebert praising it, Joe Morgenstern (who I like) loathing it, and my favorite critic, David Edelstein, somewhere in the middle.
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/redacted?q=redacted
Cuban..
This mag has been ragging on you for years.’
Now you post something and they bend over backwards to kiss your ass.
I would be far more concerned it Wich Allison liked it.
Jack Jett
JJ, you are on fire today.
I hadnet seen Wick crawl out in years. I just couldnt resist the opportunitiy when his name popped up in my RSS reader
m
[munching popcorn with Eric]
i am sick of reading all this crap
about how people hate the film and its anti
american, or its going to cause soldiers to be killed.
If any movie has the impact to make people lose
their self control and go out and kill americans then
it must be a work of genius. So you people need to
stop blaming the film for what people may or may
not do and blame the people, otherwise your
admitting the film has power wich means the film is
good.
I wonder what the soldiers who are living in that hell think of this? Reading off youtube and the internet is different from being acive on the battle lines. Such shame. Randy Dowdy
I do believe the biggest problem we are facing in the USA is the hi-jacking of our Constitution by the current president and his cronies. The second biggest problem is lack of voter participation, with the vast majority belonging to lower income earners. Every American citizen that receives government assistance ought to be required to vote, lest they lose their stipend, i.e. educational aid, welfare, health care, etc. Of all the freedoms that our military and their families have sacrificed so much for, the right to vote is and should be the most precious. Their sacrifices have also enabled people like Bill “O’Really” to exercise their freedom to speak. Bill O waves the flag of patriotism so fiercely yet he dishonors this same flag by resorting to distorting facts, telling half-truths as well as outright lies in order to influence a person’s voting preference. Bill O’Reilly and people like him (right or left) should be totally ashamed of themselves for abusing this freedom as well as dishonoring the aforementioned sacrifices. They should use honesty and integrity when reporting the news. To do otherwise is to resort to being nothing more than a propagandist.