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I've enjoyed CWO more with each additional viewing. I've had the opposite result with 2001. My first reaction to 2001 was, "Not sure what just happened, but I am intrigued". 3 or 4 viewings later it was, "F##k you, you ***#ing piece of s##t!".
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The 20-minute colorgasm was enough to go right to the second stage for me. It was the most useless scene I have ever had to watch.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
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Originally posted by Slap Shot View PostI've enjoyed CWO more with each additional viewing. I've had the opposite result with 2001. My first reaction to 2001 was, "Not sure what just happened, but I am intrigued". 3 or 4 viewings later it was, "F##k you, you ***#ing piece of s##t!".
For some reason I remember the "horse on the stairwell" scene from The Commitments as actually having been in Anthony Burgess' book. That might just be because he spends a lot of time describing the anonymous housing that most people live in. Kubrick did a great job of highlighting this in contrast by filming the stolen speeding car going out to the wealthy suburbs.
Also the book has a glossary and an essay on the language, which is a mix of English and Russian. Also, being Burgess, it's VERY political.
In any case, since seeing the movie of CWO I've never been able to hear the William Tell Overture again in the same way.Last edited by Kepler; 07-13-2016, 11:29 AM.Cornell University
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Originally posted by St. Clown View PostA Clockwork Orange is perhaps the most disturbing and yet enthralling movies I've ever seen.
I've never seen the movie version of Lord of the Flies but if they did as good a job with that movie as the author did with the book, that's another movie that would fit the "disturbing yet enthralling" category. Though it's hard to imagine the irony of the boys being "rescued" by a warship during wartime would resonate as much on film as it did in text.Last edited by FreshFish; 07-13-2016, 03:48 PM."Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things."
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Originally posted by FreshFish View PostI've never seen the movie version of Lord of the Flies but if they did as good a job with that movie as the author did with the book, that's another movie that would fit the "disturbing yet enthralling" category. Though it's hard to imagine the irony of the boys being "rescued" by a warship during wartime would resonate as much on film as it did in text.
In that vein, another thing that's really disturbing is the 19th century public (meaning: private) school 1971 BBC TV serial "Tom Brown's School Days." It portrays the hazing of younger boys by the older boys, hinting at if not actually showing rape, in a way that as a 12 or 13-year old watching it completely freaked me out.Cornell University
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Never seen Clockwork Orange, but does "Requiem for a Dream" fit under "disturbing, yet enthralling?"
I own the DVD, played it once (back in 2004), and haven't played it since.Facebook: bcowles920 Instagram: missthundercat01
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostI've never seen it (or, somehow, read it) but I've heard the movie is not nearly as disturbing as the book.
In that vein, another thing that's really disturbing is the 19th century public (meaning: private) school 1971 BBC TV serial "Tom Brown's School Days." It portrays the hazing of younger boys by the older boys, hinting at if not actually showing rape, in a way that as a 12 or 13-year old watching it completely freaked me out.Russell Jaslow
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WADA gives up all pretense of even trying.
Less than a month ago, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended its accreditation of the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory, which was supposed to handle all drug tests related to the Rio Olympics. WADA—which is as inept and corrupt a sporting body as you’ll find on this planet—cited a vague and unspecified “non-conformity” in its reasoning for pulling the plug on the only lab anywhere close to Rio de Janeiro.
Today, they changed their minds and decided to reinstate the lab.Cornell University
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Russian track and field athletes banned from participating in the Olympics in Rio.
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Originally posted by Scarlet View Post
It's just that the appeals court upheld the ban. Now the other half of the fun begins -- what decision is made for the rest of the Russian athletes?Russell Jaslow
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Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View PostTechnically, they were already banned.
It's just that the appeals court upheld the ban. Now the other half of the fun begins -- what decision is made for the rest of the Russian athletes?FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: 2012 FROZEN FOUR
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Originally posted by mookie1995 View Post....And The Banned Played On
There was a story on the artistic synchronized swimmers getting the shaft on BBC. Pretty clearly they never did anything wrong but if the whole team is banned they will be too. I guess the only ones who would be allowed to compete under a different flag are those who were training in another country. If there are non-Russian athletes who trained with the Russians they would be banned too, which would REALLY suck. Back in the Soviet era the Russians used to help train African teams for the international goodwill -- not sure if they still do.Cornell University
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