tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post1091788261269459729..comments2023-09-06T01:31:38.653-07:00Comments on Comics, Beer, and Shakespeare: It's no PixarLance Christian Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14662783824480475026noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post-24042986115537039002009-03-31T18:46:00.000-07:002009-03-31T18:46:00.000-07:00Anonymous:Lance wrote me an email in which he mere...Anonymous:<BR/>Lance wrote me an email in which he merely asked me to read this exchange and tell him if he's missing something. The only thing he's missing is that he's being far to permissive with you.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to solve this for him. You are a moron. Not for having a differing point of view (I can't figure out what that is), but simply in terms of your intelligence level. Normally, I wouldn't resort to ad hominem attacks like that, but I'm truly not being personal here. Like Lance, I'm an English teacher, and after several years of doing this, we can tell who is a bad writer and who's just plain stupid. You are both. <BR/>You're also mean-spirited and sarcastic without cause, so I don't feel any remorse in laying the chips down on the table like this. <BR/>I also don't think you were raised in America, which has nothing to do with your intelligence level but might explain some of your garbled syntax. The lack of paragraph breaks is harder to fathom. <BR/>The way you write isn't even somewhat comically entertaining, like some of our students. It just makes my head hurt. <BR/>And if that weren't enough, the fact that you post anonymously makes you a coward. Sigh.Andrew Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705467008503284935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post-82172890598282032462009-03-31T18:32:00.000-07:002009-03-31T18:32:00.000-07:00Perhaps this is foolish of me to continue, but her...Perhaps this is foolish of me to continue, but here goes...<BR/><BR/><I>Not every kids movie can be made by Pixar.</I><BR/><BR/>Are you really this obtuse? That's not my point either. My point is that we can see that one particular studio can do movies that are both smart and kid-friendly. Therefore, there's no reason why we can't have more movies like this, and that we shouldn't hold up a kid's movie to a higher standard.<BR/><BR/>Is that really so hard to comprehened?<BR/><BR/>Regarding all the hard work that it takes to make these movies, that has nothing to do with my point. I paid my money to see something, and I'm giving my thoughts on it. Like I stated before, if I buy a lousy car, do I have to ponder how hard it is to make one before I complain about it? I understand your point; it's just that it makes no sense.<BR/><BR/>The rest of your response is just...well...weird. Do you work for Dreamworks or something? You're taking this all awfully personal.Lance Christian Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662783824480475026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post-82108441597089432522009-03-31T10:27:00.000-07:002009-03-31T10:27:00.000-07:00Not every kids movie can be made by Pixar. Only on...Not every kids movie can be made by Pixar. Only one studio for every animated story? The quality would decrease. And the old Disney movies can't be compared to what we're having today. The focus has changed. Kids and their education have changed. Action comes first, then the word. Please excuse Mr. Teacher, but you missed my point - it's about the hard work writing a good intelligent humouros screenplay. And please "pay attention", it's always easy critising something if you're not part of that kind of business. Watching movies doesn't make you a true expert me neither. It makes you a fan, but not an insider. Have you ever, and be true to yourself, thought about writing such stuff yourself and what kind of hard work that would be? And don't feel too much attacked by that now. I thought as someone who teaches English you'd be interested in think up clever sentences and would take up a well meant invitation to write whatever ... Excuse me but you're only writing a blog not a scientific essay and I don't have to analyse every word like in literary studies. Don't treat me like one of your pupils. I thought we simply could discuss that movie thing. Did I hurt your feelings? Did I get personal mentioning your future child? You want to let the world know who you are, what you think, but do you really want to hear what we have to say even if we're an anonymous visitor? Forgive me but my movie nature has a coming out and I have to refer to a famous last line "... this could have been the beginning of a beautiful friendship." ;-) Smile, thats meant to be something like a joke, even if it's a bad one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post-28433926398905299132009-03-31T06:34:00.000-07:002009-03-31T06:34:00.000-07:00Well, congratulations on completely missing the po...Well, congratulations on completely missing the point. I addressed the whole thing regarding what kids think is funny, but if you pay attention, you'll notice that I'm comparing these movies to the ones being done by Pixar (hence the title of this entry). Pixar makes kids movies with intelligent humor (which is why I said that I was going to watch <I>Wall-E</I> again). And I also pointed out that the classic Disney films are definitely aimed at kids but are still smart.<BR/><BR/>And why do I have to write something better simply because I point out bad writing? If I have a car that's a lemon, do I have to build a better one in order to point out how it keeps breaking down? My ability to write a better screenplay has nothing to do with anything.Lance Christian Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662783824480475026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post-17219655581797656722009-03-31T05:44:00.000-07:002009-03-31T05:44:00.000-07:00Why do you complain about a movie that has to reac...Why do you complain about a movie that has to reach adults and kids the same time? If you say there could be a "better" humor, why don't you make it better and try to write some. Writing for an audience is really hard work and different from that creative writing stuff. These days the fact how much money a movie has to bring in can't be neglected. There has to be a compromise somehow. I wonder at what age you'll teach your kid - that you'll gone have someday - Hamlets' monologue? She or he then probably wants to watch Shrek instead ;-) Your kid will laugh at things that you'll don't consider to be intelligent humor. Kids have their own way of seeing things. They live in their own world. Leave that to them till they are forced to discover what's going on in the world. The times are hard enough. Lance, I'd love to see if you gonna surprise me with some written stuff now. But I know, you won't do that ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com