<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post951512505868293058..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6684226923750894080</id><published>2009-03-17T16:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T16:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m sorry, I just can&#39;t watch any filming of Watch...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m sorry, I just can&#39;t watch any filming of Watchmen that scores the death of four million Manhattanites to any music other than &quot;Chelsea Hotel #2.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(So, yeah, Andy, you should read that again as an adult. It has flaws, but right-wingery ain&#39;t one of &#39;em.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/6684226923750894080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/6684226923750894080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1237320480000#c6684226923750894080' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan Penton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10063708017183673227</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1329336818"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 17, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5711548711997324287</id><published>2009-03-13T02:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T02:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>All I can say about this film is never again. Afte...</title><summary type='text'>All I can say about this film is never again. &lt;BR/&gt;After sitting in front of it with one of my adult kids and her friend, &lt;BR/&gt;and leaving halfway though for the more well-crafted art &lt;BR/&gt;taking place in a small pub up the street from the cinema where we met up later - &lt;BR/&gt;Never Again!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just nothing there, even when held up to its genre counterparts.&lt;BR/&gt;Sis Boom Bah and Holy Hooplah </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/5711548711997324287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/5711548711997324287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1236924780000#c5711548711997324287' title=''/><author><name>giveitaname</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14218614927360980192</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-912166607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8558323066782272796</id><published>2009-03-11T00:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T00:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy Gricevich--Hey there. A quick note: You might...</title><summary type='text'>Andy Gricevich--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hey there. A quick note: You might want to revisit the Watchmen comic series. There&#39;s nothing right wing about it. Looking past Moore&#39;s extreme left-wing personal politics, the book is a critique, an indictment of right wing impulses in superhero books. Unfortunately, the book was misread, lashed to Miller&#39;s Dark Knight (which was borderline fascist) and used </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/8558323066782272796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/8558323066782272796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1236745500000#c8558323066782272796' title=''/><author><name>Joseph</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04198361010239184280</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1692273932"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3594385398036071637</id><published>2009-03-10T13:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T13:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, that sex scene was insipid and laughable trip...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, that sex scene was insipid and laughable tripe.  The changed ending left major plot holes (pun intended).  Yet I found the movie eminently watchable and enjoyable, save for the occasional jarring interjection of graphic violence and Matrix-y filmmaking meant to be parodic but ended up merely distracting and gratuitous.  Wonder what other gems (or genre cliches) await us in the inevitable </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/3594385398036071637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/3594385398036071637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1236705060000#c3594385398036071637' title=''/><author><name>Eric Hoffman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04092745122835543138</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pAxj5X-FteQ/STRXxsW4c-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/wXwOzLmIGbc/S220/reichyank2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-419353143"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1947474253306403371</id><published>2009-03-09T23:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T23:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m with Georgie. CGI really sucks. WALL-E was the...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m with Georgie. CGI really sucks. WALL-E was the first computer-animated film I saw that made me think that could be art, or even look passable. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cameron: not to say that your point&#39;s not relevant, but:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(not having seen WATCHMEN, though having been an avid rereader in high school)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If the movie &lt;I&gt;does&lt;/I&gt; pose itself as serious in content (even if not serious in the &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/1947474253306403371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/1947474253306403371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1236654960000#c1947474253306403371' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6k4HvGxKtyg/SVPBwJ5AtYI/AAAAAAAAACI/AIiTa7_THRM/S220/Shadow+Head.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-19170544955472042</id><published>2009-03-09T19:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T19:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/19170544955472042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/19170544955472042'/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3800250099297724297</id><published>2009-03-09T19:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T19:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I often sit thru big Hollywood movies and feel mil...</title><summary type='text'>I often sit thru big Hollywood movies and feel mildly entertained (I wasn&#39;t bored!), then upon reflection what remains in my memory falls apart until my opinion of the movie slides into deep ugh. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was surprised to find I liked Watchmen. Yes, part of it was low expectations. And it&#39;s been so many years since I read Moore&#39;s Watchmen (note that he made sure his name did not appear in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/3800250099297724297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/3800250099297724297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1236641640000#c3800250099297724297' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iMEmv6aWYmc/SUbr7qd5GII/AAAAAAAAAW0/VdzuqU-cysU/S220/GIandSundy.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4399829282647606917</id><published>2009-03-09T11:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T11:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The most obvious thing to observe about the state ...</title><summary type='text'>The most obvious thing to observe about the state of movie-making today is that the potential for visual manipulation is so great, in contrast to the evident imaginative resources which are being brought to bear on those potentials.  With the rapid development of sophisticated computer animation and high definition, has come increased cost.  Will that hurdle be lowered as time goes on?  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/4399829282647606917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/4399829282647606917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1236611100000#c4399829282647606917' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5101327317756685863</id><published>2009-03-09T07:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T07:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;It is enough to make you ask of cinema – is that ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;It is enough to make you ask of cinema – is that all there is?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not sure that there really needs to be more.  Certain films (&quot;Milk&quot; &quot;Drunken Angel&quot;) lend themselves to the idea of politics.  Some (&quot;Requiem for a Dream&quot; anything by Lyncher) are for &quot;art.&quot;  But I&#39;m not convinced that everything has to have something laying behind pure entertainment.  And I don&#39;t think film is alone </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/5101327317756685863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/951512505868293058/comments/default/5101327317756685863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html?showComment=1236597960000#c5101327317756685863' title=''/><author><name>Cameron Mount</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12451576395642390742</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KwYQHktnLpE/SaLlxyD7x-I/AAAAAAAAAeA/DLW6vIVLHYk/S220/test.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/03/malin-akerman-patrick-wilson-have-all.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-951512505868293058' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/951512505868293058' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-952559664"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2009"/></entry></feed>