Lawrence of Arabia vs Dr Zhivago

JLocke wrote: What? You either like something, or you don't.

How does that contradict anything I wrote in here? I don't think we're in any disagreement about that.

JLocke wrote: If I don't like something, then I don't consider it 'good'. I didn't like Lawrence of Arabia, so I don't consider it good. That's all I'm saying, haha.  But many people do consider it good, so I'm in the minority.

That's OK, but please don't come over a film (album, book etc) discussion and say "It is (=> objectively) not good because I (=> subjectively) thought it's not good", that's a logical contradiction. Otherwise you are free to express your lack of enthusiasm for this film, your lack of adherence to any cult regarding it, etc

harmonium.ro wrote: JLocke wrote: What? You either like something, or you don't. How does that contradict anything I wrote in here? I don't think we're in any disagreement about that. JLocke wrote: If I don't like something, then I don't consider it 'good'. I didn't like Lawrence of Arabia, so I don't consider it good. That's all I'm saying, haha.  But many people do consider it good, so I'm in the minority.  That's OK, but please don't come over a film (album, book etc) discussion and say "It is (=> objectively) not good because I (=> subjectively) thought it's not good", that's a logical contradiction. Otherwise you are free to express your lack of enthusiasm for this film, your lack of adherence to any cult regarding it, etc

Lawrence of Arabia > 98% of films ever made.

I saw Lawrence of Arabia on the cinema today....

i am, certainly i am, i crave for desserts

I love Lawrence because of the beautiful women. Oh, that was Zhivago. Never mind!

Edited by SteveG - April 14 2015 at 15:23

^Wait until you been in the desert on a horse with no name. That horse will look pretty good to you after awhile! 

^Absolutely agree on LoA and Zhivago being widescreen wonders. I wanted to be a cinematographer when I was a young teen after seeing both these movies and the widescreen racing epic Grand Prix that was out about the same time, until I saw Hendrix in concert and it all went strange from there! And it's been a bit strange ever since. Fun but strange! I'm presently in Japan on business, (and dying of jet lag) so how strange is that!

Edited by SteveG - April 14 2015 at 15:48

^That's easy to answer. E.M. Forster got hurt by David Lean (he was also the screenwriter) changing the book's ending into a charming let's forget all about the injustices I just suffered through and be good friends from now on type of ending.A tragedy to mess with one of the world's great novelist's stories.

Edited by SteveG - April 14 2015 at 19:01

The Dark Elf wrote: According to an extensive review at this site...   http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/zhivago.asp   ...your indignation is overwrought. The selfsame actress came back three weeks later to reshoot the scene. Apparently, David Lean being a monster makes for a better story than what actually happened.