tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post3940621190075062946..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Jeffrey Lyons, "Critic", on I'm Not ThereNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-74663223505319625102008-01-09T17:31:00.000-05:002008-01-09T17:31:00.000-05:00And just for the record, Armond White is utterly u...And just for the record, Armond White is utterly useless with a Spielberg fetish bordering the pathological.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-4933748024640352772008-01-09T17:30:00.000-05:002008-01-09T17:30:00.000-05:00Lyons is the biggest tool. Ever.Lyons is the biggest tool. Ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65116707861058061262007-12-13T23:12:00.000-05:002007-12-13T23:12:00.000-05:00Lyons doesn't even understand what Haynes' is tryi...Lyons doesn't even understand what Haynes' is trying to do. He doesnt try to. Hate the movie? Great. But show some level of intellectual rigor when you trash it! It's strange that this "official critic" gets paid for his job when far better film criticism is made by bloggers like yourself and countless others. Lyons is just a bozo. The popular ones usually are. Ever try reading Ebert's reviews? Drivel. Not as egreiously awful as Lyons but schockingly bad from a person who for most Americans IS the face of film criticism.Matt Siglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192264713975819929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-41427231195413911522007-12-13T14:00:00.000-05:002007-12-13T14:00:00.000-05:00I don't know whether to be embarrassed or horrifie...I don't know whether to be embarrassed or horrified by this lazy piece of "criticism." It's fine that he doesn't like the movie but saying because it's not like Ray is an incredibly weak argument.El Gigantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12273552212921198816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51792990661844700662007-12-12T10:11:00.000-05:002007-12-12T10:11:00.000-05:00Well I didn't really care for "I'm Not There," eit...Well I didn't really care for "I'm Not There," either, but why should Jeffrey Lyons have anything against nepotism? This is his dad:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/3aq99kAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-79134036799534333362007-12-12T03:55:00.000-05:002007-12-12T03:55:00.000-05:00Just... why is it people like THIS who have the jo...Just... why is it people like THIS who have the jobs? Why?<BR/><BR/>And is it totally cynical of me to suggest that perhaps the woman's contrary opinion was driven more by a need to have the show be interesting and have the two argue than by her genuinely engaging with and loving the film? She just didn't seem that passionate in her defense... more like she was playing the role of "real critic" to give some drama to the dialogue.<BR/><BR/>Oy.adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-45199494861671112492007-12-12T00:13:00.000-05:002007-12-12T00:13:00.000-05:00she should have said something like, "so you're a ...she should have said something like, "so you're a member of BFCA then?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-25001765282188416142007-12-11T23:38:00.000-05:002007-12-11T23:38:00.000-05:00anonymous -- i didn't love I'M NOT THERE and I can...anonymous -- i didn't love I'M NOT THERE and I can understand why it turn some people off.<BR/><BR/>... but the point is that Lyons is not even trying to do the job of film criticism. he's not engaging with the cinema at all. he's just complaining.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2822672841860467772007-12-11T23:22:00.000-05:002007-12-11T23:22:00.000-05:00He's whining. In a whiny tone. Whiny whining. Is t...He's <EM>whining</EM>. In a whiny tone. Whiny whining. Is that considered criticism now? <BR/><BR/>"But I wanted it to be that..." What? What? Watch the movie you're watching, and like or dislike it based on its own merits, not based on the movie you wished you were watching instead.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061313079120981794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-91370806799410875052007-12-11T23:14:00.000-05:002007-12-11T23:14:00.000-05:00You know what: I think all you film snobs are forg...You know what: I think all you film snobs are forgetting one thing FILMS ARE SUBJECTIVE> Can't you get that through you're thick HEADS> Damn. I happen to like Ray and I didn't like I'm NOT There. I will relinquish in joy if I'm Not There is NOT nominated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-43129905865837032842007-12-11T23:06:00.000-05:002007-12-11T23:06:00.000-05:00Someone should show him Ellen Burstyn's "I'm old!"...Someone should show him Ellen Burstyn's "I'm old!" scene from Requiem for a Dream because his protests are sounding an awful lot like it.......The Jaded Armchair Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511211427198395696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-59475649407932734952007-12-11T22:53:00.000-05:002007-12-11T22:53:00.000-05:00Him and his son should be banned from film critici...Him and his son should be banned from film criticism. I hate them both.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960849284510182412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-3028639529048493452007-12-11T21:53:00.000-05:002007-12-11T21:53:00.000-05:00The only time I see Jeffrey Lyons is when I'm taki...The only time I see Jeffrey Lyons is when I'm taking a long cab ride and he pops up on the monitor. He's irritably idiotic.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and his son...well, here's a story about little Ben Lyons. Last year he was covering the Globe Globe nominations for E! and in the post-nomination discussion, he seemed baffled and disappointed that one of his favorite movies of the year, The Da Vinci Code, was snubbed. Now, I suppose I can deal with an entertainment journalist enjoying trash like The Da Vinci Code, but do some research buddy! Is it that hard?<BR/><BR/>Nepotism is the worst--especially when the patriarch is barely qualified as well.Nick M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12566330717380805279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-89708342612863587802007-12-11T21:12:00.000-05:002007-12-11T21:12:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.TALKING MOVIEzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11621046844665110326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-21813675809618090722007-12-11T20:24:00.000-05:002007-12-11T20:24:00.000-05:00WTF? Amazing. And they get paid for that.Even sadd...WTF? Amazing. And they get paid for that.<BR/><BR/>Even sadder is the fact that Ray got nominated for Best Picture. I'm Not There most probably will not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33704738204368913472007-12-11T19:16:00.000-05:002007-12-11T19:16:00.000-05:00Yeah, but why stop at asking Todd Haynes to learn ...Yeah, but why stop at asking Todd Haynes to learn filmmaking from Ray. I'm sure that those hacks like Welles, Bergman, Godard, Scorsese, and Polanski could sure learn a thing from watching the great modern filmmakers like Paul Haggis.John Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778817752411507792noreply@blogger.com