http://nloding.com/blog/2010/01/06/film-review-bad-lieutenant-port-of-call-new-orleans-2009/ random thoughts about random things Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:43:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://nloding.com/blog/2010/01/06/film-review-bad-lieutenant-port-of-call-new-orleans-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Erin Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:13:01 +0000 http://nloding.com/blog/?p=79#comment-852 I'd be happy with never seeing this movie again. There are other films I've seen that made me uncomfortable, but I liked them anyway, and understood their significance. Recently I've been seeing more and more of these in your face uncomfortable films that I don't understand, and I often find myself wanting to turn them off in the middle with no plan to return to them. This is one of the latter. The older I get the more I promote escapist films. I don't want to watch uncomfortable, gritty, in your face films that make me squirm anymore. Let's get some good comedies in the mix. When was the last time you saw a really clever comedy that reminded you that you don't have to laugh at fart jokes and prat falls? I’d be happy with never seeing this movie again. There are other films I’ve seen that made me uncomfortable, but I liked them anyway, and understood their significance. Recently I’ve been seeing more and more of these in your face uncomfortable films that I don’t understand, and I often find myself wanting to turn them off in the middle with no plan to return to them. This is one of the latter. The older I get the more I promote escapist films. I don’t want to watch uncomfortable, gritty, in your face films that make me squirm anymore. Let’s get some good comedies in the mix. When was the last time you saw a really clever comedy that reminded you that you don’t have to laugh at fart jokes and prat falls?

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