Rod Dreher doesn't like "24" and has been quite critical of its dialogue.
("The lines were so wooden I thought surely the producers had dragooned The Timbertoes into the writing pool.")
(Me-oww.)
It's worth noting that he also thinks that Smokey & the Bandit had a contrived premise; that the Three Stooges failed to convey the true harm that can be done with blunt-forced trauma; that MythBusters spends too little time on the physics behind their experiments and too much time blowing things up; that Ronin would have been better if Frankenheimer had just edited out those boring car chases; and that The Big Lebowski had a garish production design.
But to rest your mind about Rod's aesthetic tastes, there's a particular bread recipe that he really likes. He really likes this bread.
I mean, he really likes it.
And let us not dare to question Rod's masculinity: after all, he has a beard.
[cough]
well, what i loved was dreher's "sorkin writes great dialogue" line. that's such a freaking canard. no one talks like sorkin dialogue unless they are freaking insufferable and on coke (kinda like...sorkin). sorkin dialogue is like listening to someone read a script aloud while feeling really smart doing it. sorkin dialogue is written to gratify dumb actors who want to make everyone think they are really quick-witted and bright.
ReplyDeleterod strikes yet another pet peeve of mine with unfailing accuracy -- "sorkin writes great dialogue". i bet he loves mamet too.
http://coalitionforfog1.blogspot.com/2007/01/original-comerford-thread.html
ReplyDeletestart at 130pm. so deeply funny. my sides are aching.
what if they talk like authentic comic book characters?
ReplyDelete"come on Chloe, don't go all mainstream on me!"
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