CaptainMac wrote:
In a class I took last semester, the prof made us watch this old black and white movie called "The Manchurian Candidate". He broke it up into segments so that it took a few classes to get through it.
I usually did one of the following during the movie:
-sleep
-photo editing on my laptop
When it came time for the discussion, I simply pulled up a synopsis on IMDB.com, answered a question based on what I read there, and got my full participation points.
The Manchurian Candidate?!?!?! You have got to be kidding me! Is it that classroom analysis can ruin just about anything, or that it was broken up into pieces? I could grant that it was not your sort of thing, maybe... That was an incredible movie!
On the other hand, I've never had much use for Gone With the Wind, and that's supposed to be one of the best movies ever. Like I care what happens to a spoiled little hillbilly? I had to grow up with dumb little tarts who had almost the exact same accent and attitude. The only differences were the date and the income. But I digress...
For a truly dumb movie... Cops and Robbersons. One of my examples in the ever boggling, "Why isn't he funny now?" monologues I sometimes deliver to my poor husband. I think I'll start a thread on it.
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