tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post2910193839349954801..comments2024-03-18T00:41:13.588-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: TAGGED! FIVE BLOGS I CAN'T (WON'T) DO WITHOUTDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-15152914809277397102007-06-20T19:23:00.000-07:002007-06-20T19:23:00.000-07:00To Peet, David, Brian, and Matt, Keith, Jeffrey an...To Peet, David, Brian, and Matt, Keith, Jeffrey and all the good folks at the <I>House</I>, I hope it's clear that mentioning you all in the opening comments of this blog was my oh-so-clever way of expanding a list I'd already planned to inflate past the imposed limit of five to include four more blogs that I really couldn't do without. (Kids, in the future you have my permission to consult this post as empirical proof that five really does equal 10!) <BR/><BR/>Damian: A chink, if not a full-on crack, in the <I>1941</I> armor?! I can't wait for August! :) Soon you'll be singing that John Williams march in your sleep, soldier!<BR/><BR/>Campaspe: You're very welcome. I'm really looking forward to your list, because I bet I'll be introduced to at least one or two blogs that I've never seen before! And yeah, that five choices thing, as you've seen, was something I really had to work hard to find a way around!<BR/><BR/>Cinebeats: Finding a good, smart horror site is easier said that done, and I'm really glad I somehow stumbled upon yours. (I wish I could remember how, exactly-- guess I'll just have to chalk it up to good old-fashioned luck.) And thanks for the thoughts on <I>Hostel II</I>. Though I'll be on vacation for the next six days, I'll try to post some reaction to your comments too. By the way, Jim has started up a very interesting conversation about the movie <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/ysqfy3" REL="nofollow">here</A>. I really liked his concluding thought.<BR/><BR/>Shamus: And I want that on double-spaced pages with a header and page number in the top right-hand corner of every page! Where'd you go on vac? I picture you and the family unit in some mountain resort somewhere. Don't know why! And by the way, I didn't even have to think twice-- I knew your blog would make the list! I'm just glad I got to you before someone else did!<BR/><BR/>Jim: Holy hell, I hope you had someone taking care of you. Your experience sounds nightmarish-- literally so-- and that dying fish imagery puts me in mind of <I>The Host</I> for some reason. I'm really glad you're feeling better. I finally got to <I>Knocked Up</I> Sunday night (and ducked into a late show of <I>Ocean's 13</I> afterward to make me feel better about the $11 ticket price) and I was bowled over by it. It's a much more solid movie than <I>40 Year Old Virgin</I> (which I loved), and I thought your characterization of that confrontation scene between Rudd and Mann when she finds out his secret was spot on-- you're never led to an Apatow-approved response as to what's transpiring there, and as a married man I found myself switching gears about every 30 seconds, from horror to amusement, to pain of self-recognition, to a kind of appalled glee that everything about the scene was so right, and yet so difficult, and that Apatow didn't go for the easy laughs. I promise I'll check in at your site for more. And I wanna drop in on the Eli Roth discussion too-- I will do so when I get settled up in the Beaver State on Friday.<BR/>Get well, my friend, and thanks again for the great work you do. Oh, and by the way, I got an e-mail from Milan Pavlovic the other day-- my issue is in the mail!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-76399985275036726332007-06-20T12:04:00.000-07:002007-06-20T12:04:00.000-07:00You da man, Dennis. I've just spent a day and a h...You da man, Dennis. I've just spent a day and a half in a state of indescribable delirium, where I thought I was having a prolonged heart attack (I felt like I had a dying fish in my chest), food poisoning and/or flu. Finally reaching some semblance of consciousness Wednesday noon. And I came to to your kind words! I'm feeling better already...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-49244027346942302762007-06-18T19:54:00.000-07:002007-06-18T19:54:00.000-07:00Dennis, I just logged back in after a week off for...Dennis, I just logged back in after a week off for vacation and what do you give me...MORE HOMEWORK! You're going to make a great teacher! That's really nice of you to tag me. Of course, you picked many of the blogs I would have automatically picked, with you at the top of the list. I'll have to get my head out of the vacation clouds, but I'll try to respond soon. The idea of having the word "thinking" associated with my blog is too much to resist. Thanks again for the kind words. As I always say, without your initial encouragement, I wouldn't still be here driving people crazy with my changing web addresses and templates.Larry Aydlettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032594598176185353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-88164541551216219472007-06-17T10:24:00.000-07:002007-06-17T10:24:00.000-07:00Thanks so much for the kind words about my blog De...Thanks so much for the kind words about my blog Dennis. You made me blush.<BR/><BR/>It might take me awhile to post a similar list since I'm knee deep in a bunch of other things, but I'll respond as soon as I can. Thanks again!Kimberly Lindbergshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605498572070631516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-55944629960305374122007-06-17T05:09:00.000-07:002007-06-17T05:09:00.000-07:00Wow, thank you so much, Dennis! I am going to give...Wow, thank you so much, Dennis! I am going to give this some serious thought on my end. So many great bloggers, and only five choices? *racks brain*The Sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587505433284584391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-4461146850249344552007-06-16T23:17:00.000-07:002007-06-16T23:17:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for the shout-out, Dennis. You a...Thank you so much for the shout-out, Dennis. You are a scholar and a gentleman. My only regret is that I am unable to return the favor. Had I been selected for this Award by someone else, I definitely would have chosen your blog as one of my five.<BR/><BR/>Also, I know exactly what you mean about the sense of "validation" you received from Jim Emerson, Matt Zoeler Seitz and co. I experienced the same thing when Matt referred to me as a "critic" in one of his posts on House Next Door. Me! A real, honest-to-God critic! That felt good! Well, your tagging me for the "Thinking Blogger" Award fills me with the same sensation.<BR/><BR/>Okay. Okay. As Dabney Coleman says in <I>Tootsie</I>: "Enough of the Mutual Appreciation Society." I gotta get to work on my own five blogs to tag. Keep an eye out for that post and thanks again. :)<BR/><BR/>-Damian<BR/><BR/>P.S. I'm still open for that <I>1941/Boys from Brazil,</I> double bill. I only recently wathed Spielberg's movie again and finished writing my post about it. Without going into detail on what I said (you'll have to wait until August like everyone else), I will let you know that my opinion of the film essentially hasn't changed but, for reasons I will elaborate on in the piece, my willingness to occasionally revisit it has.Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-15340958602158466662007-06-16T13:45:00.000-07:002007-06-16T13:45:00.000-07:00Dennis, I think I've known you for about as long a...Dennis, I think I've known you for about as long as you've had this blog and I gotta say that I've come to really appreciate and respect your love of all things movie related. Your are a real film fan and as such are the best authority on what a film fan feels about films. <BR/><BR/>Huh?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, if someone has tagged you for this award I could think of no one who deserves it more. Except for Kim Morgan. She's much more attractive than you buddy. Sorry, had to go there.<BR/><BR/>Dennis you are dude!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-24373863184153634632007-06-16T11:30:00.000-07:002007-06-16T11:30:00.000-07:00Dennis, congrats on being tagged. Thank you for y...Dennis, congrats on being tagged. Thank you for your mention of my readership of this blog. I enjoy reading your comments about movies, and at your urging I have visited each of the blogs that you have tagged at one time or another. There are some pretty damn good writers out there who have some very interesting things to say about movies, and you are right in the midst of that heady bunch of writers. I am proud, no I am damn proud of you, cousin.Lesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233467915836646981noreply@blogger.com