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Listed below are comments made by joe14c between Thursday, 1st January 2009 and Tuesday, 10th February 2009.

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Profile: Reconstructing Woody 2:46pm on 10 Feb 2009 In wake of recent events maybe Christian Bale is (welsh)American Psycho after all!
The Culture Show: Take on Mark with the Anti-Kermode 4:27pm on 09 Feb 2009 Mistake of the year for Dr Kermode was to describe Mamma Mia as ‘so bad it’s good’, no Mark, it’s just bad. Not being an ABBA fan (as not everybody is) didn’t help, but hearing those songs mutilated must have been difficult even for the fans. I don’t want to go to the cinema to hear people sing and dance, if Mark has a strict no talking rule then how can he advocate this? When the realisation comes that it is in fact James Bond squeaking out SOS and you can never watch Goldeneye again, things have gone too far!
Review: The Reader 02:44am on 16 Jan 2009 I have an addition to my earlier comment, completely unrelated. But I'd like to hear Dr Kermode's opinion on Che as I haven't heard him say enough about it yet. I saw both parts back to back on the one off screening day and I'd be really interested to hear Mark's views.
Review: The Reader 10:00pm on 13 Jan 2009 The problem I had with The Reader is that it didn't seem to know what it was about. Should I have been focusing on the war guilt aspect or Ralph Fiennes' search for catharsis. Yes performances are top and yes it's well made but at the end of the day you're asked to sympathise with a woman who would rather kill hundreds of people than admit to her illiteracy, I couldn't do it.
Points of You: Part Two 00:36am on 11 Jan 2009 Mark, every so often I hear one of your gems and a little piece of me lights up inside as I find out one of my cinematic opinions is shared by the great Dr K. Not only have you helped nurture my love of films but also inspired me to follow a career in reviewing film as soon as I leave University. Here are a couple of the things I never knew you thought that validated me ever so slightly...

1) Just in, Apocalypto is a good film!

2) Kate Hudson used up her one good performance in her one good film, Almost Famous

3) Closer is a horrible movie, a character study of four repulsive individuals it is impossible to invest in.

4) Star Wars are not only bad films, they're barely films at all. They're a pocket liner for Mr Lucas and very little more. Why does everybody love them?

There are many more but just these few spring to mind.

P.S. I just got back from Slumdog Millionaire. Wow! I hope Danny Boyle wins Best Director at either the Kermodes or the Oscars, I wonder which he'd prefer?
Annual Report: The Worst, Classics of Their Kind 11:24pm on 01 Jan 2009 Oops, well here's the link, it may help.

http://deusexmachinafilm.blogspot.com/2008/06/sex-and-city-movie.html
Annual Report: The Worst, Classics of Their Kind 11:24pm on 01 Jan 2009 I reviewed SATC on my blog earlier this year with similar sentiments to the good doctor. If anyone wants to give it a read that would be great, and if Mark is in the business of replying to comments now then nothing would make me happier than a bit of feedback for an aspiring critic.

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