tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post3866966302241367792..comments2024-01-09T15:03:54.986-05:00Comments on Wolf Howling: Dracula's BirthdayGWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-67060633448947538282011-05-28T18:38:51.396-04:002011-05-28T18:38:51.396-04:00>>> He executed over 100,000 of his foes,...>>> <i>He executed over 100,000 of his foes, most of them invading Muslims...</i><br /><br />You misspelled that last word, I fixed it.<br /><br />And to which I have to say, "...Sounds like a good start."<br />:-SOBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-80531390926799911722011-05-22T18:40:20.556-04:002011-05-22T18:40:20.556-04:00GW: I highly recommend finding and renting it.
Be...GW: I highly recommend finding and renting it.<br /><br />Being a Texan, I'm naturally in favor of it, primarily because it nails Texas (especially West Texas) culture so well, showing <i>real</i> people instead of stereotypical cartoons.<br /><br />And, who directed it? John Sayles, from <i>Schenectady, <b>New York!!!</b></i>.<br /><br />He did the screenplay for Piranha (1978), which was shot in San Marcos, Texas, and when the shoot was over, took a sabbatical by hitchhiking and doing part-time work down in the Rio Grande valley, absorbing a hell of a lot of the local culture, which he apparently remembered when he did Lone Star.<br /><br />Thusly, this Yankee from New York has made one of the finest movies I've <i>ever</i> seen set in my state, and in which the locale is a vital part of the story.<br /><br />Rent it. You wont be disappointed.<br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-57883799241016320662011-05-22T12:15:59.885-04:002011-05-22T12:15:59.885-04:00Hmmm, I don't know about Deeds as I have never...Hmmm, I don't know about Deeds as I have never seen it. The closest parallel I can think of is my favorite epicurian, Hannibal Lechter in Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-51628169523146176122011-05-22T11:08:50.842-04:002011-05-22T11:08:50.842-04:00Checking the link in my comment above reveals that...Checking the link in my comment above reveals that "Lone Star" came out in 199<b>6</b>, not 1995.<br /><br />Any <i>sane</i> person would have just let it go, but a lifetime in engineering and IT have made a compulsive <i>picture-straightener</i> of me.<br /><br />I just can't help it. :(<br /><br />(Yes! I completely sympathize with Detective Adrian Monk.)<br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-10698447476184397412011-05-22T10:59:37.775-04:002011-05-22T10:59:37.775-04:00The novel is long, leisurely, and not for those wi...The novel is long, leisurely, and <i>not</i> for those with short attention spans. You have to be patient with it.<br /><br />And yet, for all that, consider...<br /><br />The main character (<i>Dracula</i>, of course) is actually <i>offstage</i> for much of it, but his <i>presence</i> is always felt.<br /><br />That's a difficult trick to pull off in a <i>movie</i> (the character of <i>Sheriff "Buddy" Deeds</i>, as played by Matthew McConnaughey in <b><i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116905/" rel="nofollow">Lone Star</a></i></b> (1995)) manages to pull it off.<br /><br />To accomplish that, <i>on the printed page</i>; well, as a writer of blog posts who struggles (often in vain) to avoid being boring, I can only look upon Bram Stoker with <i>envy</i>. :-)<br />-Paul_In_Houstonhttp://paulinhouston.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com