Comments on: The Whole Shootin’ Match http://outlawvern.com/2009/06/14/the-whole-shootin-match/ Vern's writings on the films of cinema Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Thomas http://outlawvern.com/2009/06/14/the-whole-shootin-match/#comment-2451 Thomas Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:01:53 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=5324#comment-2451 I´ve been to quite a few conventions but I´ve kinda lost interest in them. You really nailed it the way you described ´em, Vern. I think the charm and fun of meeting someone whose work you´ve enjoyed disappears when you have to pay for their signature. I´m not saying that they should do it for free but it´s so obvious in many of these actors cases that they don´t really wanna be there. In my experience, it´s a whole other thing when you meet an actor or director at a film festival. It´s another situation and they seem to enjoy themselves more. I´ve been to quite a few conventions but I´ve kinda lost interest in them. You really nailed it the way you described ´em, Vern. I think the charm and fun of meeting someone whose work you´ve enjoyed disappears when you have to pay for their signature. I´m not saying that they should do it for free but it´s so obvious in many of these actors cases that they don´t really wanna be there. In my experience, it´s a whole other thing when you meet an actor or director at a film festival. It´s another situation and they seem to enjoy themselves more.

]]> By: geoffreyjar http://outlawvern.com/2009/06/14/the-whole-shootin-match/#comment-1699 geoffreyjar Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:47:26 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=5324#comment-1699 I'm going to have to track this down as I like slice-of-life stories, two of my favorite series are that. No plot, just watching characters you like just talk to each other and live their lives. I don't know what attracts me to them either. I haven't been to many conventions in my time, in fact only 3 (one comic & two anime ones). All three times I never had the nerve to go up to any of the guests. I just felt like a damned fool. I felt sorry for the one's who obviously didn't really want to be there and were just there for the paycheck. One in particular (who nobody even seemed to want to talk too) looked bored out of his mind. Sure there were some who did seem to look generally enthused to be there (I even got to hang out with one because he was staying at a friend's house because the con manager was that cheap -man even bought me a sandwich which makes him the greatest actor ever in my humble opinion). But for the most part the others just looked bored answering the same questions they been answering for years at other cons, interviews, that day even. Along with everything being overpriced and also just not interesting me. I declined to go to the other cons (they stopped post-Katrina anyways) because I didn't have fun and it made me hate fellow-nerds even more and as a result myself all that much more. I’m going to have to track this down as I like slice-of-life stories, two of my favorite series are that. No plot, just watching characters you like just talk to each other and live their lives. I don’t know what attracts me to them either.

I haven’t been to many conventions in my time, in fact only 3 (one comic & two anime ones). All three times I never had the nerve to go up to any of the guests. I just felt like a damned fool. I felt sorry for the one’s who obviously didn’t really want to be there and were just there for the paycheck. One in particular (who nobody even seemed to want to talk too) looked bored out of his mind.

Sure there were some who did seem to look generally enthused to be there (I even got to hang out with one because he was staying at a friend’s house because the con manager was that cheap -man even bought me a sandwich which makes him the greatest actor ever in my humble opinion). But for the most part the others just looked bored answering the same questions they been answering for years at other cons, interviews, that day even.

Along with everything being overpriced and also just not interesting me. I declined to go to the other cons (they stopped post-Katrina anyways) because I didn’t have fun and it made me hate fellow-nerds even more and as a result myself all that much more.

]]> By: Dan Prestwich http://outlawvern.com/2009/06/14/the-whole-shootin-match/#comment-1696 Dan Prestwich Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:51:53 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=5324#comment-1696 I saw this a few months back. At times the dialogue is over-written (i.e. trying to hard to sound clever and colloquial), and I think the staging was occasionally awkward, especially on some of the longer takes. Still, much of the film has a likable, ambling charm and strikes a tone that is a little funny, a little sad, and a little poetic. In more recent years, I think David Gordon Green has perfected this kind of filmmaking. I wonder if he was an Eagle Pennell fan? I saw this a few months back. At times the dialogue is over-written (i.e. trying to hard to sound clever and colloquial), and I think the staging was occasionally awkward, especially on some of the longer takes. Still, much of the film has a likable, ambling charm and strikes a tone that is a little funny, a little sad, and a little poetic. In more recent years, I think David Gordon Green has perfected this kind of filmmaking. I wonder if he was an Eagle Pennell fan?

]]> By: Andy C. http://outlawvern.com/2009/06/14/the-whole-shootin-match/#comment-1689 Andy C. Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:32:00 +0000 http://outlawvern.com/?p=5324#comment-1689 Conventions can be a little sad like that. I went to one in Monroeville that had the Hare Krishna zombie from DAWN OF THE DEAD among others and while its cool to see them you don't have the cash to get everyones autograph so you just look at they're shirts and posters and move on. Anyway I want to see this movie now. Thanks for telling us about it. Conventions can be a little sad like that. I went to one in Monroeville that had the Hare Krishna zombie from DAWN OF THE DEAD among others and while its cool to see them you don’t have the cash to get everyones autograph so you just look at they’re shirts and posters and move on. Anyway I want to see this movie now. Thanks for telling us about it.

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