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About Christmas, criticism and criticism to criticism

First of all, the promised second parts on The 120 Days of Sodom , the Marquis de Sade, and the list of most visited blogs of humor for me regularly, have not been posted this week due to s raids and the subsequent hangover of Christmas, aggravated by the City wi-fi off the air all week (do not know how long, I think it's more of a maintenance phase of the network ) and the UNEB be unavailable because of the holidays (university closed, of course). And now to today's post soon about my Christmas and delays all devised by an outburst of criticism and criticism (metalanguage, hehe):

How was you Christmas? I hope you have not exaggerated in the food, beverage, and other things - or not, and how denial + denial = statement ... The day began with setbacks, lot of stress and hurry, as usual in every Christmas Eve at my house (or at all, although my family is one where a touch of uniqueness offer a menu of well-tempered discussions and confusion) is to clean the house, buy unnecessary and / or last minute ingredients or prepare the dishes (which clichezuda chic, this expression !). I was tasked with cleaning the bathroom, to prepare the turkey (this is the easiest and most rewarding, of course) and French toast (the most stressful but also rewarding, accompanied by the sound of Cyndi Lauper). It all paid off, as usual . After attending a friend's secret (I will write another post about this I got a book, as would expected, proving that my death threats if they gave me something other self-help or unsuccessful, lol) and eat (rice, corn pie with chicken, lasagna, chicken leg, mango mousse) in-laws house, I went to my house to eat more, of course, the rest of the dishes were ready and available to the sin of gluttony, hehe. I ate turkey, tender Chester, rice, flour, mashed potatoes, cheese reign, Panettone with ice cream, drank sodas, strawberry champagne, alcohol-free champagne common white wine (but I'm not drunk, only a CT scan ; to each). After such a binge, I sleep with my belly about to explode, as is customary in such festivities, barely able to walk straight. The next day, woke up about 8 and a half, I threw myself to wash the dishes, pots and pans dirty resulting from the previous day (again listening to Eurythmics and Cyndi Lauper, in the MP4 to "streamline" the duty), incumbent I always offer to, their own free will, at Christmas and New Year, which just completed an 11 and little, discounting the toilet raised by the excesses of the Christmas supper double.

Now, a rant. I let a friend who never watch the movie Australia, Baz Luhrmann, simply because all the criticism I read about speaking ill of such work, especially in relation to the script (the typical jumble of clichés " and moreover, some say tacky), which caused me no interest in seeing him. Hear counter-arguments, both from her as her son (one session would start the movie in your home), like Baz Luhrmann is one of the most creative writers in Hollywood today, "" Moulin Rouge revolution was the of Music, "" do not rely on what critics say, now I see that all criticism is merely the opinion critic "and" you still have much to learn in life, George. " Just thought I replied that Moulin Rouge fact a work of revolutionary aesthetically, but whose script was a collection of cliches, I have every right to want to watch a movie or No, and that in my view, there are better examples of creativity. Let us then more punctuate my rejoinders, as reflected here and now written, but unfortunately not spoken, according to each of four counterarguments: 1

- Baz Luhrmann director can be a natural when it comes to stylistic personality that gives his works, a handful of esthetician, combining old and modern in style but also irreverent. Moulin Rouge is the best example of this quality, a visual landslide, where all the talent of the filmmaker that effect is noticeable in the smallest details. The songs are catchy and stick gum that not for a long time (I have the soundtrack in my music library is), and Lady Marmalade became anthology through its version sung by the quartet Christina Aguilera, Lil 'Kim, Mya and Pink. However, the script is pure cliché: love story between a courtesan and seductive intellectual and poor or romantic (in other versions may also be a noble), conceiving of love as a source of redemption or defense current values, including client interested in this villain heroine as hindrance to the happiness of the couple, has been more fully explored in some literary works (see Camille , which in ; li but whose critical comments of soliloquioadois confirm my comparison) and other films. Allowing me to some pins, if we take Baz Luhrmann as a standard measure of creativity, then I would say Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan are writers at least 100 or 200 times more creative than he.

2 - repeat: Moulin Rouge revolutionary aesthetic is hardly a qualification exaggerated, in fact a reinvention of the musical (and perhaps even resurrection, such as gender walked forgotten by Hollywood at the time) as it was conceived by then. But I would not say the same about the script, the narrative. Fill the viewer's eyes and subvert certain visual and choreographic concepts is not enough when the story is like something you see back thousands of years, lacking innovation in this regard. Chicago has a very interesting script, well structured and creative.

3 - Firstly, I still watch a movie just because critics spoke ill of him, after the final say who gives me. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I was unfairly crushed by Isabela Boscov, VEJA, one of my favorite film critics, while GoF and HBP widely praised for it. So what? My criticisms about them are diametrically opposed to it. I must have given the impression of a guy who gets carried away by comments by film critics as a Mary-go-with-the-other, no rebuttals, no personality, which in it could be more mistaken. However, if many critics, including everyone with whom I have greater affinity regarding the world views and art and critical lines, put down a movie, I confess that my desire to see it, if it existed beforehand ( Australia was never on my list of "want to watch"), vanishes if, and here it is a more solid foundation, after all worth more than a , ultimately, my decision is: do not want to attend the work film in question, I am not obliged to hand, and under the weight of this position, Of course, I resign myself to not give some critical comments about the film - consistent attitude since nãoa watched and therefore do not have a basis for such - only those of written by others, crediting them appropriately.

Claiming that criticism is a mere opinion of the critic, dismissing his work is disrespectful to class and profession, and I felt a little offended because I write my literary and cinematic criticism, though amateur, wanting to graduate academically as the first option, and I guarantee you do not work out as if they were mere opinions that earn no or very little credit. A critical responsibility, respect, particularly those that enjoy a strong academic background, going against the stereotypical and prejudiced views widely acclaimed, it is not a frustrated writer or filmmaker who, precisely because of such settlements is not solved, decide revenge on the world and especially the artists succeed and genuinely talented and hurtful criticism through the works of demolition, and neither is someone who merely send reviews or comments ; rivers of the order of speculations and theories cheap. One critic described quilatecomo which formulates opinions but ultimately (everything is relative and interpretation, after all), but underpinned by an all-leather theoretical crit cal, sometimes academic, and particularly by life experiences and knowledge by all as fond of art that has accumulated and filtered throughout life, through the theoretical background also quoted (a cycle that shows feeding back). So yes it deserves its critical texts are considered, evaluated and properly judged, whether you agree with what they enact or not. Recognition by the same desire and what I have achieved little by little, thanks to my efforts, the theoretical foundation that I have with some frequency, the care that I have and when I write, and return and the discussion - that often make me revise positions, and this is one of the greatest flights of actively exercising their criticality, especially for through the written language and available on the Net for those who want to enjoy and object - of readers and / or friends.

Yeah, I often say that I will not give that ball to the critical discourse regarding a number of literary and cinematic, because what counts is first if I want to or not, respectively, read them or watch them if I liked them or not. I'm quite intelligent, critical and insightful for me to grasp the dynamics of art and art criticism: works are underestimated, others overestimated, some of the first will be duly recognized in later times, when critics and scholars become aware of its aesthetic value, cultural and intellectual creativity with which they were framed, some of whom have suffered prejudice. Bearing in mind that a large public-circle Fan, more sensitive, already knew it or not, for there are also ostracized, the works in his time at prevailing conservatism, see the outrageous Marquis de Sade, or in support of political situation, as the censored by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. Now, I'm a fan of the Harry Potter literary series , an example of a defendant because of this injustice, which fortunately is already in process of transforming into a classic modern, perhaps the last appeared in the century. XX, gradually recognized and praised by major academic critics (see Frauke Meyer-Gosau German, author of the first tests on HP) and great writers with his name already consolidated (Ray Bradbury and Neil Gaiman, for example ). JK Rowling is a writer TOP line, and do not need ninguémo confirm for me, but appreciation for academic and other literati only comes to enhance the prestige of work, therefore I wish to yes to one of the authors of the marked and still mark my life.

4-All though we conceive as reality is, ultimately, an interpretation of reality, our (view of) reality. And my life, my reality, not a big cliché, it can be mediocre and routine in many ways, but not clichezuda. Things do not happen often with me as in most Hollywood movies, especially those who use and abuse of ready-made formulas, with little or no creativity and daring, scripts and / or directions that do not complicate the characters and consequently do not go deep in human relations, for fear of controversy that potentially harmful (because there are good, the lucrative, as the religious) and the rejection of the public avoid addressing certain issues that often are present in the lives of many of us. I'm not one of these stereotypes or caricatures that I see scattered in so many American films regrettable. I do not see many people being carried away by overwhelming passions that undermine the structures, finishing as demonstrated in several novels and romantic comedies (though even like some) I prefer the more everyday, more homely, more ephemeral, as in own life, or the stunning fact that also occur, but always with conflicts and so never quite perfect or initially as incompatible culminating in everything alright in the end, as the filmmakers want certain and producers.

therefore have a majority preference for films with complex characters and plots idem (something is closely connected to the other), revealing conflicts inherent in every human being (or some in particular) and several categories of Relationship ; es between humans, as compared to our inevitable differences of all kinds, adventurous tours, which surprised me, showing twists (or not, depends), firm direction and also bold, moral and intellectual provocations (life gives us to the mountains them, not only through the arts and cultural experiences in the strict sense of the word). These characteristics are at work we truly sensitive, talented and has gone through intense experiences in life, knowing polishes them and sublimate them very well in art, which means that there it is fantastic or even surreal: a work of art can exhibit a sharper interpretation, careful and critical of reality when drawn by an artist staffed by those qualities, despite the perspective offered and even better when prepared to innovate aesthetically (differentiated formal structure, when properly developed and exploited intelligently combined with the theme, the exercise of a style and authorship, enhances the expressiveness of the text or image, its effect on the reader or viewer) is not a coincidence that recently, including the influence of my dearest friend Jessica Moreira, cinephile sick, I'm more interested in gradually European cinema, especially French, and works most alternatives.

Excuse me, I may even be too serious (after all nonsense entertainment also need to relax, I even love Transformers, for example, although nonsense noo think so, and I just refuse to reprimands shame or outside of a few friends for that), but do not think, as we learn more in (and) life, I need to anesthetize my critical sense and my view of reality always in the process of maturation in favor of trying to assess how certain works disposable novels, books and movies, when there are better things to be discussed, with a universe much deeper to be unveiled, more fruits of acute distress and discerning sensibilities dictated by the obvious, and allied to my practical experiences. Among Dostoevsky or Mary Shelley's novel of the eighth and, you know what I prefer.

PS: I saw scenes of Australia during the session. You know that constant sense of deja-vu , I've seen this scene somewhere else? Precisely this that I had. The romance between the protagonists (played by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, actors who like a lot, but unfortunately good cast does not guarantee good film, see Trojan ) seems to be the typical couple "temperamental mistress rich boy" and "rude employee and turrão" getting am hating, but would have to watch the best movie to talk about it.