http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/05/national-board-of-review-still-irrelevant/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:38:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/05/national-board-of-review-still-irrelevant/#comment-38636 anonymous Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:48:06 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/05/national-board-of-review-still-irrelevant/#comment-38636 I'm a member of the NBR (sort of, well, student, even though I'm not anymore... long story) and I'm consistently left in horror by the comments, questions and tastes of our unimaginative membership, most having been cloistered from the real world in there upper west side four bedroom apartments for millenia, rushing from Q&A's to meet their 7pm reservations at Isabella's to discuss just how uplifting "The Great Debaters" was. Anyone remember how "Blood Diamond" was the third best film of the year last year!? I promise you, the average membership is so old, feeble and generally unsavvy, that Ben Affleck is the only new director they can remember from the past 12 months. I’m a member of the NBR (sort of, well, student, even though I’m not anymore… long story) and I’m consistently left in horror by the comments, questions and tastes of our unimaginative membership, most having been cloistered from the real world in there upper west side four bedroom apartments for millenia, rushing from Q&A’s to meet their 7pm reservations at Isabella’s to discuss just how uplifting “The Great Debaters” was. Anyone remember how “Blood Diamond” was the third best film of the year last year!? I promise you, the average membership is so old, feeble and generally unsavvy, that Ben Affleck is the only new director they can remember from the past 12 months.

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