Comments on: Berlin: Why the Hating on Hollywood? http://blog.spout.com/2009/02/10/berlin-why-the-hating-on-hollywood/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:37:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Glenn Kenny http://blog.spout.com/2009/02/10/berlin-why-the-hating-on-hollywood/#comment-120768 Glenn Kenny Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:01:30 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=10098#comment-120768 I was just messin' with you, Karina. Sometimes I think you don't get my humor. I'm willing to entertain the idea that I'm not really that funny, though. I was just messin’ with you, Karina. Sometimes I think you don’t get my humor.

I’m willing to entertain the idea that I’m not really that funny, though.

]]> By: Karina Longworth http://blog.spout.com/2009/02/10/berlin-why-the-hating-on-hollywood/#comment-120765 Karina Longworth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:02:59 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=10098#comment-120765 Actually, it's really Zacharek's question, not mine. But as always Glenn, it's comforting to know thatyou'll never let an opportunity to throw a dig my way pass you by. Actually, it’s really Zacharek’s question, not mine. But as always Glenn, it’s comforting to know thatyou’ll never let an opportunity to throw a dig my way pass you by.

]]> By: Glenn Kenny http://blog.spout.com/2009/02/10/berlin-why-the-hating-on-hollywood/#comment-120760 Glenn Kenny Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:46:14 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=10098#comment-120760 Karina asks, "Why the hating on Hollywood?" I dunno. Cultural hegemony, maybe? Karina asks, “Why the hating on Hollywood?”

I dunno. Cultural hegemony, maybe?

]]> By: Shane Danielsen http://blog.spout.com/2009/02/10/berlin-why-the-hating-on-hollywood/#comment-120697 Shane Danielsen Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:25:10 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=10098#comment-120697 A friend just sent me the link to your article, which I read with interest. I have to say, however, I don't think anyone I know, among the critical fraternity here in Berlin, is "hating on Hollywood". On the contrary, after six days of mostly arid, pretentious arthouse films that have given us almost nothing -- miminal aesthetic pleasure, little narrative satisfaction, scant emotional involvement -- I think most of us are positively LONGING for some Hollywood, to pierce the gloom. For the record, I didn't dislike 'Mammoth' because it was "too Hollywood"; I disliked it because it was sanctimonious, unconvincing and glib: read the rest of the piece. Were one well-crafted, crowdpleasing Hollywood movie to appear in the Berlin Competition right now, it would be hailed as a saviour -- and might even go some way towards restoring some of our faith in cinema as a living, breathing medium. A friend just sent me the link to your article, which I read with interest.

I have to say, however, I don’t think anyone I know, among the critical fraternity here in Berlin, is “hating on Hollywood”. On the contrary, after six days of mostly arid, pretentious arthouse films that have given us almost nothing — miminal aesthetic pleasure, little narrative satisfaction, scant emotional involvement — I think most of us are positively LONGING for some Hollywood, to pierce the gloom.

For the record, I didn’t dislike ‘Mammoth’ because it was “too Hollywood”; I disliked it because it was sanctimonious, unconvincing and glib: read the rest of the piece.

Were one well-crafted, crowdpleasing Hollywood movie to appear in the Berlin Competition right now, it would be hailed as a saviour — and might even go some way towards restoring some of our faith in cinema as a living, breathing medium.

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