http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2005/01/21/the-village/ All the makings of a real web site, plus my stuff. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:25:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2005/01/21/the-village/#comment-33 Jason Coleman Tue, 01 Feb 2005 04:00:55 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/archives/2005/01/21/the-village/#comment-33 Dave - I was fortunate in that either no one I know had seen the film, or they just didn't enough about it either way to tell me what they thought. I always seem to enjoy films more when I really don't know what to think about them. You know that's a weird side effect of The Long Tail, in that it kind of requires some way to find things of interest. However, by doing that, you are getting some sort of preconceived notion about what a movie is, what an album sounds like, how action-packed a game is... whatever. It spoils some of the fun of discovery. Of course, if you're way out on the tail, then everyone feels "in on it." It's also good to have people who you really trust to just tell you "watch this movie&quot or "listen to this band.&quot That way you just go buy or rent it and feel good that you'll enjoy your own discovery. Dave - I was fortunate in that either no one I know had seen the film, or they just didn’t enough about it either way to tell me what they thought. I always seem to enjoy films more when I really don’t know what to think about them.
You know that’s a weird side effect of The Long Tail, in that it kind of requires some way to find things of interest. However, by doing that, you are getting some sort of preconceived notion about what a movie is, what an album sounds like, how action-packed a game is… whatever. It spoils some of the fun of discovery. Of course, if you’re way out on the tail, then everyone feels "in on it." It’s also good to have people who you really trust to just tell you "watch this movie&quot or "listen to this band.&quot That way you just go buy or rent it and feel good that you’ll enjoy your own discovery.

]]> http://www.jasoncoleman.net/2005/01/21/the-village/#comment-32 Dave Coleman Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:19:56 +0000 http://www.jasoncoleman.net/archives/2005/01/21/the-village/#comment-32 I agree with you whole heartedly about this film. So many people had told me they were sorely disappointed with this film. I rented it & was really moved by it. Something about the antagonist ("Those Whom We Don't Speak of") scared me really deeply. I'm color blind for the most part, but the use of colors to separate good & evil really made since to me. Gold and Red... very beutiful colors.... I agree with you whole heartedly about this film. So many people had told me they were sorely disappointed with this film. I rented it & was really moved by it. Something about the antagonist (”Those Whom We Don’t Speak of”) scared me really deeply. I’m color blind for the most part, but the use of colors to separate good & evil really made since to me. Gold and Red… very beutiful colors….

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