Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Popeye comic

Well I think the onus is on Jane Eyre and Wuthering heights to do the rivalling now, having understood the heartfelt poignancy within those pages through the eyes of Ash. They will have a hard job doing it too.

I think they have been pushed back already. They are fading into a vague history of English literature.

Absolutely.

Ash was so disgusted with himself for not picking the book up one hour, that he cut his own hand off for failing to do so.

Of course, whilst sounding extreme to those who may not have seen how romantic and illuminating the book was, we all understand just fine.

That's why it deserves its place at the very very top of English or even World literature.

Along with other tales of love, happiness and endurance...like 'Ichi'.

You are so right.

I was surprised at how many people misread the title: 'Ichi The Killer' as to be something violent. Yet even the most cursory view of it reveal its clever title refering to how it kills audiences with its kindness, humanity and friday night family entertainment.
It makes Bambi look like Taxi Driver, in these stakes.

Almost too sweet. Such a chick flick.

Yes the twist at the end was a famous 1st date classic.
Hard for the viewer not to drown in the saccrine and sugar on that excursion into soft edged romantacism.

Well, I had a hard time... I felt it was too sweet for my taste. I prefer the style of more balanced and controlled directors of movies like... say Rambo 4.

Another film that I cannot understand accusations of violence toward.

Its the definitive romantic date movie.
Which contained some of the most touching dialogue these ears had heard. It really gets the pathos across.

And the cinematography whilst at the mushy-soft lense end of the spectrum, did convey the beauty of the plot and dichotomy facing the protagonists well.

Indeed... some people don't understand movies at all. I thought of all the romantic adventures Rambo had, this one really touched the heart of the franchise. Which is quite suprising, usually films further down the sequel line forget that it's all about the heart... And we we saw plenty of heart... and hearts. The excellent, deeply moving symbolism of the flying body parts certainly was wasted on most critics.

The passion in the script was a pointer to that.
The exchanges written between the SAS guy and the 'Ladyboy' in charge of the "bad"guys was as soft and verbose as it was raw and nascent. The 'Gone with the wind' writers could only weep at the missed opportunities once this script reminded them of true balletic greatness with words.

Indeed... and so can the writers of films like Sense and Sensibilty and A room with a View only drule at the way this movie handled the subtleties of sexual homo-erotic tension between the two... It was superb. I still can't believe a lame approach like the one in Brokeback Mountain got so much attention. Here we see the real work.

Yes the world hadnt been treated to say a display of subtlely displayed emotion, and compelling acting like that since Toxic Avenger. What class.

We bow to the director even though we can't make out what he's saying... it must be brilliant.

To reject all forms of conventional communication, instead favouring the audiences peripheral perceptory faculties' abilty to discern what is being said ala The 1st 20 mins of the HS...

Genius.

Yes...the kind not seen since Lynch's family-values movie debut Eraserhead.

And that's saying something.