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What nonsense reasoning: holding back is never easy, I like the understated parts, etc. What does that have to do with an actor's skill? Depp plays the Pirate with all those little quirks because the director asks him to, and let’s stop trying to diminish an actor who has proven to be ECLECTIC to the max and superb in both "Ed Wood" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Maybe it bothers you that he’s handsome and idolized by girls, you label him as too quirky and scatterbrained, but the truth is he has made quirky and scatterbrained films. And then, dear little polemicist, I would have liked to see Ryan O'Neal (an actor I admire) and how he would have fared in Shining instead of Nicholson.

Dear enbar 77, I have been diagnosed with several diseases, including gonorrhea due to somewhat lustful encounters, but not dyslexia. When you say that the Doors are consecrated more by death in the bathtub than by their anomalous composition, and that from the cover one can see Morrison's UNEXPLAINABLE supremacy, where the good Ray was MUCH BETTER for being able to reflect and play a solo that makes a track immortal otherwise ruined by Morrison... well, you are practically downplaying Morrison's CONSTRUCTIVE role in the Doors. Your comment worsens the situation, chastising him for having the freedom to be TRUE and not a clown as the other Doors wanted. That was Jim, a drunkard kicked out by the cops, not for the sake of the current MTV but because he was a fucking different person who doesn't deserve your four moralistic bullshit (...too overflowing!!!). This is rock'n' roll, THE REAL ONE. If it bothers you, stick to classical music.

Indeed, without Morrison the Doors had an extraordinary career; that self-proclaimed cursed man was truly a burden for the group! Once Krieger, Densmore, and Manzarek freed themselves from that encumbrance, they showcased all their genius and musical talent with a multitude of albums that still leave us in awe today.

But why, does anyone among you still hold the hope or the illusion that these remakes might be worth the price of the ticket or that they can lift not just the fortunes of Italian cinema, but also our hot air balloons that have now reached the floor?

Poletti, take it easy on downplaying Leone and considering his violence as mere candy for the young ones. Leone was a master for Eastwood himself, who began as a director following the path of his "violent" teachings (which, mind you, were already present and prominent in the chopped-up "Sierra Charriba" by Peckinpah). The Wild West was a violent land, and Leone legitimized that violence, which we would later see in abundance in even high-quality films made for a more "refined" audience, e.g., look at "Soldato Blu."

Impeccable. The key statement is "Lewis was an extraordinarily dynamic performer, equipped with an overwhelming feeling." Because this is what allowed him to bridge the gap with artists of greater compositional stature like Chuck Berry or more eclectic ones like Presley, but the fact that he was absolutely compelling and transgressive like no one else, neither white nor black. A great collection is the Rhino Records "18 original sun greatest hits."

And no, dear senmayan, everything you want but I won't grant you the assertion that it was Leone who changed the connotation of the protagonist from positive to negative. If you watch Peckinpah's films from 1961 (Ride the High Country) or from 1964 (Sierra Charriba), you'll already be left puzzled, questioning where the hero is and who the good guys and the bad guys are.

I don't know who has seen Burton's first film, the nonsense of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure." I think the lead actor of that surreal film, Paul Reubens, would have been perfect for Willy Wonka. He would have made the character even more anarchic in terms of acting than Depp, who, nonetheless, infuses it with many nuances unknown to the talented Gene Wilder, whom many prefer simply because, in my opinion, as Bartleboom says, he is an integral part of their childhood.

...of course, slapping a Flipper record in the middle of "The Wall" means killing Shatter a second time, hehe.

No, Maryg, it doesn't seem strange to me, because I had the same thing happen on the first listen. If you love the Stooges, you can't help but love the Flipper. What I'm sorry about is that there's no "Sex Bomb" in the live setlist; it would have been a... bomb live. And I bet that Iggy would have given a few years of his miraculous life to sing it. And then, if San Gennaro was listening to "Paranoid" in his headphones, it means that as a connoisseur he understood that behind the riff of "Life is cheap," there are more Black Sabbath than Joy Division. Among the myriad of bands influenced by the Flipper, I believe my beloved Mezzo Giapponese fits in too.