tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post1332538165347699604..comments2024-01-26T00:54:19.338+08:00Comments on Lessons From the School of Inattention: Namets! (2008)Oggs Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-90011373186725526512009-11-16T19:28:38.217+08:002009-11-16T19:28:38.217+08:00im from bacolod and i didnt enjoy the film. not fo...im from bacolod and i didnt enjoy the film. not for anything else, the film lacked coherence. period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-59713357037150601232009-09-26T03:11:16.871+08:002009-09-26T03:11:16.871+08:00I agree with you with GI Joe and Transformers. The...I agree with you with GI Joe and Transformers. They are terrible films. <br /><br />About puking: I puke when I feel like it. Absent the food metaphor I made, the film, for me at least, is just forgettable. Entertaining? Perhaps. Annoying? Probably. One thing's for sure. It's completely forgettable.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-77068847257950059972009-09-25T19:19:24.988+08:002009-09-25T19:19:24.988+08:00hey, have you seen G.I. JOE & Transformers?
d...hey, have you seen G.I. JOE & Transformers?<br /><br />did that made you puke?<br />Or was the special effects made the film great (or edible if it was food)?<br /><br />GI Joe was one of the worst films i have seen btwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-4440155063341968302009-09-25T19:13:26.776+08:002009-09-25T19:13:26.776+08:00well Oggs, its true that the film is very predicta...well Oggs, its true that the film is very predictable but it is at least entertaining.<br /><br />Don't tell me mediocre films make you puke?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-64238010300862118022009-08-31T09:33:56.169+08:002009-08-31T09:33:56.169+08:00Thanks for the suggestion.Thanks for the suggestion.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-88626230218764296262009-08-30T19:59:15.255+08:002009-08-30T19:59:15.255+08:00...and you puked over growing up and learning. It......and you puked over growing up and learning. It's a free world indeed! I suggest you read Ayn Rand on Objectivism.cognoscentenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-3083595863904967802009-08-28T05:45:17.990+08:002009-08-28T05:45:17.990+08:00"While there is no universally accepted artic..."While there is no universally accepted articulation of objectivity, a proposition is generally considered to be objectively true when its truth conditions are "mind-independent"—that is, not the result of any judgments made by a conscious entity."<br /><br />- I'd rather write dependent on my mind, and judge as a conscious entity.<br /><br />"Blogging has also introduced opportunities for a new wave of amateur film critics to have their opinions heard. These review blogs may focus on one genre, director or actor, or encompass a much wider variety of films. Friends, friends of friends, or complete strangers are able to visit these sites, and can often leave their own comments about the movie and/or the author's review. Although much less frequented than their professional counterparts, these sites can gather a following of like-minded people who look to specific bloggers for reviews as they have found that the critic consistently exhibits an outlook very similar to their own."<br /><br />- I completely agree with this definition. <br /><br />If you think a film is good and I do not, then that simply proves that film viewing can never be objective. A review from the papers and a review from a blogger come from the same source, a conscious human mind that is open to much subjectivity, the most apparent of which is taste (which you incessantly harp on; I'm sure if a reviewer agreed with you, you'd concede of his having good taste, instead of accusing him of having no taste; thus your review of the reviewer is not objective at all). Simply put, it is a matter of taste and thank you for giving me and other readers a choice... <br /><br />"learn from this and grow up... or puke"<br /><br />Puke...Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-17425044059202471782009-08-28T00:48:53.600+08:002009-08-28T00:48:53.600+08:00So there, you have no taste. You can leave your &...So there, you have no taste. You can leave your "he he's" and onomatopoeias (wow, high word huh?) in your closet. Good critics aren't human perhaps? Humans laugh, cry, emote, bleed when they're pricked, etc. Oggs-heads do not. Lowering yourself to sub-human shall never get my vote of sympathy. For the School of Inattention: your utmost attention is required, thus:<br />Objectivity is Rule Number One, Controversy is Number Two...<br />"Objectivity is both an important and very difficult concept to pin down in philosophy. While there is no universally accepted articulation of objectivity, a proposition is generally considered to be objectively true when its truth conditions are "mind-independent"—that is, not the result of any judgments made by a conscious entity. Put another way, objective truths are those which are discovered rather than created. While such formulations capture the basic intuitive idea of objectivity, neither is without controversy."<br />Oggs-head blogging:<br />"Blogging has also introduced opportunities for a new wave of amateur film critics to have their opinions heard. These review blogs may focus on one genre, director or actor, or encompass a much wider variety of films. Friends, friends of friends, or complete strangers are able to visit these sites, and can often leave their own comments about the movie and/or the author's review. Although much less frequented than their professional counterparts, these sites can gather a following of like-minded people who look to specific bloggers for reviews as they have found that the critic consistently exhibits an outlook very similar to their own."<br />So there you go...learn from this and grow up...or puke.cognoscentenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-91134219364282066752009-08-27T22:55:43.186+08:002009-08-27T22:55:43.186+08:00Thanks cognoscente for dropping by,
If objectivit...Thanks cognoscente for dropping by,<br /><br />If objectivity is a requisite for a critic to be good, then good luck finding one. Human beings laugh. Human critics laugh. "Hehe" is onomatopoeia for laughter. Perhaps good critics aren't humans, since they aren't allowed mindsets or capacity for laughter. Nobody is forcing anyone to agree or disagree. In fact, nobody is forcing anyone to read this (including the comments herein), but thank you anyway for making it through the paragraphs. In a free world, I am free to puke, to have no taste, to dislike a film whether it is Tagalog, Ilonggo, Ilocano, Bisaya, etc., to be an oggs-head (oggs-head, wtf? omg! hehe. :-O.).Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-67523537853433214932009-08-27T20:03:10.602+08:002009-08-27T20:03:10.602+08:00Namets is a good independent film.
Good critics ar...Namets is a good independent film.<br />Good critics are objective and have no pre-conceived notions and pre-determined mindsets. Good critics do not use "he he" (wtf?). I do not agree with this egg-head's amateurish "wanna-be" review and will keep on reading what this oggs-head have to say. This is free world and I will read and agree or disagree as I damn please. In a free world, oggs-heads have the freedom to make an ass out of oggs-heads. Is this oggs-head's venom based on this film because it is Ilonggo (read: "I enjoyed the food bit of "Kailangan Kita" [a Tagalog film] over this, so food films aren't really new in Philippine cinema.")? This critic's attempt is half-baked and mediocre as the the School of Inattention's leader. By the way, oggs-heads have no taste and do puke.cognoscentenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-66324636957707958802008-11-12T15:19:00.000+08:002008-11-12T15:19:00.000+08:00Have not seen the film, but I don't understand the...Have not seen the film, but I don't understand the reactions here--obviously the movie's doing very fine on its own; why care what oggs has to say, if you don't like it? <BR/><BR/>If he were to lower his standards and praise studio-produced crap, that's his lookout. But studios have marketing arms, people who go out and kiss ass; oggs does this for free. So why should he lie? And if he's telling the truth, then what's the issue?<BR/><BR/>Does he defend 'pa-art' films? But these films are usually made on no budgets and without kiss-ass marketers working onvertime on them; that oggs champions them is a valuable service right there--a free one, I might add.<BR/><BR/>If you don't think his arguments hold water, that's a different matter; you can argue with him all you want. If you don't agree with him--well, don't read his stuff. It's a free world.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-86135553540075533802008-11-05T23:19:00.000+08:002008-11-05T23:19:00.000+08:00"I was not expecting Namets! to change the course ..."I was not expecting Namets! to change the course of cinema, nor was I expecting it to be anything more than a delightful one or so hours in the cinema. Namets! failed to delight me. In fact, it infuriated me because with the already lowered expectations, I was delivered a product that is half-baked and mediocre." <BR/><BR/>I wasn't expecting an artsy movie. I was expecting a decent romantic comedy but got something much less. I enjoyed the food bit of "Kailangan Kita" over this, so food films aren't really new in Philippine cinema.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-38853482172699545732008-11-05T20:33:00.000+08:002008-11-05T20:33:00.000+08:00pa-art films are too overrated anyway, we need som...pa-art films are too overrated anyway, we need something like this once in a while.. it's not only celebrating a culture, but it's also celebrating something that has been overlooked by the filipino indie movie industry.. food. puked all you want but this movie is appealing to most ilonggos i know. sorry na at napaka taas ng standards mo for "pa-art"/"self-indulging" films.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-78361295277218080822008-08-10T06:52:00.000+08:002008-08-10T06:52:00.000+08:00I like sleeping better than Namets, hehe.I like sleeping better than Namets, hehe.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-49076356103145879702008-08-09T01:33:00.000+08:002008-08-09T01:33:00.000+08:00i like namets better than fake american accent. -c...i like namets better than fake american accent. <BR/><BR/>-chubsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-7711417072225001602008-07-26T22:49:00.000+08:002008-07-26T22:49:00.000+08:00Umm, thanks Mykel...Here, you can have my share of...Umm, thanks Mykel...<BR/><BR/>Here, you can have my share of Namets! There's plenty more if you want, afternoons in Channels 2 and 7, usually starring our nation's up and coming starlets. <BR/><BR/>KudosOggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-83994788545882468132008-07-26T20:18:00.000+08:002008-07-26T20:18:00.000+08:00your wrong bro, if namets was a food i will surely...your wrong bro, if namets was a food i will surely eat it very slow savouring the taste knowing that it would be the last namets on my hands....<BR/>kudos<BR/>revivechristians.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com