It made me cry three times during my last viewing, and that was only the first half. Two times were because of the music, the other was because of this speech:
You know, Jill, you remind me of my mother. She was the biggest whore in Alameda, and the finest woman that ever lived. Whoever my father was, for an hour or for a month, he must have been a happy man.
One of my favourite films, no question.
because the RNC told them to. Remember that story about Karl Rove cheering for Dean since he wanted Bush to run against him so badly? Well, if Karl Rove said that, it’s meant to discourage democrats from choosing Dean. Which means he actually doesn’t want Dean to go up against Bush. Why? As the Salon story notes, Dean polls 6-8% behind Bush right now. Exactly four years ago, Gore trailed Dean by 17 points and still got more votes come election time. Plus, Dean will raise more money than Gore. And moveon.org is sitting on those Soros millions. Don’t believe the “unelectable” nonsense.
I resent that your current TV advertisement brags about your “ice-cold, easy drinking taste.” Cold isn’t a taste, you asshole beer. Neither is “easy drinking.” Hmmm, this beer tastes like liquid! It tastes like drunk! Delicious frat-boy taste! Possibly the fact that this bothers me removes me from your target market. But here’s a hint for my wasted jock readership: for maximum drunkenness, drink any beer over 3% alc/vol instead of that Coors swill, and put it in the fridge. That’s what gives it that “ice cold” taste. For “easy drinking” flavour, simply put it in your funnel.
On a related note, someone once pointed out to me that food ads never make any claims about their product’s taste, preferring to boast about being “hot and fresh” or “hot and filling”. Is this so you can’t sue Taco Bell if your enchilada isn’t “delicious”? I can get “hot and filling” by microwaving medical waste. Mmm, tastes like SARS!
I think it will surely rock. It would appeal to a ton of people I know. I dinked around with Cubase for a while until the sheer pain-in-the-assiveness of mixing down a comp with software instruments completely discouraged me; looks like Apple got that one figured out right quick. That app is well worth the $50 iLife price alone when you consider prices on pro apps of the same ilk. Also, the inclusion of woodgrain in the interface means Apple has finally caught up to the masterful desktop picture I designed four years ago!
Interesting thing from the NYT about recent US films about Japan and their reception there. It mentions Kill Bill, Lost in Translation and The Last Samurai, and relates to this. Japanese folk seem to resent Coppola’s film the most. I found it only incidentally about Japan; it was a film about two losers falling in love, thus a foreign nation makes them seem more awkward, and Japan makes them seem even outdated, obsolete. That said, it’s no film of the year or anything.