Films, Jews, Armenians....

[anileve]

They are fixated on placing the weight of the "entire" Armenian filmmaking industry on the shoulders of one director who at least MADE IT to the box office. As opposed to the crap that gets released from some other miniscule directors who do a horrible job at advertisement and directing. I don't understand why so much criticism is directed towards one individual, is he the only Armenian director in the world, did he somehow make an oath to educate the rest of the world with his patriotic movies on genocide which preferable display all of the gruesomeness of the event? I for one don't want to see our genocide to be turned into a trademark that the Jews have managed to turn Holocaust into.

Egoyan did a great job at entangling cinematography, art, philosophy and history into one production. The movie was not there to evoke hatred; it was there to educate both sides and awaken mixed feelings. Many fail to see that point. I loved it, it was not traditional, it was more of a gentle implication. A thoughtful audience would have understood that, a thoughtless audience will always look for blockbuster hits and tear-jerkers and that movie wasn’t it. There is no reason why a director must change his approach to satisfy hungry masses as a sole Genocide Film Crusader.

[fIReBuRntInHeLL]

They are fixated on placing the weight of the "entire" Armenian filmmaking industry on the shoulders of one director who at least MADE IT to the box office. As opposed to the crap that gets released from some other miniscule directors who do a horrible job at advertisement and directing. I don't understand why so much criticism is directed towards one individual, is he the only Armenian director in the world, did he somehow make an oath to educate the rest of the world with his patriotic movies on genocide which preferable display all of the gruesomeness of the event? I for one don't want to see our genocide to be turned into a trademark that the Jews have managed to turn Holocaust into.

Egoyan did a great job at entangling cinematography, art, philosophy and history into one production. The movie was not there to evoke hatred; it was there to educate both sides and awaken mixed feelings. Many fail to see that point. I loved it, it was not traditional, it was more of a gentle implication. A thoughtful audience would have understood that, a thoughtless audience will always look for blockbuster hits and tear-jerkers and that movie wasn’t it. There is no reason why a director must change his approach to satisfy hungry masses as a sole Genocide Film Crusader.

anileve this was the best thread of all your posts!!!!
Magnificent!

[dusken]

The word duty must be omitted in the satanist dictionary and guide to self indulgent living. Ararat was a flop. You can pull all the little artistic awards out of your ass it will not make it any less of a flop. The movie may have been well crafted from a director's perspective, but directors don't fill movie theaters. Egoyan let everybody down. When the majority of the audience going to see his stupid student film is Armenian that is what is called a FLOP. Today no one knows more about the genocide then before the movie.

This post is so full of ignorant bullshyt, I do not know where to begin. I guess I will point out the fact that you are resorting to using the word "Satanist" again because you have absolutely no valid points to make but feel the need to take up space.

Egoyan only let people down because everyone was busy crafting the movie before he completed it. Take you head out of your ass. Student film? What a phucking poser.

[dusken]

You know guys, I'm not too sure that Egoyan was making this movie for you. It was his movie. I haven't seen it, so I'm not going to comment on it. Still, it isn't fair to judge a movie on its box-office appeal or its propaganda value. The medium is still an art-form to some directors (thankfully) and I'm glad it is. The film should rightfully be judge on its artistic merit. That is not self-indulgent. It is self-indulgent to think that every film made about a topic important to you should somehow serve your interests rather than the interests of the people actually involved in making it.

By the way, I loved The Sweet Hereafter. It was a graceful, well-acted, character-driven film, understated and probing. If Ararat was anything like it, I'm sure it was well worth seeing, even if the bulk of Hollywood movie-goers would rather watch Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller compete for the world's stupidest man award.

At least Adam Sandler made Punch-Drunk Love and did a good job in it. I hate Ben Stiller. Not only is he talentless but his goddamn ugly face is so annoying it makes me want to beat him to death with his ugly, talentless father.