Coupla Guys in a Booth
Anne Thompson alerted me this morning to A.J. Benza and Neal Gumpel's "Real Guys" series -- obviously a concept riding the coattails of Marcia Nastair and Lorenzo Semple's "Reel Geezers." Here's their riff on 21.
I agree with Thompson that the Geezers offer more interesting insights and issues, but Benza and Gumpel feel like the real thing to me. They process and talk about movies in the manner of "real guys" (i.e., men who enjoy saying it straight but at the same time have some sort of trepidation about being too intellectual). It's culturally valid, it's fairly unpretentious and it adds to the national dialogue so I don't see a problem. Are they Andre Bazin and James Agee? No, but are they pretending to be?
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 4, 2008 at 11:09 AM
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Chicago48
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This is the future of movie critics....move over Ebert & Roeper....you're headed to Youtube, and honestly, it seems a natural place for movie critics vs. TV. Movies criticism doesn't need a long sililoquoy(?) just an honest opinion from ordinary people. Everybody's different...the critic isn't the last word nor the only word. I like reading all views, even those in IMDB message boards.
Posted by Chicago48
at May 4, 2008 12:34 PM
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vansmith
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benza in a booth with a couple of lines and some broads, now you gotta show...
Posted by vansmith
at May 4, 2008 1:03 PM
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Glenn Kenny
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What I like most about them is their timeliness. Using the speed of the internet to deliver their verdicts on films almost instantly.
Oh, wait.
No, they're not James Agee and Andre Bazin. They're not even Dr. Tongue and Woody Tobias Jr.
That said, Chicago 48 is right in several respects.
Posted by Glenn Kenny
at May 4, 2008 3:21 PM
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scooterzz
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really...this is just a bad joke.....aj benza!?!?.....please....
Posted by scooterzz
at May 4, 2008 11:43 PM
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BurmaShave
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It's funny, because when Poland was doing Rough Cut, I thought he was AJ Benza.
Posted by BurmaShave
at May 5, 2008 9:03 AM
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