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On the "too young" question...

Posted by: second gary (a.k.a 80181597) on Sep 03, 20:47 in response to Paul2k's post Over the past few weeks: John Carter (B); 21JST (B+),...

... I heard an episode of "Radiolab" this summer, the "Colours" episode, which included the story of an academic interested in the study of colours, who had a child. He and his wife agreed that they would teach the child colour words, but, as an experiment, they would never refer to the sky, as "blue," or as any other colour. They don't hide the word "blue"—they just reference it with respect to other things. So, when the child is somewhere between 18 and 24 mos old, one day, after a vigorous game of "what colour is that?", the father points to the sky and says, "what colour is that?" The child refuses to answer. After a couple of weeks of this pattern, the child says "white." Only later did it come around to say "blue."

Hmmm.

But Ghibli and (some) Pixar are terrific: I watched "The Incredibles" again yesterday, it is really fine. Other parents use music, so why not films?

Screened at Delta House this week: The Sting (A), Talladega Nights (B), Caddyshack (A), and Fistful of Awesome (2012) (D) DTXbro Sep 03, 17:57

Glengarry Glen Ross: B islander Sep 03, 18:35

The Beaver (2011) (C+, thoughts inside), Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002) (B-), Oldboy (2004) (A), Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005) (B), slappydavid Sep 03, 18:46

I borrowed a friend's copy of Oldboy and was going to watch it sometime this week. Glad you liked it. {nm} GMov Sep 03, 18:55

I think Mr Vengeance is the best out of that trilogy and I LOVE Oldboy {nm} Moviesnob Sep 03, 18:57

The Raid Redemption: A+; Layer Cake: B; Lawless: C+; Premium Rush: B- {nm} GMov Sep 03, 18:47

The sole A+ in this thread (so far) goes to The Raid: Redemption? DTXbro Sep 04, 06:09

Yeah I read that review and was surprised. Regardless, awesome action movie. It helped that I had no expectations but was really impressed {nm} GMov Sep 04, 16:50

Knowing (C+)...the plus was for some awesome effects {nm} tealfan Sep 03, 19:03

The Ambassador (A-), Lawless (B-), ParaNorman (A-), The Possession (C+), My Life as a Jerk (C+), The Rise & Fall of the Clash (B-), more skamanfu Sep 03, 19:12