Comments for JoshDoody.com http://www.joshdoody.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on (500) Days, and then what? by Josh http://www.joshdoody.com/2009/12/10/500-days-and-then-what/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Josh Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:05:19 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/?p=716#comment-69 Sean, I think you nailed it. I didn't want to go into the Sixth Sense angle too intensely in my write-up because I felt that part of the fun of that perspective was allowing each person to run the movie through his own unique filter. I think, in this case, asking the question, "Does she really even exist?" is a legit one. I think it would be a stretch to prove that she doesn't exist, but I think there's an easy case to be made that she doesn't exist as we see her. And perhaps there's a case to be made that Tom's own fear of commitment and/or failure caused him to view her in a specific way to make it easier on himself when the "inevitable" end of the relationship arrived (quotes used to imply a self-fulfilling prophesy). I think there could be a few thousand words written on this without too much effort, but I was determined to keep my synopsis in the sub-thousand-word category. Sean, I think you nailed it. I didn’t want to go into the Sixth Sense angle too intensely in my write-up because I felt that part of the fun of that perspective was allowing each person to run the movie through his own unique filter. I think, in this case, asking the question, “Does she really even exist?” is a legit one. I think it would be a stretch to prove that she doesn’t exist, but I think there’s an easy case to be made that she doesn’t exist as we see her. And perhaps there’s a case to be made that Tom’s own fear of commitment and/or failure caused him to view her in a specific way to make it easier on himself when the “inevitable” end of the relationship arrived (quotes used to imply a self-fulfilling prophesy).

I think there could be a few thousand words written on this without too much effort, but I was determined to keep my synopsis in the sub-thousand-word category.

]]> Comment on (500) Days, and then what? by Sean Nyffeler http://www.joshdoody.com/2009/12/10/500-days-and-then-what/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Sean Nyffeler Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:16 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/?p=716#comment-68 Your Sixth Sense bit has reopened the book on this film for me. Did you notice how, in its own not-so-subtly stylized way, the entire movie kind of felt like a commercial for Zooey Deschanel? There isn't a single shot where she isn't framed, lit, dressed, and made up perfectly. She's presented to the audience as a kind of unattainable object of desire, dangled in front of us for two hours, seemingly with the intent of making us "want" her despite our impregnable distance from her in the exact way that Tom does. So between the way she's shown to us in a filmic sense and the aura of mystery that surrounds her as a character, Summer is quite literally an apparition. She is as unknowable-yet-haunting as a ghost. We're not at all incented to like her as a person or sympathize with her dour romantic struggles (the way we are with Tom), only to desire her. I think your reading hinted at this, but when you really look at the bigger picture, it's not even a story "about" love. It's all about isolation and the manipulation of desire. No wonder you didn't walk out happy. Your Sixth Sense bit has reopened the book on this film for me. Did you notice how, in its own not-so-subtly stylized way, the entire movie kind of felt like a commercial for Zooey Deschanel? There isn’t a single shot where she isn’t framed, lit, dressed, and made up perfectly. She’s presented to the audience as a kind of unattainable object of desire, dangled in front of us for two hours, seemingly with the intent of making us “want” her despite our impregnable distance from her in the exact way that Tom does. So between the way she’s shown to us in a filmic sense and the aura of mystery that surrounds her as a character, Summer is quite literally an apparition. She is as unknowable-yet-haunting as a ghost. We’re not at all incented to like her as a person or sympathize with her dour romantic struggles (the way we are with Tom), only to desire her. I think your reading hinted at this, but when you really look at the bigger picture, it’s not even a story “about” love. It’s all about isolation and the manipulation of desire. No wonder you didn’t walk out happy.

]]> Comment on $50 tourney recap by alison http://www.joshdoody.com/2007/03/03/50-tourney-recap-2/comment-page-1/#comment-25 alison Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:33:25 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2007/03/03/50-tourney-recap-2/#comment-25 oh dear lord. you are such a dork. -love you. oh dear lord. you are such a dork.

-love you.

]]> Comment on Ten weeks later… by jonnali http://www.joshdoody.com/2007/02/20/ten-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-24 jonnali Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:52:40 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2007/02/20/ten-weeks-later/#comment-24 so interesting. the day that i sign up for facebook and get reacquainted with so many of my old "friends"... and i come to find out you have your very own website...what'd you have to do to get it? your own domain, is it called? i'm not so tech savy. i try though. facebook is crazy. that's really neat about the tiping point book. i think aaron zinck was reading it a while back. i think about my own life and the final event(s) that caused change...the tiping point. some of those tiping points not so good. but then again, maybe so. i'm really glad the overall quality of life for you has increased since moving back to g-ville. orlando is def. an adjustment. this is so unlike me to read a blog and to comment. you def. played a role in my life...in my spiritual formation in the early years of my time at UF. good times. josh doody! yay for you! so interesting. the day that i sign up for facebook and get reacquainted with so many of my old “friends”… and i come to find out you have your very own website…what’d you have to do to get it? your own domain, is it called? i’m not so tech savy. i try though. facebook is crazy.
that’s really neat about the tiping point book. i think aaron zinck was reading it a while back. i think about my own life and the final event(s) that caused change…the tiping point. some of those tiping points not so good. but then again, maybe so. i’m really glad the overall quality of life for you has increased since moving back to g-ville. orlando is def. an adjustment. this is so unlike me to read a blog and to comment. you def. played a role in my life…in my spiritual formation in the early years of my time at UF. good times. josh doody! yay for you!

]]> Comment on Florida Gators: SEC Champs! by Josh http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Josh Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:20:28 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/#comment-23 I really need to update this thing. GO GATORS! I really need to update this thing. GO GATORS!

]]> Comment on Florida Gators: SEC Champs! by Chad McLeod http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Chad McLeod Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:52:45 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/#comment-22 How bout them Gators!!!! How bout them Gators!!!!

]]> Comment on Florida Gators: SEC Champs! by Josh http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Josh Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:51:36 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/#comment-21 I'm still taking it all in. If I remember correctly, I'm still working on my post about my Final Four experience, so it could be a while. I think a poker post will be coming soon. I recently had a few Ah-ha! moments. I’m still taking it all in. If I remember correctly, I’m still working on my post about my Final Four experience, so it could be a while.

I think a poker post will be coming soon. I recently had a few Ah-ha! moments.

]]> Comment on Florida Gators: SEC Champs! by Newtons1st http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Newtons1st Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:16:02 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/12/06/florida-gators-sec-champs/#comment-20 For such a fan you sure are taking a long time to post about that win last night. For such a fan you sure are taking a long time to post about that win last night.

]]> Comment on Tournament of Champions recap by Newtons1st http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/09/30/tournament-of-champions-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Newtons1st Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:33:01 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/09/30/tournament-of-champions-recap/#comment-13 It has been months and no poker recaps??? You are slacking Sir. It has been months and no poker recaps??? You are slacking Sir.

]]> Comment on Road trips! by Josh http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/11/30/road-trips/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Josh Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:43:21 +0000 http://www.joshdoody.com/2006/11/30/road-trips/#comment-19 Behold! This is an example of everything just clicking! Behold! This is an example of everything just clicking!

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