I'm a big fan of Kermode and yet I have no interest in movies whatsoever. Film fanatics I know tend to scorn Kermode, so maybe he's more suitable to the ambivalent film person rather than trying to preach to the converted.
Mayo and Kermode is the best hour of speech radio you'll find anywhere.
Well, I'm a film fanatic and I love him. He does that clever thing of cutting through the pretension and bullshit to get the core of whether a film is actually good or not and always gives credit when it's due. He got Mamma Mia! spot on.
I'm a big fan of Kermode and yet I have no interest in movies whatsoever. Film fanatics I know tend to scorn Kermode, so maybe he's more suitable to the ambivalent film person rather than trying to preach to the converted.
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Well, I'm a film fanatic and I love him. He does that clever thing of cutting through the pretension and bullshit to get the core of whether a film is actually good or not and always gives credit when it's due. He got Mamma Mia! spot on.
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