tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post3725514245532254716..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: MovieAndrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-15171977428656817932010-07-19T03:40:09.301+02:002010-07-19T03:40:09.301+02:00I have to say I really dislike the third line, and...I have to say I really dislike the third line, and since your point is how haiku-like and tight this is, I don't think it's a random observation. "saddens many films" -- first of all, obviously and ungrammatically, the films are not "made sad" in the sense that "saddens" means. Viewing them may be "saddening," in the sense that the shot "makes one sad," or makes viewing the film a sadder experience, but the films can't be "made sad" in and of themselves. Anymore than the films could be made "glad" when the towers were actually still there. Films which have a sense of whether or not their representations conform to reality? Films appalled at the inaccuracies they depict?<br /><br />poets who use language<br />inexactly for emotion<br />sadden the readerDonald Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391024449222256377noreply@blogger.com