The Room is one of the most fun experiences I've had watching a film and it is one of the worst movies I have actually ever seen. A film doesn't have to be good to be enjoyable. Not that I would suggest that a franchise would lead to some great movie, but you can develop a B-tier franchise out of these elements. But the fact is that there's something here that can be expanded upon. Do not misunderstand me, that is not suggesting that I actually want sequels to this movie, which was one of those lame fantasty-esque action movies that we get so every so often, like Seventh Son. You know what's scarier than that? The fact that I wouldn't actually mind that. If whoever wrote the song could demand a certain title, the rolling stones would never have changed it to paint it black, no meaning there.You know what the scary thing about this movie is? The fact that it seems to be the start of a franchise. i could say its no ones fault because this is what we are taught- but we choose to use it, so we chose to be black hearted all along, and he won't accept any justifications anyways. maybe i'll just fade away and not have to face the facts.this is something he will be facing up to for the rest of his life. he was bad for so long that his whole world is black, and its not easy to "face up" when your whole world is black. ![]() He looks inside himself and see his heart is black. If you start paying attention to how people treat other people that they know have no power, and all the meanness used in the world to force these people into compliance (how the person being mean(punishing) wants the other person to act and speak).you will realise that few people out there don't have a black heart. poor guy is probably a better person then he ever was before. it's also very sad that his intentions are misinterpreted by some people. his heart is black, in fact his whole world is black. The song is about a suicide, he is a suicide survivor. it means to be split - or temporarily regarded as all bad. Painted black is an industry specific term, which is why most people have not heard it. ![]() (Most people in North America and the UK, between the ages of 30 and 65, have heard the song at least a dozen times.) To people from elsewhere, or from a different generation, it has no obvious meaning and should probably be avoided if you wish to avoid misunderstanding. ![]() It's a pop-culture reference which has become an idiom the characters in "Elementary" are assumed to know the song and understand its meaning. It sounds, however, like something the "bad guy" would say.) ![]() A military commander in a war zone might get away with it. (I haven't watched the episode yet, so don't know who was giving that order - if it was, for example, a police/SWAT commander, use of a command like that would likely result in suspension from duty, since the police are supposed to be preventing funerals rather than causing them. Using "Paint it black" as the fire-at-will signal is sardonic, and makes excellent television - but is probably not in common usage. It's only after the song became iconic that "paint it black" became an idiomatic expression.Īll of the imagery in the Stones song is to death and its accompanying sadness black is the color of funerals in England, and at least one verse (" I see a line of cars and they're all painted black / With flowers and my love both never to come back") is an explicit reference to a funeral cortege. It would appear that you underestimate the cultural significance of the Rolling Stones!Ī quick search for the phrase's history (via Google nGrams) shows that it was not an idiomatic phrase before the song was released in 1966: except for a Southerner opposed to civil rights in the 1920s (" We will paint this State red before we paint it black") and a reference to national colors (" It would be just the same if Ireland began to paint the map green or Montenegro were to paint it black"), (almost) all the pre-1966 instances I find are literal references to actually putting real black paint onto things.
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