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]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:31:56 GMTMovies we do not want to seeWed, 22 Mar 2006 14:27:50 GMT203190Group Spout Post: Slumdog Millionaire http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2009/1/25/39881.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: This really was an incredible film. It is rare that film can truly balance everything that you want in a movie; there seems always to be a short coming, but "Slumdog Millionaire" does not have one. The plot of "Slumdog Millionaire" is really very simple, at least at its most basic. It is that story, even when you have seen it again and again, that when it is done right, really makes you believe that there is hope in the world against all adversity. So this kid lives in the slums of India, and he has battled all manor of terrible events, just to get back to the true love of his life. "Atonement" tried this last year (well, not the slums of India part, but that does not really matter) and "Atonement" was awful. "Atonement" and "Slumdog Millionaire" have a lot in common besides their stories, even despite the face that one was excellent and the other was atrocious. They are both stunningly beautiful, have this age old plot, are Oscar nominees, and do not really make you laugh that much. There are more similarities but they are less important. When "Atonement" tried to accomplish these things, even in the scope of the stage it used to present it; a war, about 70 years of a characters life, sex in a library, et cetera, it could not bring to the audience into the passion of the plight for these characters. "Slumdog Millionaire" has, in some cases, similar scope; we meet the characters three times in their lives, and they walk and hitch-hike on trains all over a subcontinent. The difference lies in the directors. It seems characteristic of Joe Wright to be somewhat disconnected from his subject; Wright sets you in their world but does not have the audacity to throw his characters in the audiences face, challenging their opinion of a world they do not know. Joe Wright's "Pride & Prejudice" was the same; while his concise, and beautiful telling was a nice departure from the 1995 version made for television, the actors in Wright's telling (all of them A-list in my opinion) did not bring the weight of 1995 version. Additionally, the performances in the 1995 version were spread over 5 hours of film. Wright's upcoming film, "The Soloist" looks good in trailers, but will be no different. Danny Boyle, on the other hand, is uncompromising when he tells a story. Even in his less moving work "Sunshine", Boyle forced the audience to see eye to eye and into the souls of his characters. "Sunshine" is not really a great movie, more a cool movie that is awesome to see in theaters, but when I compare it to other Sci-Fi epics like Soderbergh's "Solaris", one really feels close to the characters. Needless to say, this comes from Danny Boyle's characteristic close-ups and sharp as a razor light shows. Danny Boyle has found a way to bring a character to the audience in an unusual way that makes a story stick in a viewers mind. Further more, Boyle does not seem limited by the talent of the like Chris Evans. To speak specifically to this movie is difficult, it seems to me to be unique despite its reused parts. The screenplay by Simon Beaufoy has enough spins on the accepted story that this one is totally new. Some of these spins sent drops of dramatic blood into the veins of "Slumdog Millionaire"; scenes of hardships faced by the children in India made some in the audience gasp, but what else would you expect from a developing nation. The scenes of the slums in "Slumdog Millionaire" were far more moving than those in the documentary "Born into Brothels". Also, the spin that the game-show has in this movie provides a sort of backbone that other films do not have. There are three plots moving throughout most of this film, and when they harmoniously meet at the end, it really brings emotion off the screen. These gems of originality set "Slumdog Millionaire" apart from many other films I've seen. "Slumdog Millionaire" deserves all the honour it can get from the Hollywood crowd. This seems a year that one of the more independent films can finally take the big prize. Not only does "Slumdog Millionaire" have everything and more that one would want from any Best Picture film, "Slumdog Millionaire" has originality and depth that set it apart from many films this year or any year.
]]>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:12:09 GMTThe_American_DreamThe_American_Dream Blog1/25/2009 11:12:09 AMThis really was an incredible film. It is rare that film can truly balance everything that you want in a movie; there seems always to be a short coming, but "Slumdog Millionaire" does not have one. The plot of "Slumdog Millionaire" is really very simple, at least at its most basic. It is that story, even when you have seen it again and again, that when it is done right, really makes you believe that there is hope in the world against all adversity. So this kid lives in the slums of India, and he has battled all manor of terrible events, just to get back to the true love of his life. "Atonement" tried this last year (well, not the slums of India part, but that does not really matter) and "Atonement" was awful. "Atonement" and "Slumdog Millionaire" have a lot in common besides their stories, even despite the face that one was excellent and the other was atrocious. They are both stunningly beautiful, have this age old plot, are Oscar nominees, and do not really make you laugh that much. There are more similarities but they are less important. When "Atonement" tried to accomplish these things, even in the scope of the stage it used to present it; a war, about 70 years of a characters life, sex in a library, et cetera, it could not bring to the audience into the passion of the plight for these characters. "Slumdog Millionaire" has, in some cases, similar scope; we meet the characters three times in their lives, and they walk and hitch-hike on trains all over a subcontinent. The difference lies in the directors. It seems characteristic of Joe Wright to be somewhat disconnected from his subject; Wright sets you in their world but does not have the audacity to throw his characters in the audiences face, challenging their opinion of a world they do not know. Joe Wright's "Pride & Prejudice" was the same; while his concise, and beautiful telling was a nice departure from the 1995 version made for television, the actors in Wright's telling (all of them A-list in my opinion) did not bring the weight of 1995 version. Additionally, the performances in the 1995 version were spread over 5 hours of film. Wright's upcoming film, "The Soloist" looks good in trailers, but will be no different. Danny Boyle, on the other hand, is uncompromising when he tells a story. Even in his less moving work "Sunshine", Boyle forced the audience to see eye to eye and into the souls of his characters. "Sunshine" is not really a great movie, more a cool movie that is awesome to see in theaters, but when I compare it to other Sci-Fi epics like Soderbergh's "Solaris", one really feels close to the characters. Needless to say, this comes from Danny Boyle's characteristic close-ups and sharp as a razor light shows. Danny Boyle has found a way to bring a character to the audience in an unusual way that makes a story stick in a viewers mind. Further more, Boyle does not seem limited by the talent of the like Chris Evans. To speak specifically to this movie is difficult, it seems to me to be unique despite its reused parts. The screenplay by Simon Beaufoy has enough spins on the accepted story that this one is totally new. Some of these spins sent drops of dramatic blood into the veins of "Slumdog Millionaire"; scenes of hardships faced by the children in India made some in the audience gasp, but what else would you expect from a developing nation. The scenes of the slums in "Slumdog Millionaire" were far more moving than those in the documentary "Born into Brothels". Also, the spin that the game-show has in this movie provides a sort of backbone that other films do not have. There are three plots moving throughout most of this film, and when they harmoniously meet at the end, it really brings emotion off the screen. These gems of originality set "Slumdog Millionaire" apart from many other films I've seen. "Slumdog Millionaire" deserves all the honour it can get from the Hollywood crowd. This seems a year that one of the more independent films can finally take the big prize. Not only does "Slumdog Millionaire" have everything and more that one would want from any Best Picture film, "Slumdog Millionaire" has originality and depth that set it apart from many films this year or any year. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man! http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_September_29_Gimme_Some_Drugs/625/35750/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: I have to lay it down though that the ultimate drug in movies is marijuana as shown in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle"; no matter how off the reservation Hunter Thompson gets, he never rode a cheetah. And neither did Lee in "Naked Lunch", another great in the drugged-up film making line, although more philosophical and less comedic; (I'm reading the book now). But, "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" is a great work of cinema in my opinion because of its clever yet totally in the gutter mentality along with the epic journey of it all; key to the more comedic side of drugs. Similar to "Pineapple Express" this year which I loved as a classic in the stoner movie vein. "The Big Lebowski" gets to that too but the plot of that movie is not really driven by the drugs. It is important to note that the point of those few movies is the comedy and not in the end the drugs.
]]>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:59:32 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme9/30/2008 10:59:32 PMI have to lay it down though that the ultimate drug in movies is marijuana as shown in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle"; no matter how off the reservation Hunter Thompson gets, he never rode a cheetah. And neither did Lee in "Naked Lunch", another great in the drugged-up film making line, although more philosophical and less comedic; (I'm reading the book now). But, "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" is a great work of cinema in my opinion because of its clever yet totally in the gutter mentality along with the epic journey of it all; key to the more comedic side of drugs. Similar to "Pineapple Express" this year which I loved as a classic in the stoner movie vein. "The Big Lebowski" gets to that too but the plot of that movie is not really driven by the drugs. It is important to note that the point of those few movies is the comedy and not in the end the drugs. Spout Post: Re:The Weekly Theme Suggestion Box http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_The_Weekly_Theme_Suggestion_Box/625/35412/1/ShowPost.aspxPost By: The_American_Dream
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Body: There are plenty of perhaps genres in their own right to be discussed here; costume drama vs. recent period pieces, or stoner comedy. Perhaps more obscure things that categorize themselves; Kubrick Movies. Thinking along those lines might yield interesting discussion. I can't come up with immediately good ones here, some other ones up there look better but this is a good cause to perpetuate.
]]>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:40:03 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme9/22/2008 10:40:03 PMThere are plenty of perhaps genres in their own right to be discussed here; costume drama vs. recent period pieces, or stoner comedy. Perhaps more obscure things that categorize themselves; Kubrick Movies. Thinking along those lines might yield interesting discussion. I can't come up with immediately good ones here, some other ones up there look better but this is a good cause to perpetuate. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for September 22: Breaking the Fourth Wall http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_September_22_Breaking_the_Fou/625/35405/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Post Date: 9/22/2008 8:00:52 PM
Body: [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="The_American_Dream"] This is a really weird one. Not something you think about very often, good topic. I find that this has a very long lineage in drama in general; just look at Shakespeare. Kenneth Bragnaugh's "Hamlet" has more than the other version I have seen, but "Titus", "Richard III", and "A Mid Summers Night Dream" are the fourth wall breakers that come to my mind. Clearly this goes past Shakespeare stuff but that is what came to mind. Good topic. [/quote] Yes, I was hoping someone would mention Titus because the way Taymor directed that one was very odd. It was like a movie of a play within a movie. Keep in mind, this was Julie Taymor's first film but she was allready an award winning and very accomplished theatrical director. [/quote] Yeah, thanks for highlighting the complexity of that one. There is allot more to her presentation of it than meets the eye; the speaking characters break it to us, the audience, as is somewhat common place. But there is also another spectator to the whole ordeal which throws a whole different perspective on the movie giving it allot of depth. "Titus" is unique really and Taymor's work with it draws allot on choreography and stage work that other directors lack. "Titus" is also just really bad-ass.
]]>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:52 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme9/22/2008 8:00:52 PM[quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="The_American_Dream"] This is a really weird one. Not something you think about very often, good topic. I find that this has a very long lineage in drama in general; just look at Shakespeare. Kenneth Bragnaugh's "Hamlet" has more than the other version I have seen, but "Titus", "Richard III", and "A Mid Summers Night Dream" are the fourth wall breakers that come to my mind. Clearly this goes past Shakespeare stuff but that is what came to mind. Good topic. [/quote] Yes, I was hoping someone would mention Titus because the way Taymor directed that one was very odd. It was like a movie of a play within a movie. Keep in mind, this was Julie Taymor's first film but she was allready an award winning and very accomplished theatrical director. [/quote] Yeah, thanks for highlighting the complexity of that one. There is allot more to her presentation of it than meets the eye; the speaking characters break it to us, the audience, as is somewhat common place. But there is also another spectator to the whole ordeal which throws a whole different perspective on the movie giving it allot of depth. "Titus" is unique really and Taymor's work with it draws allot on choreography and stage work that other directors lack. "Titus" is also just really bad-ass. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for September 22: Breaking the Fourth Wall http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_September_22_Breaking_the_Fou/625/35366/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Post Date: 9/22/2008 8:38:18 AM
Body: This is a really weird one. Not something you think about very often, good topic. I find that this has a very long lineage in drama in general; just look at Shakespeare. Kenneth Bragnaugh's "Hamlet" has more than the other version I have seen, but "Titus", "Richard III", and "A Mid Summers Night Dream" are the fourth wall breakers that come to my mind. Clearly this goes past Shakespeare stuff but that is what came to mind. Good topic.
]]>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:38:18 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme9/22/2008 8:38:18 AMThis is a really weird one. Not something you think about very often, good topic. I find that this has a very long lineage in drama in general; just look at Shakespeare. Kenneth Bragnaugh's "Hamlet" has more than the other version I have seen, but "Titus", "Richard III", and "A Mid Summers Night Dream" are the fourth wall breakers that come to my mind. Clearly this goes past Shakespeare stuff but that is what came to mind. Good topic. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for September 15: This Sporting Life http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_September_15_This_Sporting_Li/625/35179/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Post Date: 9/15/2008 7:55:47 PM
Body: As a high-school runner, I have to lay down "Chariots of Fire" as a sports movie although not so classically sporty as the usual team over coming insurmountable odds within and without that Disney periodically cranks out with a 'Based on a True Story' tagline (I at least "Remember the Titans" without very fond memories). However, despite being a runner I haven't seen the classic Prefontaine movies out there like "Prefontaine" or "Without Limits". But those are the sports movies I know.
]]>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:55:47 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme9/15/2008 7:55:47 PMAs a high-school runner, I have to lay down "Chariots of Fire" as a sports movie although not so classically sporty as the usual team over coming insurmountable odds within and without that Disney periodically cranks out with a 'Based on a True Story' tagline (I at least "Remember the Titans" without very fond memories). However, despite being a runner I haven't seen the classic Prefontaine movies out there like "Prefontaine" or "Without Limits". But those are the sports movies I know. Spout Post: Re:Summer Palace http://www.spout.com/groups/Spout_Mavens/Re_Summer_Palace/366/34595/1/ShowPost.aspxPost By: The_American_Dream
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Post Date: 8/31/2008 4:53:55 PM
Body: A link to my review here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2008/8/31/34594.aspx
]]>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:53:55 GMTThe_American_DreamSpout Mavens8/31/2008 4:53:55 PMA link to my review here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2008/8/31/34594.aspx Spout Post: Important and Tumultuous Periods of History? Who Cares! http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2008/8/31/34594.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Post Date: 8/31/2008 4:52:39 PM
Body: There is not a great deal to be said for this movie. And it is not because of the sex which is what I was afraid of. But I hoped that this one would, in its epic standing, that it would pull a large amount of material across time and people to make it interesting. Unfortunatly "Summer Palace" is really more than a let down to the point of almost being a waste. "Summer Palace" swings back and forth from what it gets made out to be. That being and political and sex charged drama spanning most of the dramatic periods in China's history. Well strictly speaking, it does that. This story of people does weave itself (or rather its characters) across distance and events rather completely. However, maybe only half way in or slightly more I was really wondering why I was supposed to care. Frankly, this is something that can be done very well and in a manner where I really do care. "A Beautiful Mind" is an example of a movie about people that really does span events and changes very well. "A Beautiful Mind" is perhaps not as politically charged as a modern Chinese drama is bound to be, but that is not the point here. "Summer Palace" really wants to tell a story about people and less about a time, this is what ramps it up to its 140 minute runtime, and it is really uninteresting. "Summer Palace" wants its audience to feel the trails and hardships, internal and external, faced by a small group over the corse of more than a decade. What is wrong with that? Nothing really, only that every time some little thing happens it takes several minutes of a character at sunset trying to work out why their friend stole a book from the library. Needless to say, you are in for far more of this kind of stuff when say someone throws them self off a building. There is also the pretense that this movie actually captures something about the time. Although it might, between dates, locations, stock footage, and an epilogue, there is not so much the emotion that one feels when there is actual empathy for the situation from the actors. "Across the Universe" encounters this, but makes up for it by being visually stunning beyond use of colors or focus (and also being very trippy). "Summer Palace" does in fact maintain genuinely good photography. However the constant recycling of formulaic shots does not make the movie any more interesting. With all this, what is there really to say is good? Well not allot. at the start, interesting camera moves and a heavy grit did grab my attention. But for its qualities, "Summer Palace" really falls short of expectations unless you came just for the sex (which is mostly buried under the afore mentioned lengths of sunset shots). "Summer Palace", perhaps grasping at the greats of historical fiction in film such as "Forret Gump", and the epic romance such as "The English Patient", does not impress. "Summer Palace" falls below the films of its county of origin as well, which often speak more volumes about China's history (as in "Hero") and create more connection between actor and audience (despite all the Kung-Fu hullabaloo). So I have to give this movie an overall negative review, not that I am the first it seems.
]]>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:52:39 GMTThe_American_DreamThe_American_Dream Blog8/31/2008 4:52:39 PMThere is not a great deal to be said for this movie. And it is not because of the sex which is what I was afraid of. But I hoped that this one would, in its epic standing, that it would pull a large amount of material across time and people to make it interesting. Unfortunatly "Summer Palace" is really more than a let down to the point of almost being a waste. "Summer Palace" swings back and forth from what it gets made out to be. That being and political and sex charged drama spanning most of the dramatic periods in China's history. Well strictly speaking, it does that. This story of people does weave itself (or rather its characters) across distance and events rather completely. However, maybe only half way in or slightly more I was really wondering why I was supposed to care. Frankly, this is something that can be done very well and in a manner where I really do care. "A Beautiful Mind" is an example of a movie about people that really does span events and changes very well. "A Beautiful Mind" is perhaps not as politically charged as a modern Chinese drama is bound to be, but that is not the point here. "Summer Palace" really wants to tell a story about people and less about a time, this is what ramps it up to its 140 minute runtime, and it is really uninteresting. "Summer Palace" wants its audience to feel the trails and hardships, internal and external, faced by a small group over the corse of more than a decade. What is wrong with that? Nothing really, only that every time some little thing happens it takes several minutes of a character at sunset trying to work out why their friend stole a book from the library. Needless to say, you are in for far more of this kind of stuff when say someone throws them self off a building. There is also the pretense that this movie actually captures something about the time. Although it might, between dates, locations, stock footage, and an epilogue, there is not so much the emotion that one feels when there is actual empathy for the situation from the actors. "Across the Universe" encounters this, but makes up for it by being visually stunning beyond use of colors or focus (and also being very trippy). "Summer Palace" does in fact maintain genuinely good photography. However the constant recycling of formulaic shots does not make the movie any more interesting. With all this, what is there really to say is good? Well not allot. at the start, interesting camera moves and a heavy grit did grab my attention. But for its qualities, "Summer Palace" really falls short of expectations unless you came just for the sex (which is mostly buried under the afore mentioned lengths of sunset shots). "Summer Palace", perhaps grasping at the greats of historical fiction in film such as "Forret Gump", and the epic romance such as "The English Patient", does not impress. "Summer Palace" falls below the films of its county of origin as well, which often speak more volumes about China's history (as in "Hero") and create more connection between actor and audience (despite all the Kung-Fu hullabaloo). So I have to give this movie an overall negative review, not that I am the first it seems. Spout Post: Important and Tumultuous Periods of History? Who Cares! http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2008/8/31/34594.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: There is not a great deal to be said for this movie. And it is not because of the sex which is what I was afraid of. But I hoped that this one would, in its epic standing, that it would pull a large amount of material across time and people to make it interesting. Unfortunatly "Summer Palace" is really more than a let down to the point of almost being a waste. "Summer Palace" swings back and forth from what it gets made out to be. That being and political and sex charged drama spanning most of the dramatic periods in China's history. Well strictly speaking, it does that. This story of people does weave itself (or rather its characters) across distance and events rather completely. However, maybe only half way in or slightly more I was really wondering why I was supposed to care. Frankly, this is something that can be done very well and in a manner where I really do care. "A Beautiful Mind" is an example of a movie about people that really does span events and changes very well. "A Beautiful Mind" is perhaps not as politically charged as a modern Chinese drama is bound to be, but that is not the point here. "Summer Palace" really wants to tell a story about people and less about a time, this is what ramps it up to its 140 minute runtime, and it is really uninteresting. "Summer Palace" wants its audience to feel the trails and hardships, internal and external, faced by a small group over the corse of more than a decade. What is wrong with that? Nothing really, only that every time some little thing happens it takes several minutes of a character at sunset trying to work out why their friend stole a book from the library. Needless to say, you are in for far more of this kind of stuff when say someone throws them self off a building. There is also the pretense that this movie actually captures something about the time. Although it might, between dates, locations, stock footage, and an epilogue, there is not so much the emotion that one feels when there is actual empathy for the situation from the actors. "Across the Universe" encounters this, but makes up for it by being visually stunning beyond use of colors or focus (and also being very trippy). "Summer Palace" does in fact maintain genuinely good photography. However the constant recycling of formulaic shots does not make the movie any more interesting. With all this, what is there really to say is good? Well not allot. at the start, interesting camera moves and a heavy grit did grab my attention. But for its qualities, "Summer Palace" really falls short of expectations unless you came just for the sex (which is mostly buried under the afore mentioned lengths of sunset shots). "Summer Palace", perhaps grasping at the greats of historical fiction in film such as "Forret Gump", and the epic romance such as "The English Patient", does not impress. "Summer Palace" falls below the films of its county of origin as well, which often speak more volumes about China's history (as in "Hero") and create more connection between actor and audience (despite all the Kung-Fu hullabaloo). So I have to give this movie an overall negative review, not that I am the first it seems.
]]>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:52:39 GMTThe_American_DreamThe_American_Dream Blog8/31/2008 4:52:39 PMThere is not a great deal to be said for this movie. And it is not because of the sex which is what I was afraid of. But I hoped that this one would, in its epic standing, that it would pull a large amount of material across time and people to make it interesting. Unfortunatly "Summer Palace" is really more than a let down to the point of almost being a waste. "Summer Palace" swings back and forth from what it gets made out to be. That being and political and sex charged drama spanning most of the dramatic periods in China's history. Well strictly speaking, it does that. This story of people does weave itself (or rather its characters) across distance and events rather completely. However, maybe only half way in or slightly more I was really wondering why I was supposed to care. Frankly, this is something that can be done very well and in a manner where I really do care. "A Beautiful Mind" is an example of a movie about people that really does span events and changes very well. "A Beautiful Mind" is perhaps not as politically charged as a modern Chinese drama is bound to be, but that is not the point here. "Summer Palace" really wants to tell a story about people and less about a time, this is what ramps it up to its 140 minute runtime, and it is really uninteresting. "Summer Palace" wants its audience to feel the trails and hardships, internal and external, faced by a small group over the corse of more than a decade. What is wrong with that? Nothing really, only that every time some little thing happens it takes several minutes of a character at sunset trying to work out why their friend stole a book from the library. Needless to say, you are in for far more of this kind of stuff when say someone throws them self off a building. There is also the pretense that this movie actually captures something about the time. Although it might, between dates, locations, stock footage, and an epilogue, there is not so much the emotion that one feels when there is actual empathy for the situation from the actors. "Across the Universe" encounters this, but makes up for it by being visually stunning beyond use of colors or focus (and also being very trippy). "Summer Palace" does in fact maintain genuinely good photography. However the constant recycling of formulaic shots does not make the movie any more interesting. With all this, what is there really to say is good? Well not allot. at the start, interesting camera moves and a heavy grit did grab my attention. But for its qualities, "Summer Palace" really falls short of expectations unless you came just for the sex (which is mostly buried under the afore mentioned lengths of sunset shots). "Summer Palace", perhaps grasping at the greats of historical fiction in film such as "Forret Gump", and the epic romance such as "The English Patient", does not impress. "Summer Palace" falls below the films of its county of origin as well, which often speak more volumes about China's history (as in "Hero") and create more connection between actor and audience (despite all the Kung-Fu hullabaloo). So I have to give this movie an overall negative review, not that I am the first it seems. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_25_Monster_Madness/625/34378/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: Before I try to get in on this one, I am going to apologize for my mostly monster free up bringing. At least in the classic sense. Sure, I know the classic Harryhausen monsters; "Jason and the Argonauts" naturally, and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" even features James Mason and company running from an iguana. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is a classic. But these cannot measure up to a movie of "The Giant Gila Monster" caliber. However, science-fiction is something that has always been in my life, and science-fiction offers some of movies greatest monsters. Although it falls into mainstream, the alien in "Alien" is easily one of the greatest monsters of all time. But this is not really my sci-fi passion, that is reserved for Star Trek. I have been a Treker since birth. Every lizard-thing that captain Kirk took on could be on par with the most giant of gila monsters. But wait, there's more; "Star Trek: First Contact", specifically, the Borg. The Borg scared me silly when I was younger but now, they really are a favorite monster of mine as I have followed them in all the Star Trek I watch. If I wished to digress the infinity of my nerdyness I could go on and on with Star Trek monsters but wont.
]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:29:31 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme8/25/2008 8:29:31 PMBefore I try to get in on this one, I am going to apologize for my mostly monster free up bringing. At least in the classic sense. Sure, I know the classic Harryhausen monsters; "Jason and the Argonauts" naturally, and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" even features James Mason and company running from an iguana. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is a classic. But these cannot measure up to a movie of "The Giant Gila Monster" caliber. However, science-fiction is something that has always been in my life, and science-fiction offers some of movies greatest monsters. Although it falls into mainstream, the alien in "Alien" is easily one of the greatest monsters of all time. But this is not really my sci-fi passion, that is reserved for Star Trek. I have been a Treker since birth. Every lizard-thing that captain Kirk took on could be on par with the most giant of gila monsters. But wait, there's more; "Star Trek: First Contact", specifically, the Borg. The Borg scared me silly when I was younger but now, they really are a favorite monster of mine as I have followed them in all the Star Trek I watch. If I wished to digress the infinity of my nerdyness I could go on and on with Star Trek monsters but wont. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for August 11: The Secret Society http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_11_The_Secret_Society/625/33906/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: [quote user="leeroy711"] Another movie that makes the cut The Hebrew Hammer. hee hee. It was pretty funny. [/quote] "Beerfest"; an underground cult is a major part of that movie, so I guess that qualifies it. Funny stuff... stupid movie.
]]>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:09:54 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme8/12/2008 11:09:54 AM[quote user="leeroy711"] Another movie that makes the cut The Hebrew Hammer. hee hee. It was pretty funny. [/quote] "Beerfest"; an underground cult is a major part of that movie, so I guess that qualifies it. Funny stuff... stupid movie. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for August 11: The Secret Society http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_11_The_Secret_Society/625/33857/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: [quote user="SkyPilot"] Which is a far cry from how interested I was in the Masons when I was about 18, when I saw From Hell. [/quote] "From Hell" is a great and creepy movie. When I first saw it I was like 'No way any of that can be true beyond the happening of the murders themselves." As it turns out allot of the facts of the movie are not far from some events that really happened (even the letter with the kidney). However, going off from the masons, I am going to have to add "National Treasure" to the list there which also really has a remarkable blend of the true and the absurd (despite the fact that it is not a particularly remarkable movie). "From Hell" also reminds me of another movie neatly in this category; "The Ninth Gate". Johnny Depp again, and also the classic people in robes look to the secret society there.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:42:02 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme8/11/2008 11:42:02 AM[quote user="SkyPilot"] Which is a far cry from how interested I was in the Masons when I was about 18, when I saw From Hell. [/quote] "From Hell" is a great and creepy movie. When I first saw it I was like 'No way any of that can be true beyond the happening of the murders themselves." As it turns out allot of the facts of the movie are not far from some events that really happened (even the letter with the kidney). However, going off from the masons, I am going to have to add "National Treasure" to the list there which also really has a remarkable blend of the true and the absurd (despite the fact that it is not a particularly remarkable movie). "From Hell" also reminds me of another movie neatly in this category; "The Ninth Gate". Johnny Depp again, and also the classic people in robes look to the secret society there. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for August 11: The Secret Society http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_11_The_Secret_Society/625/33836/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: Oh man! This is a good one. And for me the movie that leaps to mind is "Eyes Wide Shut", which is really one of my all time favorites. "Eyes Wide Shut" is so off the scale weird in so many ways that you would think that is was impossible,and yet, watching the movie you feel that it isn't. And really, there is so much more than that in "Eyes Wide Shut", a real masterpiece by Kubrick. Another Kubrick movie that I think fits in here would be "A Clockwork Orange" not exactly a secret society in the classic sense (calling to mind "The Good Shepherd" or "13 Tzameti") but the group of droogs have some secret society like manors. And last, a movie I saw recently; "Children of Men". There is a movie that has so many groups of both good-guys and bad-guys operating as secret societies that by the end, the ambiguity of the films ending leans on that point. I love this topic.
]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:28:32 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme8/11/2008 8:28:32 AMOh man! This is a good one. And for me the movie that leaps to mind is "Eyes Wide Shut", which is really one of my all time favorites. "Eyes Wide Shut" is so off the scale weird in so many ways that you would think that is was impossible,and yet, watching the movie you feel that it isn't. And really, there is so much more than that in "Eyes Wide Shut", a real masterpiece by Kubrick. Another Kubrick movie that I think fits in here would be "A Clockwork Orange" not exactly a secret society in the classic sense (calling to mind "The Good Shepherd" or "13 Tzameti") but the group of droogs have some secret society like manors. And last, a movie I saw recently; "Children of Men". There is a movie that has so many groups of both good-guys and bad-guys operating as secret societies that by the end, the ambiguity of the films ending leans on that point. I love this topic. Spout Post: Re:Sun Dogs http://www.spout.com/groups/Spout_Mavens/Re_Sun_Dogs/366/33048/1/ShowPost.aspxPost By: The_American_Dream
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Post Date: 7/24/2008 4:23:54 PM
Body: A link to my review of "Sun Dogs" http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2008/7/24/33047.aspx
]]>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:23:54 GMTThe_American_DreamSpout Mavens7/24/2008 4:23:54 PMA link to my review of "Sun Dogs" http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2008/7/24/33047.aspx Spout Post: Thanks to the Maven Group for Watching it, Now You Don't Have to http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_american_dream/archive/2008/7/24/33047.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: I suppose, there is not much keeping me from writing a review for this one where I try to make a case for both the good and bad aspects of it. But I am so inclined that "Sun Dogs" does not quite warrant that amount of open handedness to it. It is not easy to come down hard on a movie that was only just bad enough to come down hard on. What can I say, "Sun Dogs" just does not do it for me. It seeks to prove allot of things it seems; like how Jamaica can have a sled-dog team as much as any nation can, a documentary can be made about anything, and the under-dog (couldn't help it) story is never easy which is why so many movies have that as their theme. These themes are admirable but hard to inspire emotion over which is why "Sun Dogs" fails. Sure, Jamaica can have as many dogsled teams it wants. They all ready have their bobsled team. Obviously, "Cool Runnings" declares this story as Disney territory making "Sun Dogs" impossible to watch without reminding me how many times I saw "Cool Runnings" after school in second grade. A movie just cannot overcome something like "Cool Runnings" being before it, it makes the audience ask for originality from the filmmakers. I could not say that this is too bad because "Cool Runnings" has so much more than this movie, and "Cool Runnings" only has one narrative going, the ultimate goal of having a Jamaican bobsled team in the Olympics, that ultimate goal makes that movie go over a lot better. "Sun Dogs" really just chases its tail (again, couldn't help it) about starting a dogsled team. This not only poses a problem with a narrative line, but also manifests itself in the documentary aspect of "Sun Dogs". A documentary needs to have an amount of drama, or thesis. Something that can inspire tension through out. There is some tension in this movie, it lasts barely ten minutes and you have to have watched an hour of the movie to get it. This is a real flaw in this movie that a truly good documentary would not forget about. So when "Sun Dogs" takes it upon itself to make a social commentary on Jamaica (that is not the drama I was talking about early, I'll get to that later), but does nothing with the conclusions it draws, it looses itself to better documentaries. Finally, the story told here is only the most formulaic of all stories ever. Sure, every genre has a formula, but none so easy as the under-dog (there it is again) formula. Maybe if there was a bit more animosity against the team or within the team it would have been better. Just as formulaic but better. Once you've seen a movie like "Cool Runnings" you have seen "Sun Dogs". After watching that, one is forced to shrug their shoulders and ask "Why was that so important?". And sometimes it is to bad because despite its many failings, "Sun Dogs" has allot to do with dedicated and impassioned people. But there is not enough really good stuff to get "Sun Dogs" going. 90 Minutes Directed by Andrea Stewart Palm Pictures NR
]]>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:22:20 GMTThe_American_DreamThe_American_Dream Blog7/24/2008 4:22:20 PMI suppose, there is not much keeping me from writing a review for this one where I try to make a case for both the good and bad aspects of it. But I am so inclined that "Sun Dogs" does not quite warrant that amount of open handedness to it. It is not easy to come down hard on a movie that was only just bad enough to come down hard on. What can I say, "Sun Dogs" just does not do it for me. It seeks to prove allot of things it seems; like how Jamaica can have a sled-dog team as much as any nation can, a documentary can be made about anything, and the under-dog (couldn't help it) story is never easy which is why so many movies have that as their theme. These themes are admirable but hard to inspire emotion over which is why "Sun Dogs" fails. Sure, Jamaica can have as many dogsled teams it wants. They all ready have their bobsled team. Obviously, "Cool Runnings" declares this story as Disney territory making "Sun Dogs" impossible to watch without reminding me how many times I saw "Cool Runnings" after school in second grade. A movie just cannot overcome something like "Cool Runnings" being before it, it makes the audience ask for originality from the filmmakers. I could not say that this is too bad because "Cool Runnings" has so much more than this movie, and "Cool Runnings" only has one narrative going, the ultimate goal of having a Jamaican bobsled team in the Olympics, that ultimate goal makes that movie go over a lot better. "Sun Dogs" really just chases its tail (again, couldn't help it) about starting a dogsled team. This not only poses a problem with a narrative line, but also manifests itself in the documentary aspect of "Sun Dogs". A documentary needs to have an amount of drama, or thesis. Something that can inspire tension through out. There is some tension in this movie, it lasts barely ten minutes and you have to have watched an hour of the movie to get it. This is a real flaw in this movie that a truly good documentary would not forget about. So when "Sun Dogs" takes it upon itself to make a social commentary on Jamaica (that is not the drama I was talking about early, I'll get to that later), but does nothing with the conclusions it draws, it looses itself to better documentaries. Finally, the story told here is only the most formulaic of all stories ever. Sure, every genre has a formula, but none so easy as the under-dog (there it is again) formula. Maybe if there was a bit more animosity against the team or within the team it would have been better. Just as formulaic but better. Once you've seen a movie like "Cool Runnings" you have seen "Sun Dogs". After watching that, one is forced to shrug their shoulders and ask "Why was that so important?". And sometimes it is to bad because despite its many failings, "Sun Dogs" has allot to do with dedicated and impassioned people. But there is not enough really good stuff to get "Sun Dogs" going. 90 Minutes Directed by Andrea Stewart Palm Pictures NR Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for July 21: Road Trip! http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_July_21_Road_Trip/625/32857/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Body: "Wild Strawberries"! A favorite for sure. Probably Bergman's best as he takes on, not Isak's own life but also parallels a general loss of love and goodness in the world (something Bergman does in his other movies as well). This movie is a great one for showing how much more than the journey on the road can be in a road trip. Another on like that would of corse be "Apocalypse Now", but that is much more of a boat trip (amongst other things) than a road trip.
]]>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:07:24 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme7/21/2008 6:07:24 PM"Wild Strawberries"! A favorite for sure. Probably Bergman's best as he takes on, not Isak's own life but also parallels a general loss of love and goodness in the world (something Bergman does in his other movies as well). This movie is a great one for showing how much more than the journey on the road can be in a road trip. Another on like that would of corse be "Apocalypse Now", but that is much more of a boat trip (amongst other things) than a road trip. Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for July 21: Road Trip! http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_July_21_Road_Trip/625/32851/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: The_American_Dream
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Post Date: 7/21/2008 4:13:13 PM
Body: Of corse "Fear and Loathing" is a true road trip. Adding a whole new meaning to the second word of that phrase. Hunter Thomson is a classic road tripper as well as an acid tripper. Interestingly, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" does not feature allot of moving. They are in Las Vegas. But that sometimes is half the point of a road trip, not going any where. "Cars" and "Local Hero" do this far more benignly. Just to add to the list now, there are some classics that come to my mind as road trip movies; "It Happened One Night" a perfectly enjoyable comedy that is in many ways the original road trip, and "Two for the Road" where a more than a dash of drama is thrown into the mix of the comedy that is often in road trip movies, and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" as a road trip version of perhaps the first road trip ever; The Odyssey.
]]>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:13:13 GMTThe_American_DreamWeekly Theme7/21/2008 4:13:13 PMOf corse "Fear and Loathing" is a true road trip. Adding a whole new meaning to the second word of that phrase. Hunter Thomson is a classic road tripper as well as an acid tripper. Interestingly, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" does not feature allot of moving. They are in Las Vegas. But that sometimes is half the point of a road trip, not going any where. "Cars" and "Local Hero" do this far more benignly. Just to add to the list now, there are some classics that come to my mind as road trip movies; "It Happened One Night" a perfectly enjoyable comedy that is in many ways the original road trip, and "Two for the Road" where a more than a dash of drama is thrown into the mix of the comedy that is often in road trip movies, and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" as a road trip version of perhaps the first road trip ever; The Odyssey. Spout Member:The_MOW - Mickey Micklon http://www.spout.com/members/148616/default.aspx Identity: The_MOW
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