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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: Star-Power Still Makes for Great Westerns http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/10/5/35900.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 10/5/2008 2:58:43 AM
Body: Appaloosa is a really great western. The plot was a bit predictable, the direction was not particularly creative, and the music was a bit pedantic, but the actors filled the scenes with a gripping presence. Much like other westerns such as Unforgiven (1992) and The Magnificent Seven (1960), the greatness comes from the actors. The whole film is filled with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen being as big as the set would hold, with the quiet, cool manner of all the great western heroic actors. And Jeremy Irons, despite his inability to do an American accent, was a well-played foil to the heroes.
]]>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:58:43 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema10/5/2008 2:58:43 AMAppaloosa is a really great western. The plot was a bit predictable, the direction was not particularly creative, and the music was a bit pedantic, but the actors filled the scenes with a gripping presence. Much like other westerns such as Unforgiven (1992) and The Magnificent Seven (1960), the greatness comes from the actors. The whole film is filled with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen being as big as the set would hold, with the quiet, cool manner of all the great western heroic actors. And Jeremy Irons, despite his inability to do an American accent, was a well-played foil to the heroes. Spout Post: Star-Power Still Makes for Great Westerns http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/10/5/35900.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 10/5/2008 2:58:43 AM
Body: Appaloosa is a really great western. The plot was a bit predictable, the direction was not particularly creative, and the music was a bit pedantic, but the actors filled the scenes with a gripping presence. Much like other westerns such as Unforgiven (1992) and The Magnificent Seven (1960), the greatness comes from the actors. The whole film is filled with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen being as big as the set would hold, with the quiet, cool manner of all the great western heroic actors. And Jeremy Irons, despite his inability to do an American accent, was a well-played foil to the heroes.
]]>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:58:43 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema10/5/2008 2:58:43 AMAppaloosa is a really great western. The plot was a bit predictable, the direction was not particularly creative, and the music was a bit pedantic, but the actors filled the scenes with a gripping presence. Much like other westerns such as Unforgiven (1992) and The Magnificent Seven (1960), the greatness comes from the actors. The whole film is filled with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen being as big as the set would hold, with the quiet, cool manner of all the great western heroic actors. And Jeremy Irons, despite his inability to do an American accent, was a well-played foil to the heroes. Spout Post: Very Good, But Very American http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/9/17/35233.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 9/17/2008 3:13:50 AM
Body: I really liked this film, though there was a problem with it that got in the way of really enjoying it. That problem is the very slanted, very revisionist and very American view of the 1812 war seen in this film. I don't really blame the writer or director for it, it's only natural that Americans try to spin their history. But, I'm not American. When I watch a movie about the 1812 war, I want to see the British-Canadian side win. The 1812 war was essentially a stale-mate. The Americans nearly lost everything, only to be saved by Napoleon. Yet, every American movie about that war depicts the British as evil and the Americans always victorious. It would be really nice to have a movie that portrays something closer to the actual history with actors of similar calibur to Yul Brenner and Charlton Heston. I don't really expect Hollywood to ever make that movie, but it would be nice.
]]>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:13:50 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema9/17/2008 3:13:50 AMI really liked this film, though there was a problem with it that got in the way of really enjoying it. That problem is the very slanted, very revisionist and very American view of the 1812 war seen in this film. I don't really blame the writer or director for it, it's only natural that Americans try to spin their history. But, I'm not American. When I watch a movie about the 1812 war, I want to see the British-Canadian side win. The 1812 war was essentially a stale-mate. The Americans nearly lost everything, only to be saved by Napoleon. Yet, every American movie about that war depicts the British as evil and the Americans always victorious. It would be really nice to have a movie that portrays something closer to the actual history with actors of similar calibur to Yul Brenner and Charlton Heston. I don't really expect Hollywood to ever make that movie, but it would be nice. Spout Post: Much Funnier Than I Expected http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/9/6/34839.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 9/6/2008 2:30:52 PM
Body: Be Cool is not a great movie by any stretch, but it is far more entertaining than the reviews suggested. To be clear, my expectations were low; I only watched it because it came up as a 99¢ rental on iTunes. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised. My first surprise is that John Travolta turned in a decent performance. Normally, I find his acting horrid. I usually have the impression that his screen time is about advertising that he's John Travolta and not about his character. Yet, this time around, I was able to believe that he was Chili Palmer and not the usual giant Travoltan ego. I did find the doconstructuve humour quite funny. Though it's not particularly original, it is well executed. However, it does require a good attention span. I think one has to realize that the entire film is the punchline for the premise set in the first scene to find the humour. In the end, not a great film; but I thought it was 99¢ and two-hours well spent.
]]>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:30:52 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema9/6/2008 2:30:52 PMBe Cool is not a great movie by any stretch, but it is far more entertaining than the reviews suggested. To be clear, my expectations were low; I only watched it because it came up as a 99¢ rental on iTunes. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised. My first surprise is that John Travolta turned in a decent performance. Normally, I find his acting horrid. I usually have the impression that his screen time is about advertising that he's John Travolta and not about his character. Yet, this time around, I was able to believe that he was Chili Palmer and not the usual giant Travoltan ego. I did find the doconstructuve humour quite funny. Though it's not particularly original, it is well executed. However, it does require a good attention span. I think one has to realize that the entire film is the punchline for the premise set in the first scene to find the humour. In the end, not a great film; but I thought it was 99¢ and two-hours well spent. Spout Post: Pitiful Propoganda Piece http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/8/10/33812.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 8/10/2008 1:44:04 AM
Body: Lions for Lambs starts out moderately interesting. By the end, I really wish I had turned it off after the first fifteen minutes. In the end, this was a lesson on why I should have read reviews of the film before watching it. There are some severe flaws in this movie. Firstly, the relentless left-wing grand-standing is makes it hard to stomach. The air of superiority over the Republicans completely distracts any sense of character or story telling. The film makers forgot that a movie needs to be compelling; they can't just be soap boxes. Secondly, the different plot lines have very little to do with each other. Thus, the conclusion is ultimately unsatisfying. A full movie about the journalist against the politician would have been good, a full movie about the student and the professor would have been good, or a full movie about the soldiers would have been good. But, all three unrelated plots are compressed into vignettes so shallow that I was left wondering why I should care for any of the characters or the messages being preached. Overall, it's a terrible movie and a true example of why propoganda films are so hard to make. If they can't compel me to care about the story, I won't care about the message of the story.
]]>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:44:04 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema8/10/2008 1:44:04 AMLions for Lambs starts out moderately interesting. By the end, I really wish I had turned it off after the first fifteen minutes. In the end, this was a lesson on why I should have read reviews of the film before watching it. There are some severe flaws in this movie. Firstly, the relentless left-wing grand-standing is makes it hard to stomach. The air of superiority over the Republicans completely distracts any sense of character or story telling. The film makers forgot that a movie needs to be compelling; they can't just be soap boxes. Secondly, the different plot lines have very little to do with each other. Thus, the conclusion is ultimately unsatisfying. A full movie about the journalist against the politician would have been good, a full movie about the student and the professor would have been good, or a full movie about the soldiers would have been good. But, all three unrelated plots are compressed into vignettes so shallow that I was left wondering why I should care for any of the characters or the messages being preached. Overall, it's a terrible movie and a true example of why propoganda films are so hard to make. If they can't compel me to care about the story, I won't care about the message of the story. Spout Post: Almost as Good as The Magnificent Seven http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/6/22/31529.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 6/22/2008 11:56:13 PM
Body: I finally saw Seven Samurai. It is undoubtably a great film. Though by the intermission came around, I was thinking that it is not as good as The Magnificent Seven (1960) A lot of people may want to fit my neck for a rope for stating that, but that's what I was thinking. For me, comparing the two is an excercise in comparing great works. I hope that my opinion here is not constued as a dislike for Kuosawa's masterpiece. It seemed to me that The Magnificent Seven surpassed Seven Samurai in four areas. First is the pacing. I doubt anyone would notice if forty minutes were cut from Seven Samurai. There's a lot of scenes of people staring at each other, scenes that repeated exposition of the story, and a lot of extraneous battle preperation scenes. Generally, the pacing of The Magnificent Seven is a lot tighter: the same story is told just as effectively in much less time. Second is the dialogue. The snappy banter of the characters in The Magnificent Seven is very entertaining. I just didn't get that from Seven Samurai. Naturally, there is a loss in the translation. The grammatical and typographical errors in the subtitiles didn't help much either. I won't fault the original script for this, but the movie deserves a better translation before it can be properly enjoyed. Third is the villain, the leader of the bandits. In Seven Samurai we hardly see the bandit leader, he just shows up at the start and at the end and is supposed to be scary. He was just too thin a character to engage me. In contrast, throughout The Magnificent Seven, Eli Wallach turned out some great scenes as the villanous Calvera. The script of The Magnificent Seven takes the time to get to know Calvera in a meaningful way. That leads us to the fourth point. The actors in The Magnificent Seven are second to none. The acting in Seven Samurai is very good, but The Magnificent Seven had some of the best actors to ever be on film. Well there it is. I say The Magnificent Seven is a better film than Seven Samurai. And yes, I do expect to have my opinion confronted by someone. But, at least I have my reasons relatively well laid out for everyone to consider.
]]>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:56:13 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema6/22/2008 11:56:13 PMI finally saw Seven Samurai. It is undoubtably a great film. Though by the intermission came around, I was thinking that it is not as good as The Magnificent Seven (1960) A lot of people may want to fit my neck for a rope for stating that, but that's what I was thinking. For me, comparing the two is an excercise in comparing great works. I hope that my opinion here is not constued as a dislike for Kuosawa's masterpiece. It seemed to me that The Magnificent Seven surpassed Seven Samurai in four areas. First is the pacing. I doubt anyone would notice if forty minutes were cut from Seven Samurai. There's a lot of scenes of people staring at each other, scenes that repeated exposition of the story, and a lot of extraneous battle preperation scenes. Generally, the pacing of The Magnificent Seven is a lot tighter: the same story is told just as effectively in much less time. Second is the dialogue. The snappy banter of the characters in The Magnificent Seven is very entertaining. I just didn't get that from Seven Samurai. Naturally, there is a loss in the translation. The grammatical and typographical errors in the subtitiles didn't help much either. I won't fault the original script for this, but the movie deserves a better translation before it can be properly enjoyed. Third is the villain, the leader of the bandits. In Seven Samurai we hardly see the bandit leader, he just shows up at the start and at the end and is supposed to be scary. He was just too thin a character to engage me. In contrast, throughout The Magnificent Seven, Eli Wallach turned out some great scenes as the villanous Calvera. The script of The Magnificent Seven takes the time to get to know Calvera in a meaningful way. That leads us to the fourth point. The actors in The Magnificent Seven are second to none. The acting in Seven Samurai is very good, but The Magnificent Seven had some of the best actors to ever be on film. Well there it is. I say The Magnificent Seven is a better film than Seven Samurai. And yes, I do expect to have my opinion confronted by someone. But, at least I have my reasons relatively well laid out for everyone to consider. Spout Post: Almost as Good as The Magnificent Seven http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/6/22/31529.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 6/22/2008 11:56:13 PM
Body: I finally saw Seven Samurai. It is undoubtably a great film. Though by the intermission came around, I was thinking that it is not as good as The Magnificent Seven (1960) A lot of people may want to fit my neck for a rope for stating that, but that's what I was thinking. For me, comparing the two is an excercise in comparing great works. I hope that my opinion here is not constued as a dislike for Kuosawa's masterpiece. It seemed to me that The Magnificent Seven surpassed Seven Samurai in four areas. First is the pacing. I doubt anyone would notice if forty minutes were cut from Seven Samurai. There's a lot of scenes of people staring at each other, scenes that repeated exposition of the story, and a lot of extraneous battle preperation scenes. Generally, the pacing of The Magnificent Seven is a lot tighter: the same story is told just as effectively in much less time. Second is the dialogue. The snappy banter of the characters in The Magnificent Seven is very entertaining. I just didn't get that from Seven Samurai. Naturally, there is a loss in the translation. The grammatical and typographical errors in the subtitiles didn't help much either. I won't fault the original script for this, but the movie deserves a better translation before it can be properly enjoyed. Third is the villain, the leader of the bandits. In Seven Samurai we hardly see the bandit leader, he just shows up at the start and at the end and is supposed to be scary. He was just too thin a character to engage me. In contrast, throughout The Magnificent Seven, Eli Wallach turned out some great scenes as the villanous Calvera. The script of The Magnificent Seven takes the time to get to know Calvera in a meaningful way. That leads us to the fourth point. The actors in The Magnificent Seven are second to none. The acting in Seven Samurai is very good, but The Magnificent Seven had some of the best actors to ever be on film. Well there it is. I say The Magnificent Seven is a better film than Seven Samurai. And yes, I do expect to have my opinion confronted by someone. But, at least I have my reasons relatively well laid out for everyone to consider.
]]>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:56:13 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema6/22/2008 11:56:13 PMI finally saw Seven Samurai. It is undoubtably a great film. Though by the intermission came around, I was thinking that it is not as good as The Magnificent Seven (1960) A lot of people may want to fit my neck for a rope for stating that, but that's what I was thinking. For me, comparing the two is an excercise in comparing great works. I hope that my opinion here is not constued as a dislike for Kuosawa's masterpiece. It seemed to me that The Magnificent Seven surpassed Seven Samurai in four areas. First is the pacing. I doubt anyone would notice if forty minutes were cut from Seven Samurai. There's a lot of scenes of people staring at each other, scenes that repeated exposition of the story, and a lot of extraneous battle preperation scenes. Generally, the pacing of The Magnificent Seven is a lot tighter: the same story is told just as effectively in much less time. Second is the dialogue. The snappy banter of the characters in The Magnificent Seven is very entertaining. I just didn't get that from Seven Samurai. Naturally, there is a loss in the translation. The grammatical and typographical errors in the subtitiles didn't help much either. I won't fault the original script for this, but the movie deserves a better translation before it can be properly enjoyed. Third is the villain, the leader of the bandits. In Seven Samurai we hardly see the bandit leader, he just shows up at the start and at the end and is supposed to be scary. He was just too thin a character to engage me. In contrast, throughout The Magnificent Seven, Eli Wallach turned out some great scenes as the villanous Calvera. The script of The Magnificent Seven takes the time to get to know Calvera in a meaningful way. That leads us to the fourth point. The actors in The Magnificent Seven are second to none. The acting in Seven Samurai is very good, but The Magnificent Seven had some of the best actors to ever be on film. Well there it is. I say The Magnificent Seven is a better film than Seven Samurai. And yes, I do expect to have my opinion confronted by someone. But, at least I have my reasons relatively well laid out for everyone to consider. Spout Post: Eastern Promises Could Have Been Good http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2008/2/8/24904.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 2/8/2008 9:34:08 PM
Body: Increasingly, I find myself losing patience with movies that fill themselves with violence and gore.Eastern Promises could have been a great movie. The directing is fine, the setting visually appealing and the acting is extrememly good. I stopped watching it after about twenty minutes. Every few minutes, there is a scene filled with gore and the gore prevented me from enjoying what should have been an otherwise great film.I think this sort of film begs the question, "Who is the sort of person who wants blood over a good story?" Is it some jevenile mindset? Or is it a severe desensitisation to what we should find horrifying?
]]>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:34:08 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema2/8/2008 9:34:08 PMIncreasingly, I find myself losing patience with movies that fill themselves with violence and gore.Eastern Promises could have been a great movie. The directing is fine, the setting visually appealing and the acting is extrememly good. I stopped watching it after about twenty minutes. Every few minutes, there is a scene filled with gore and the gore prevented me from enjoying what should have been an otherwise great film.I think this sort of film begs the question, "Who is the sort of person who wants blood over a good story?" Is it some jevenile mindset? Or is it a severe desensitisation to what we should find horrifying? Spout Post: Brillant and lousy all at the same time http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2007/4/8/6828.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 4/8/2007 10:14:29 PM
Body: D.O.A. is an interesting film. On one side, Maté prioneered some brillant shots and the premise is absolutly genious. But, at the same time, it is a B-movie, and there are plot holes (since when did he carry a gun?) and the acting is overly melodaramatic.
]]>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:14:29 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema4/8/2007 10:14:29 PMD.O.A. is an interesting film. On one side, Maté prioneered some brillant shots and the premise is absolutly genious. But, at the same time, it is a B-movie, and there are plot holes (since when did he carry a gun?) and the acting is overly melodaramatic. Spout Post: A film with style and substance http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2007/1/11/5009.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 1/11/2007 5:25:00 PM
Body: A really enjoyed Sin City. It falls just short of a perfect score for me, but only a sliver short. The only flaw is the overuse of gratuitous gore. Had a few of the splatter scenes been done off camera, the film would be on my all time favourites list. I suppose directors all too often forget Hitchcock's lesson on how effective chocolate syrup can be. I have a hunch that this is all the result of including Tarentino as a "guest director". I never liked Tarentino's films, precisely because the guy has no understanding of how to convey violence with any subtlety.Aside from heavy use of blood and dismemberment, everything else in the film works fantastically. The style is original and unique. The recreation of the black and white with splashes of colours was risky. And, as we learned from films like A Scanner Darkly, it isn't enough to be different; a film that explores a new style has to pull it off amazingly well. Miller and Rogriguez recreated the comic's feel brilliantly. It was a daring experiment, and it worked very, very well.And the acting was fantastic too. I've read a few reviews that complain of character-acting that is too flat, too two-dimensional. Well, comic books are on a printed page, they are two-dimensional. But it's not that the characters are flat, they're archetypal. Classic comic book characters are not about the depth of personality, but the breadth of symbolism and interpretation. Miller understands that and created and directed characters of that qualities. The actors were talented and smart enough to portray the characters in this non-standard way. Unlike other comic book movies (like the Spiderman and X-Men movies), the characters felt like they came from a comic book's page. As an avid comic book reader, I felt quite at home in this film.I hope that this inspires more directors to make comic book movies and keep the comic book aesthetic in them. If we get really lucky, someone might be able to recreate Tim Sale's or Sam Kieth's styles successfully too.
]]>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:25:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema1/11/2007 5:25:00 PMA really enjoyed Sin City. It falls just short of a perfect score for me, but only a sliver short. The only flaw is the overuse of gratuitous gore. Had a few of the splatter scenes been done off camera, the film would be on my all time favourites list. I suppose directors all too often forget Hitchcock's lesson on how effective chocolate syrup can be. I have a hunch that this is all the result of including Tarentino as a "guest director". I never liked Tarentino's films, precisely because the guy has no understanding of how to convey violence with any subtlety.Aside from heavy use of blood and dismemberment, everything else in the film works fantastically. The style is original and unique. The recreation of the black and white with splashes of colours was risky. And, as we learned from films like A Scanner Darkly, it isn't enough to be different; a film that explores a new style has to pull it off amazingly well. Miller and Rogriguez recreated the comic's feel brilliantly. It was a daring experiment, and it worked very, very well.And the acting was fantastic too. I've read a few reviews that complain of character-acting that is too flat, too two-dimensional. Well, comic books are on a printed page, they are two-dimensional. But it's not that the characters are flat, they're archetypal. Classic comic book characters are not about the depth of personality, but the breadth of symbolism and interpretation. Miller understands that and created and directed characters of that qualities. The actors were talented and smart enough to portray the characters in this non-standard way. Unlike other comic book movies (like the Spiderman and X-Men movies), the characters felt like they came from a comic book's page. As an avid comic book reader, I felt quite at home in this film.I hope that this inspires more directors to make comic book movies and keep the comic book aesthetic in them. If we get really lucky, someone might be able to recreate Tim Sale's or Sam Kieth's styles successfully too. Spout Post: Not Nearly as Good as it Could Have Been http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2007/1/1/4933.aspx Post By: smithco
Post To: My Ponderings on Cinema
Post Date: 1/1/2007 1:11:00 PM
Body: I found A Scanner Darkly to be a bit of a disappointment. It should have been a really great movie, but at the end, it wasn't anywhere near what it should have been. Before I continue, I should note that I saw this one on an airplane -- not the best viewing conditions. So take this critique with a grain of salt for that reason.I found that the story and the acting was very good. This is one of those rare instances where the presence of Keanu Reeves does not ruin the film. Heck, I was surprised to see that he actually turned in a decent performance, almost as good as the one from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. And the other actors were quite good too, all far better than usual. Though, it does speak to the quality of the casts' talents that they play stoners better than other roles.However, it wasn't long into the movie that I started to get distracted by two things. Firstly, it seemed that the sound engineering was botched. The actors were often speaking in low, conversational and meditative tones. The voices came out all mumbled and muddy. This could just be the result of the poor audio system on the plane, but the other movies I watched did not suffer the same problem.Secondly, I found the faked rotoscoping to be extremely poorly done. That distracted me a lot from enjoying the film. One obvious problem was that not nearly enough polygons were used. This introduced a lot of edge and texturing artifacts into the film and consequently made it look ugly. Then, there was the artistic choice of just using flattened colours sampled from the filmed scene as the textures. Due to that choice, there was no artistic creativity introduced into the movie through the rotoscoping. It was simply the filmed scene flattened out. Compared to other rotoscoped animations, it was boring. Considering how much hype was made about the style, I was severely disappointed on that front. If you want to see some really cool work done with rotoscoping, check out the animated series Delta State. Rotoscoping can be used well, but A Scanner Darkly shows that it can be used badly too.In the end, had a decent job been done of the audio and graphics, this would have been a great movie. As is, it is barely worth watching once.
]]>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:11:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema1/1/2007 1:11:00 PMI found A Scanner Darkly to be a bit of a disappointment. It should have been a really great movie, but at the end, it wasn't anywhere near what it should have been. Before I continue, I should note that I saw this one on an airplane -- not the best viewing conditions. So take this critique with a grain of salt for that reason.I found that the story and the acting was very good. This is one of those rare instances where the presence of Keanu Reeves does not ruin the film. Heck, I was surprised to see that he actually turned in a decent performance, almost as good as the one from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. And the other actors were quite good too, all far better than usual. Though, it does speak to the quality of the casts' talents that they play stoners better than other roles.However, it wasn't long into the movie that I started to get distracted by two things. Firstly, it seemed that the sound engineering was botched. The actors were often speaking in low, conversational and meditative tones. The voices came out all mumbled and muddy. This could just be the result of the poor audio system on the plane, but the other movies I watched did not suffer the same problem.Secondly, I found the faked rotoscoping to be extremely poorly done. That distracted me a lot from enjoying the film. One obvious problem was that not nearly enough polygons were used. This introduced a lot of edge and texturing artifacts into the film and consequently made it look ugly. Then, there was the artistic choice of just using flattened colours sampled from the filmed scene as the textures. Due to that choice, there was no artistic creativity introduced into the movie through the rotoscoping. It was simply the filmed scene flattened out. Compared to other rotoscoped animations, it was boring. Considering how much hype was made about the style, I was severely disappointed on that front. If you want to see some really cool work done with rotoscoping, check out the animated series Delta State. Rotoscoping can be used well, but A Scanner Darkly shows that it can be used badly too.In the end, had a decent job been done of the audio and graphics, this would have been a great movie. As is, it is barely worth watching once. Spout Post: Is the ending worth it? http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2006/12/31/4929.aspx Post By: smithco
Post To: My Ponderings on Cinema
Post Date: 12/31/2006 11:09:00 AM
Body: I really loved watching The Illusionist. Despite a somewhat predictable romance, it has great characters performed by some great actos.However, I was watching this one on the plane, and the plane landed just before the ending of the film! I got cut off just as the police chief was about to make his confrontation with the prince at the end of the movie. So, while I've almost all of the movie, I still haven't seen that last little bit.Is it worth renting this one just to catch the ending scene? Any non-spoiler reviews of the very end from those who have seen this one would be very much appreciated. P.S., I finally did catch the ending when it was cable the other day. As pointed out, the ending is predictable, but I did enjoy the way it was directed. I'm glad I finally saw the full film.
]]>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:09:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema12/31/2006 11:09:00 AMI really loved watching The Illusionist. Despite a somewhat predictable romance, it has great characters performed by some great actos.However, I was watching this one on the plane, and the plane landed just before the ending of the film! I got cut off just as the police chief was about to make his confrontation with the prince at the end of the movie. So, while I've almost all of the movie, I still haven't seen that last little bit.Is it worth renting this one just to catch the ending scene? Any non-spoiler reviews of the very end from those who have seen this one would be very much appreciated. P.S., I finally did catch the ending when it was cable the other day. As pointed out, the ending is predictable, but I did enjoy the way it was directed. I'm glad I finally saw the full film. Spout Post: A Touch of Moustache http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2006/11/18/3730.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 11/18/2006 12:58:00 PM
Body: About 10 minutes in to watching Touch of Evil, a thought occurred to me: Charlton Heston doesn't look particularly Mexican. Most of the "Mexicans" are white actors with a little darkening make up and a silly sliver of a dark moustache. Quite frankly, the moustaches look ridiculous.Touch of Evil is a great movie, but the fake Mexican moustaches are distracting.
]]>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:58:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema11/18/2006 12:58:00 PMAbout 10 minutes in to watching Touch of Evil, a thought occurred to me: Charlton Heston doesn't look particularly Mexican. Most of the "Mexicans" are white actors with a little darkening make up and a silly sliver of a dark moustache. Quite frankly, the moustaches look ridiculous.Touch of Evil is a great movie, but the fake Mexican moustaches are distracting. Spout Post: 1967 - Year of the Definitive James Bond Movie http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2006/11/17/3719.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 11/17/2006 2:37:00 PM
Body: Hopefully the recent release of the new Casino Royale will prompt some to watch the 1967 version. Considering that so many Bond "fans" try to cover up the existence of this old classic, it may be that it stays buried. What a tragedy.You see, the 1967 production of Casino Royale is actually an art film. But it's an art film that is under no circumstances to be taken seriously. Every step of the way, the film is a strange combination of comedy, surreality, and just plain confusion, all built upon the improbability of the James Bond mythos. But, that's actually the point of the film. The whole thing is an exercise in craziness. The goal was to take the user from the comfortable convention of the English gentleman spy into a world that completely fails to hold any coherency. It does so slowly, at a walking pace. The layers of incomprehension are slowly added and woven in, all using the suspension of disbelief needed to enter into Bond's world in the first place.All too often Casino Royale is dismissed, but it is a great and entertaining film. Just remember that there will always be this accomplishment in cinematic lunacy hidden under the new, far less imaginative, version of Casino Royale. Remember the zaniness.
]]>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:37:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema11/17/2006 2:37:00 PMHopefully the recent release of the new Casino Royale will prompt some to watch the 1967 version. Considering that so many Bond "fans" try to cover up the existence of this old classic, it may be that it stays buried. What a tragedy.You see, the 1967 production of Casino Royale is actually an art film. But it's an art film that is under no circumstances to be taken seriously. Every step of the way, the film is a strange combination of comedy, surreality, and just plain confusion, all built upon the improbability of the James Bond mythos. But, that's actually the point of the film. The whole thing is an exercise in craziness. The goal was to take the user from the comfortable convention of the English gentleman spy into a world that completely fails to hold any coherency. It does so slowly, at a walking pace. The layers of incomprehension are slowly added and woven in, all using the suspension of disbelief needed to enter into Bond's world in the first place.All too often Casino Royale is dismissed, but it is a great and entertaining film. Just remember that there will always be this accomplishment in cinematic lunacy hidden under the new, far less imaginative, version of Casino Royale. Remember the zaniness. Spout Post: The Sand Pebbles: Another Example of Why Steve McQueen was Great http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2006/11/6/3566.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 11/6/2006 1:50:00 PM
Body: The Sand Pebbles is one of those unconventional war movies that deserves far more recognition than it gets. Both for the performances and the matter that it treats. The eight Academy award nominations are well deserved, that it did not win any of them is very much undeserved.Once again, Steve McQueen turned out a brilliant acting job. A cool, quiet unassuming navy engineer with more backbone than any other sailor on the ship. If there's three things Steve played well in his career, its characters that are cool and quiet, characters with a lot of backbone, and making all those cool, quiet, steely characters unique. And it's not just Steve that pulled off a great performance in this one. In this film we get the shining performances from the supporting cast. In particular, we get to see a young Candice Bergen shine as the love interest. It's a good reminder that she was a talented actress prior to her career of poking fun at Dan Quayle.And the historical matter is quite interesting too. The Sand Pebbles is set around an American gunship caught in the middle of the Chinese Revolution. An odd sort of perspective as it was a conflict where the Americans were caught in the middle of something they had no interest in. It's nice to see a war film that isn't on one of the World Wars, Vietnam, or the Gulf. McKenna and Anderson deserve a bit of recognition for doing a bit of research and writing something other than one of the old Hollywood formulae.
]]>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:50:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema11/6/2006 1:50:00 PMThe Sand Pebbles is one of those unconventional war movies that deserves far more recognition than it gets. Both for the performances and the matter that it treats. The eight Academy award nominations are well deserved, that it did not win any of them is very much undeserved.Once again, Steve McQueen turned out a brilliant acting job. A cool, quiet unassuming navy engineer with more backbone than any other sailor on the ship. If there's three things Steve played well in his career, its characters that are cool and quiet, characters with a lot of backbone, and making all those cool, quiet, steely characters unique. And it's not just Steve that pulled off a great performance in this one. In this film we get the shining performances from the supporting cast. In particular, we get to see a young Candice Bergen shine as the love interest. It's a good reminder that she was a talented actress prior to her career of poking fun at Dan Quayle.And the historical matter is quite interesting too. The Sand Pebbles is set around an American gunship caught in the middle of the Chinese Revolution. An odd sort of perspective as it was a conflict where the Americans were caught in the middle of something they had no interest in. It's nice to see a war film that isn't on one of the World Wars, Vietnam, or the Gulf. McKenna and Anderson deserve a bit of recognition for doing a bit of research and writing something other than one of the old Hollywood formulae. Spout Post: Steve McQueen can do No Wrong http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2006/10/17/3277.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 10/17/2006 4:31:00 AM
Body: I'll start off by putting my bias up front and centre. Steve McQueen and all his movies are great, without exception. So if you don't share that bias (though I can't imagine how), you may disagree with my thoughts here.Once again, The Cincinnati Kid has a great performance of cool from Steve, and this is being a movie about poker, cool is exactly the only way to play the role. Somehow, this film pulls off great drama from gambling, even though it does tend to hit the clichés a little hard here and there. And it doesn't at all hurt that there's lots of screen time dedicated to letting Ann-Margret and Tuesday Weld look good.My only gripe with this film is that the very beginning and the very end just do not fit with the rest of the film. This is a very rare occasion where Norm Jewison seems not to have gotten it right. The very start is a fast-paced escape scene. It's another great set of action-acting and some stunts from Steve; however, the fast paced action-packed entry just doesn't fit with the slower paced drama of the rest of the film. And the end is a bit strange too. It's not a problem with the story; it's just very strange the way the tag-a-long kid is cut into scene. It's the only bit of the movie with a surreal moment and abrupt editing. It ends up feeling a bit tacked on.Still, The Cincinnati Kid is a brilliant movie, and is very much one of the great classic films.
]]>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:31:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema10/17/2006 4:31:00 AMI'll start off by putting my bias up front and centre. Steve McQueen and all his movies are great, without exception. So if you don't share that bias (though I can't imagine how), you may disagree with my thoughts here.Once again, The Cincinnati Kid has a great performance of cool from Steve, and this is being a movie about poker, cool is exactly the only way to play the role. Somehow, this film pulls off great drama from gambling, even though it does tend to hit the clichés a little hard here and there. And it doesn't at all hurt that there's lots of screen time dedicated to letting Ann-Margret and Tuesday Weld look good.My only gripe with this film is that the very beginning and the very end just do not fit with the rest of the film. This is a very rare occasion where Norm Jewison seems not to have gotten it right. The very start is a fast-paced escape scene. It's another great set of action-acting and some stunts from Steve; however, the fast paced action-packed entry just doesn't fit with the slower paced drama of the rest of the film. And the end is a bit strange too. It's not a problem with the story; it's just very strange the way the tag-a-long kid is cut into scene. It's the only bit of the movie with a surreal moment and abrupt editing. It ends up feeling a bit tacked on.Still, The Cincinnati Kid is a brilliant movie, and is very much one of the great classic films. Spout Post: 12 Angry Men is Great Cinema http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2006/10/5/3162.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 10/5/2006 5:45:00 PM
Body: 12 Angry Men is one of the great exemplars of cinema. There are no car chases, no kung fu, no special effects and no love interest. The film is set nearly entirely in one jury room and all the excitement comes from the great performances and brillant deliveries of the actors. The film relies entirely on the talent of the actors, and not one of the twelve misplayed their parts. In this film, we also get to enjoy two of the great classic film actors play off each other; Henry Fonda and Ed Bagley create a lot of friction on screen and that generates a great drama.
]]>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:45:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema10/5/2006 5:45:00 PM12 Angry Men is one of the great exemplars of cinema. There are no car chases, no kung fu, no special effects and no love interest. The film is set nearly entirely in one jury room and all the excitement comes from the great performances and brillant deliveries of the actors. The film relies entirely on the talent of the actors, and not one of the twelve misplayed their parts. In this film, we also get to enjoy two of the great classic film actors play off each other; Henry Fonda and Ed Bagley create a lot of friction on screen and that generates a great drama. Spout Post: MirrorMask is a Visual Masterpiece http://www.spout.com/blogs/smithco/archive/2006/9/30/3105.aspx Post By: smithco
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Post Date: 9/30/2006 6:53:00 AM
Body: MirrorMask is absolutely one of the best films I've ever seen. It wasn't long after I started to watch the film that I realised that it is in no way a formulaic, Hollywood movie; it is not simply classified into a grenre and somewhat defies description. It is innovative and daring in its style.This movie is entirely built on a viual experience. In every scene, the colours, the sets and the backdrops are stunning and delightful. Every cinematographer needs to watch and study this one. And the visual aspects are paired agains a brilliant and very effective, gypsy-circus-jazz soundtrack.Here is a film that is fun, delightful and extraordinary. It deserves every accolade put upon it. And if nothing else, we should all uphold this film as an example of how great a film can be when the creators decide to throw away the tired, old, movie studio formulas.
]]>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:53:00 GMTsmithcoMy Ponderings on Cinema9/30/2006 6:53:00 AMMirrorMask is absolutely one of the best films I've ever seen. It wasn't long after I started to watch the film that I realised that it is in no way a formulaic, Hollywood movie; it is not simply classified into a grenre and somewhat defies description. It is innovative and daring in its style.This movie is entirely built on a viual experience. In every scene, the colours, the sets and the backdrops are stunning and delightful. Every cinematographer needs to watch and study this one. And the visual aspects are paired agains a brilliant and very effective, gypsy-circus-jazz soundtrack.Here is a film that is fun, delightful and extraordinary. It deserves every accolade put upon it. And if nothing else, we should all uphold this film as an example of how great a film can be when the creators decide to throw away the tired, old, movie studio formulas. Spout Member:The_MOW - Mickey Micklon http://www.spout.com/members/148616/default.aspx Identity: The_MOW
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