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  • A Dark Cloud

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    I know this movie is supposed to be some sort of come-back film for Allen, about how comedy is nine parts tragedy and one part laughs, but I didn't laugh at one part.  This is another example of a movie that is a superb idea and completely botched by execution.  I am thinking that when one compares a story through humor against tragedy that one part should at least be uplifting; the combo was clumsy and at points really took me out of  the experience.  

    I really liked the idea of this film and fully expected to be absorbed, but it came off completely cold to me.  The characters were almost completely un-likable, and although sometimes I like that, this was not something done with bravura.  The dischord between characters only served to distance me and by accident.  This is not some planned homage to the tragicomic diety of entertainment; this is an experiment in abject boredom and heartlessness.  There is a deeply cold core to this movie that cannot be expunged by a million inane Will Farrels and quite frankly, if a movie is going to depress me, I think there ought to be some deeper meaning involved.    This is high concept at its worst.  If you want the experience but not the depression this movie gives, I suggest watching the Baxter instead, and I didn't like that movie much either.

     


  • Karma, Past-Lives and Delicious Irony

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    Dead Again  (1991)

    Not to be confused with Hello Again (starring Shelly Long), Dead Again takes an in-depth and sometimes crazy/ hilarious point of view with the subjects of reincarnation, soul mates, and karma.   Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh (pre-divorce) star in this film, which can only be described as a suspense/ melodrama, if there were such a genre.   A modern-day investigation reveals the main characters' past lives and uncovers a murder that's almost a century old.  This alone sounds cool to me, and this is something like what you'll read on the back of the box if you ever have a chance.  But this movie is so much more. 

    This movie has gut-wrenching twists that catch me every time I watch it, and even though it is somewhat of a guilty pleasure, I enjoy introducing this movie to everyone I know.  There are very few people to whom I would not recommend this movie.  If you can find it, I suggest you try it, and while you're at it buy me a copy. 

     

     


  • Sad Farewell

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    Season 2 of Dead Like Me has the quiet distinction of being the second and the last season of this great show.  Watching the last couple episodes made me kind of sad, knowing that nothing else was coming.  Though I must say that after watching the whole series in its entirety that it made at least a classy if accidental farewell.  

    I was dreadfully addicted to season 1 and although the first episode of season 2 left me cold, it picked up really quickly with in depth looks at the reapers lives outside of the daily grind.  The season ended with a re-vitalized bang and just enough of the 1st season's jaded wisdom.   My favorite episode belongs to season two.  After being dumped by the guy who took her virginity, Georgia goes on a tirade destroying public property and swearing at any guy she sees.  I know it doesn't sound funny, but this series is at its best when making light of its characters worst moments.  Comedy is tragedy and true tragedy can, in this case, spell comic genius.  I am sad to see it go.  Even though I knew it was all over, as I was watching the last episode; I found myself wondering what the next season would be like.  Such is life.   


 

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