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His Girl Friday (1940)

I've been struggling trying to come up with cohesive thoughts about how I truly felt about this movie... but I can only come up with concepts and adjectives... in a flurry, much like how this movie seems to flow.

Tedious. Over-acted. Cheesy. Fast-paced. Over-dramatic. Goofy.

I have to second JayMo... it was tiring. I'm not a huge fan of this genre, so I'm a hard sell anyhow. I kind of felt like I was watching a really bad theatre play where the actors were more concentrated on delivering the lines and timing off each other than actually conveying real dialogue. Blecch.

Posted Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:51 PM by pairadocs | with 0 comments

Scott's a great Scrooge

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A Christmas Carol (1984)

In this version of the classic, I think George C. Scott plays a fantastic version of the classic Dickens character of Scrooge. Sure, it's still not as much of a staple of my childhood like the Mickey Mouse or Muppets versions were - but it's enjoyable on another level. Gotta love the nice 80's special effects of the ghosts too. I really enjoyed the dramatic camera angles, but there's certainly a good share of cheese in there.

Oh, and the biggest (and most obvious) takeaway from this version - when a tall, bearded, shirtless man in a velvet robe opens said robe up and asks you to take a look inside, you turn your head away...

Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:03 PM by pairadocs | with 0 comments

Visually interesting, but boring

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Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

While I enjoyed the visuals and time-lapse video, the "movie" seemed to drag on a bit, and was more like a meditation video to me than anything else. I found myself fighting to stay awake throughout, and the rhytmic, repetitive music certainly didn't help. To me, it felt like a series of stock video footage, set to music, with a rather predictable message... nature good, technology bad, we're destroying ourselves, etc.

The explosions were cool... but I'd recommend a nice long nap over this film.

Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:33 PM by pairadocs | with 0 comments

Engaging, albeit predicatable...

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This is England (2007)

While I found the plot to be a tad predictable at times, I could not help still being engaged in the budding tensions throughout. A tale of innocence and influence, This is England kept me engaged from beginning to end. The ending was a bit abrupt for me, and I felt myself longing for closure... but in true Indie fashion, there wasn't much (for me at least.)

I found this film to be visually stimulating as well... there is such wonderful imagery and composition in the scenes, and it really helps tie the moods of the scenes in a coherent way.

I kept thinking about this one for hours after I got done watching it, which is my personal indicator that I liked it. It's one I'd certainly watch again, even if it is to just enjoy the colorful UK dialects once more.

Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:48 AM by pairadocs | with 0 comments