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Frames of Art
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"It has been discussed that most of the films of Stanley Kubrick are examples of film-art. In other words, most of his films are thought of as pieces (more like masterpieces) of art. I would agree with this on his work from Paths of Glory to his last film, Eyes Wide Shut (his early film noirs are still good with the exception of Fear and Desire since Kubrick admitted this was a failure with his attempt to destroy every print of it). As for the films in the second half of his career (1971-1999), Barry Lyndon stands out to me as a good example of film-art. Though not the best film from this period in his career (A Clockwork Orange is the best one from this period to me), it is a film that exemplifies film-art to me in a different way than other Kubrick films. There are plenty of reasons you could say that Barry Lyndon was not a very successful piece of film-art at the time of its release. It is common for the studio that bankrolls the film to look at it one way; that v ... " [More]
Polanski's Genre Baby
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"Spoilers Alert: Don't read this if you haven't seen the film. It is an examination of the whole film. Don't proceed if you want to be surprised by this brilliant film. There are many filmmakers who approach a film like every other film of its kind before it. For example, a director is handed a script for an action film similar to Die Hard but set on a train. Instead of giving the film his or her own personal touch, the director and his or her crew create an exact replica of Die Hard, just on a train. They think that by doing this that they will receive the same response to their film that the very successful predecessor had. Of course, many copycats do succeed if they follow the formula to the tee. But some filmmakers don't go that way; they take a risk by injecting the genre piece with their own personal vision on how to express such things as story, ideas, and emotions. If they are successful, their film inspires copycats instead of just being one it. O ... " [More]
Of Epic Disportion
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"Some things can be blamed on moviegoers. Nobody puts a gun to their head and forces them to spend money on movie tickets to every parody to come along. The opening weeekend grosses for Epic Movie makes you wonder why they did come considering this is a movie from the people who brought us Date Movie less than a year ago. Date Movie was a movie spoof of recent romantic comedies that gave up its best laughs in the trailer as most bad comedies do. Being profitable, it would figure another spoof would follow but I expected audiences would stay away. Unfortunately for them, they didn't.Expectations weren't high after Date Movie but at least that film was consistent in making fun of comedies. Epic Movie is all over the map when it comes to blasting hit films. But it screws up by making fun of films that weren't epic or even hits. Snakes on a Plane must have not been a big disappointment until they had filmed the opening scenes. At the same time, this wasn't the ... " [More]
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"The original suggested stuff instead of showing. Kind of how the first Jaws waited until late into the film to show the shark while Jaws 3-D literally threw the killer in your face. " [More]