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i loved the first half of this, of course.  little dialogue, little plot, and big ballsy score.  the score puts this huge weight on every step and it has this big ‘this is what happens’ allegorical feel to it where i don’t question anything the characters do.  even when we do get to little […]

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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
it’s a challenge

Posted on January 15th, 2008

this felt pretty half-baked.  they never match the tone or energy of a good screwball romance, and i guess i was hoping more that they were going to try and update it to be a bit more contemporary instead of just trying to mimic it in parts.  oh brother i thought they successfully updated the […]

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this had me laughing pretty good for the first 40 minutes or so.  at some point the broadness got a little tired and it might have helped to tone things down a bit.  it was really fun how they set scenes up and explained the purpose and subtexts of each one - especially his first […]

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Walk the Line (2005)
walk the rhythm ring of fire line

Posted on January 11th, 2008

well this was a lot more enjoyable than ray - mostly cause it was a lot more reasonable pace with focused themes and not nearly as corny.  the ‘where he got the inspiration’ scenes were, but not too bad.  unfortunately it didn’t really give me much insight into cash.  there’s that one scene at his […]

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i was pretty stunned at how bad this was. just the script i guess and how fast they wanted to go through everything so there was just endless clumsy exposition. and trying to reveal his motivations for everything with those flashbacks and all. i think the big problem is it just assumes […]

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i really loved the first part of this but it fell apart for me at the end. mostly it got narrative-heavy and didn’t really have anything interesting there at all. but all the learning to communicate and savoring memories and imagination stuff i really liked. there’s something very satisfying about just having […]

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Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
fuuuuck

Posted on January 6th, 2008

there are so many reasons this is tough to watch, the least of which is the lack of overarching structure.  there are some incredible connections scene to scene, but no overall feeling of a destination or getting somewhere by the end.  which is fine, but since this is 100+ minutes of alternating getting punched in […]

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short film on the extras of black girl.  i never really know how to judge shorts, but i never got antsy for this to be over, so that’s good.  i liked most when he was listening to the singer and feeling noble like his ancestors, when he was telling the traffic light ‘alright, alright i’m […]

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i liked this quite a bit for its focus and story arc of how we see her get to the place of not wanting to work.  also the score was real nice, alternating between nice african guitar and bouncy 60’s french music.  the french wife is too much of a bitch, and the boyfriend storyline […]

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Superbad (2007)
why called superbad?

Posted on January 6th, 2008

i half-watched this on my computer while playing wii golf so not ideal i guess.  mostly i was confused by the soundtrack and why they tried for some sort of retro-funk theme.  wasn’t that already played?  anyways, the scenes i laughed most at were: cera and his asian partner in home ec; ‘these eyes’; and […]

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