Critics revisited, part 2. |
I'm getting more annoyed the more I think about critics complaining that good movies must be about something, implying something "important." Crash was about racism, and it sucked. Million Dollar Bab...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:46:00 GMT |
Critics revisited. |
Stacey and I caught the The Departed yesterday. Holy shit, what a great movie. The story, about cops and criminals in Boston, is interesting enough, but the things that make it a movie--the acting, so...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:56:00 GMT |
David Lynch is full of shit. |
Something else annoying from the New York Times..."David Lynch Returns: Expect Moody Conditions, With Surreal Gusts"The short version: Lynch says, "Film is like a dinosaur in a tar pit." He says if h...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:48:00 GMT |
Breaking news -- indie filmmaking is hard. |
"Survival Tips for the Aging Independent Filmmaker," from the New York Times online, written by John Clark.The short version: it's difficult to make a living as a director of independent films.No shit...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:46:00 GMT |
Oh, the humanity. |
You know, I'm totally over computer-generated movie effects. They have their place (Jackson's Kong remake is pretty impressive, and some CG gore saved my arse in Hide and Creep), but I generally pref...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:41:00 GMT |
In-flight entertainment. |
Stacey and I caught a matinee of Snakes on a Plane today, a movie anyone with an Internet connection has been hearing about for what seems like forever. Snakes is basically a combination of two of my ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:48:00 GMT |
