 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
BW: I had never guessed right in "whodunnits," but in this movie, I guessed correctly after a few minutes. No suspense. And Clint gets the hot young black babe? Gimme a break, he's giving "Dirty Harry" a whole new meaning. What's the kid doing in the movie? He's pretty much a cardboard figure. One thing's for sure: Clint's ticker would have exploded if that babe had really gotten ahold of him.
"Signs." A muscular priest on a farm--- and he doesn't farm. Huh? Again, zero suspense. See Mel cry three times...
Neither film deserves more of a review than this. PATHETIC efforts, even from Hollywood.
Follow Ups:
There was nothing "new" to begin with, in the beginning.Everything, including "art", is always derivitive of something.
Film is, first and only, a business, so making The Deal and "playing it safe", is the basis of making films....even socalled "independent films"...whatever they are. All "independents" want to do, is to make Deals and be picked-up.
The only thing new to be developed is one of Adam Sandler's recent film...ahem...efforts, that is solely predicated on commercially sponsored "tie-ins". And even that isn't new.
Tv doesn't help, it only, further, trivializes the creative process.
So we turn-off that part of our brain process, and suck it up, and eat our popcorn....or taco chips and cheese, and drink our double late'.
Clint knows they are dead. But, you go on making films. Because that's what he does.
I'm thinking that HBO is drawing some of the best talent away from the movie studio system. The quality of writing in Six Feet Under and The Sopranos is much better than 99% of the crap Hollywood churns out. Alan Ball, for example, who wrote American Beauty, created SFU and writes and directs some of the episodes. And further, they produce what, 12 or 13 hours of very entertaining stuff with a broad appeal every year. Hollywood just doesn't get it.
it's still disposable Tv fare, in the end.In the cosmic stream of things, it's still television, and anything for television is very perishable. It may be meaningful, but leave it out of the ziplock bag, and it will wilt under examination and the repeated viewing schedule that HBO...and everyone else...still uses.
Remember, it's a business too!
I agree. But, most films also reveal flaws upon repeated viewing. One of the few good things about cable tv is that dramatic lines can be sustained for an hour, or however long, without interruption. I don't think the repeated viewing schedule hurts anything, really. And, of course, just about everything in life is a business.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
