Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by njjohn (A) on September 22, 2002 at 13:30:45

In Reply to: When a keyboard reaches retirement age, the caps are always first to go! posted by Audiophilander on September 22, 2002 at 10:16:42:

my son recommended lord of the rings to the point that i bought it when i had the opportunity, instead of renting it. i offered to trade it for his copy of matrix but he was not interested in the trade.

i might have to give it another chance. i was only commenting about all the action in it, yet for some reason all that action did not have too much of an impressionable effect. i was guessing that there was an overreliance on computer generated effects and this somehow had a dulling on the effectiveness of the whole film. probably, enough real action scenes were missing.

regarding changing lanes, i was not dissapointed in samuel jackson, but in the role type cast for him. perhaps the types of personalities of the two characters was too "who gives a damm about there stupid personalities, stupid selfishnesses, and stupid anger" . the personalities were contrived along lines that do not interest me.

on a positive note, i do have to say it was a bit of a contemporary film dealing with contemporary issues, particularly racial issues. but it was certainly biased against the black character. it took the samuel character role to a very stupid portrayal, a waste really.

it's a totally stupid scene to think that the character played by samuel jackson would be holding the lug wrench with a smile while the other guy's tires go rolling off. perhaps people do get that stupid and angry but the whole affair is kind of moronic and uninteresting to me.

i'd rather watch something more potentially real. "frailty, by contrast, although more incredulous altogether, at least explores a real life situation of a father going apparently crazy, and the two children being at his mercy and having to deal with it. the human relationships were much more real to me.

similarly with "the others". a much more unreal film, yet the human relationships were better done, and the issues between all the characters at least keeps you guessing. but then the way the film winds up, it moves many issues to another level, and it really amkes you wonder about the afterlife, and even the rights, concerns, and priorities of the dead. :)

we were soldiers seems worse than i originally imagined. it is so bad that i can't even play it up to what i imagine to be war action. just put mel gibson in front of the camera, pair him with a wife, just any actress, and we are suppose to buy into it. the script is so pathetic. i guearantee i will not watch another second of this film before i take it back to the video store.