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In Reply to: "to what seems like hours of it" posted by dave c on February 25, 2008 at 19:56:34:
takes directorial skill, however, which Schnabel hasn't. I mean, Dave, after a few minutes, I got the idea, I didn't have to be bored an eternity. Remember, he has the experience--- actually to improve his situation--- while we only get a bright image on a screen.
If you live in a world where all women are perfectly beautiful, fine. I don't and envy you.
This film is a male fantasy: shit all over two women, including a woman who bears you three children and whom you will not marry, and when you're severely injured, they flock to help you and voice concern. Aren't women just terrific--- and beautiful!
This film is not about a man who seemingly has nothing to live for actually discovering something unusual. It's all about people caring about him whilst he continues on this superficial interior dialogue.
And for God's sake, if I heard that repetitious, mantra-like letter string one fucking more time! Again, another example of poor directing, wasting many minutes when obviously nothing of import was left to convey.
This film of seriously wounded people has been done before. Tarantino had a bit of it in "Kill Bill," for instance.
Diving Bell appeals to those who find life terribly difficult and need someone ostensibly in even worse shape than they to lift their flagging spirits, "Jesus, the guy's a vegetable and still finds a way to soldier on!"
Even the "art" stuff, his flashbacks, were not especially clever or inventive.
Lastly, there was one especially mean-spirited part where he went out of his way to laugh at his girlfriend's purchase of a religious figure. The quintessence of gratuitous insult: it may have happened but he gained satisfaction from recalling it, didn't he?
A superficial account of a superficial life.
Oh, one more thing: his kids, that he merrily was jettisoning (even his cheerful father thought it reprehensible) for his floozie, all loved him so dearly, so tenderly.
Ever been around kids when their parents are splitting?
No?
Well, they're hardly enamored of the "guilty" parent.
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Follow Ups
- One can convey boredom w/out boring the spectator. That - tinear 05:21:54 02/26/08 (25)
- RE: One can convey boredom w/out boring the spectator. That - jamesgarvin 15:37:40 02/26/08 (0)
- sorry he didn't change story to fit your expectations... - dave c 13:36:21 02/26/08 (2)
- No, no: - tinear 16:38:01 02/26/08 (1)
- "I like criticizing a film as much as praising one." THAT, is obvious. - sjb 17:20:25 02/26/08 (0)
- LOL! Women are either too ugly to bear or too pretty to take seriously. - sjb 06:18:57 02/26/08 (10)
- Yes, and the secretary, his wife, the girlfriend, the therapists, etc. - tinear 06:52:24 02/26/08 (9)
- Plenty has been posted about why people like it. - sjb 07:59:08 02/26/08 (8)
- Deaf Beethoven: interesting. Almost blind Rembrandt: fascinating. - tinear 10:17:16 02/26/08 (7)
- You still haven't said how the film-maker should have handled the fact the women in his life were beautiful. - sjb 15:03:33 02/26/08 (5)
- First off, I'd read a lot about the film and expected - tinear 16:48:28 02/26/08 (4)
- Fair enough. nt - sjb 16:56:01 02/26/08 (3)
- RE: Fair enough. nt - tinear 17:13:53 02/26/08 (2)
- "a execrable rag": is this a freedom fries thing? nt - dave c 13:41:05 02/26/08 (0)
- Millions of people have loved this film... - EBerlin 06:05:16 02/26/08 (9)
- Millions love slasher movies. So? Care to trot out some - tinear 06:53:59 02/26/08 (0)
- the sheep - Eldragon 06:41:38 02/26/08 (7)
- I've not the slightest objection to his not liking the film... - EBerlin 07:29:27 02/26/08 (6)
- But my dear E., I am certain I find it a miserable excuse for a film. Your - tinear 10:20:08 02/26/08 (5)
- You are right.... - EBerlin 11:27:04 02/26/08 (4)
- Then it's hardly, "miserable," is it? ;-) nt - tinear 13:16:45 02/26/08 (3)
- Oh no, not at all... - EBerlin 13:19:39 02/26/08 (2)
- oh stop it both of you - dave c 13:39:06 02/26/08 (1)
- After Nader gets in I'm having him - tinear 17:18:04 02/26/08 (0)
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