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In Reply to: You're glad I didn't like it? Wow is THAT snobbish... posted by jeffreybehr on May 29, 2011 at 18:18:47:
an inability to realize that is the point! Walking alongside and riding inside a wagon WAS slow. It was a brutal, boring slog. And it was dangerous. The countryside also wasn't Northern California: it was monotonous scrub-brush country where a tree indeed was an unusual sight. Complaining that a film showed an authentic, true-to-life situation is a rather shallow criticism, isn't it?
As far as the characters: did you expect biographies? Their actions and well-chosen words told you all you needed to know.
Anyhow, as I said, that's the director's style. I find it far more interesting than Malick, another minimalist American director. I wonder if you'd like the film better the second time around? Probably not. Myself, I found Michelle's performance confirms my view of her as one of the absolute best actresses now working. BTW, this film is based on a true story, though the wagon train was far larger.
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Follow Ups
- Not snobbish; it's a comment on your earlier ones. You complain the pace is slow. That betrays - tinear 22:22:16 05/29/11 (3)
- RE: Not snobbish; it's a comment on your earlier ones. You complain the pace is slow. That betrays - RedGrant 15:31:56 05/30/11 (2)
- No. Nothing like Kubrick's visual fireworks. It is paced like many slow movements of sonatas or symphonies, - tinear 16:42:09 05/30/11 (1)
- Some want to get to A from B.......... - RedGrant 20:22:38 05/31/11 (0)
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