Volver (2006/I)
NEXT: "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976)
I didn't really get into this movie. I never really tied into the characters or the reality. This cd be a casualty of my method of watching it over multiple sittings??? But as things happened, I just watched and never bought into it.
It also felt disjointed: they'd drop storylines altogether and start new ones.
SPOILERS
So what happened w/ the restaurant? What happened w/ the guy from the movie crew? What happened w/ the mother-daughter relationship and telling the daugher her father was also her grandfather? What about all that - it was kinda revealed and left. What about the friend w/ cancer? There seemed to be so much left undone which might be the point, but it didn't seem to fit right.
Haiku Summary
Girl kills dad. Cover up.
Opens restaurant, mother
back to life. What the?
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008
Cloverfield (2008) - 4/5
Cloverfield (2008)
NEXT: "Volver" (2006)
While this movie may not be the best, they get a lot of credit for being original in certain ways: camera action (handheld, but not "Blair Witch" too much), no star actors, "realism" w/o being campy, etc.
The special effects were great and watching some of the behind the scenes stuff made me realize they put a lot of thought behind so much of it all. From the monster design to the camera angles, they did this thing intentionally regardless of the outcome and I admire that.
SPOILERS
When you're shooting w/a lens like they did, you miss a lot so they had to plan things out accordingly which isn't common or easy. Also, they did a lot of things in long takes which is great.
The little flashbacks on the camera were a great touch.
Haiku Summary
Boy loves girl, but a
monster is attacking. He
finds girl but they die.
NEXT: "Volver" (2006)
While this movie may not be the best, they get a lot of credit for being original in certain ways: camera action (handheld, but not "Blair Witch" too much), no star actors, "realism" w/o being campy, etc.
The special effects were great and watching some of the behind the scenes stuff made me realize they put a lot of thought behind so much of it all. From the monster design to the camera angles, they did this thing intentionally regardless of the outcome and I admire that.
SPOILERS
When you're shooting w/a lens like they did, you miss a lot so they had to plan things out accordingly which isn't common or easy. Also, they did a lot of things in long takes which is great.
The little flashbacks on the camera were a great touch.
Haiku Summary
Boy loves girl, but a
monster is attacking. He
finds girl but they die.
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