Couple of films...
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alobearThe Final Cut:
This is a very odd film. Its setting is non-specific - the world is familiar, yet old-fashioned in its vehicles and clothing. It boasts an impossible technology, with the ability to film a person's entire life from birth to death, after which the footage can be sorted and edited to provide a retrospective at the person's funeral. Despite the science fiction slant, the whole thing is very subdued and remote, with Robin Williams' cutter (the guy who edits the funeral movies) providing a damaged and distant focus. The social commentary aspect jars somewhat next to his deeply personal journey, and the ending is very abrupt, with little sense of real fulfilment. An interesting piece, but overall not very engaging on an emotional level.
The Amazing Spiderman:
Why was this franchise rebooted yet again? There's nothing remotely new here - the story is entirely predictable, the acting only so-so, the script rather limp, and the effects good but nothing special. There was one moment towards the end where the city workers of New York banded together to help Spiderman in his goal of reaching the bad guy which started to get me going, but it was too little too late, and not sustained enough to carry me through the climax. Mostly tedious.
This is a very odd film. Its setting is non-specific - the world is familiar, yet old-fashioned in its vehicles and clothing. It boasts an impossible technology, with the ability to film a person's entire life from birth to death, after which the footage can be sorted and edited to provide a retrospective at the person's funeral. Despite the science fiction slant, the whole thing is very subdued and remote, with Robin Williams' cutter (the guy who edits the funeral movies) providing a damaged and distant focus. The social commentary aspect jars somewhat next to his deeply personal journey, and the ending is very abrupt, with little sense of real fulfilment. An interesting piece, but overall not very engaging on an emotional level.
The Amazing Spiderman:
Why was this franchise rebooted yet again? There's nothing remotely new here - the story is entirely predictable, the acting only so-so, the script rather limp, and the effects good but nothing special. There was one moment towards the end where the city workers of New York banded together to help Spiderman in his goal of reaching the bad guy which started to get me going, but it was too little too late, and not sustained enough to carry me through the climax. Mostly tedious.
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Date: 2012-10-28 08:40 pm (UTC)Funnily enough, I know the answer to this because it came up in conversation at lunch today. Marvel want the film rights back, but the current owners can hold on to them if they keep making films, even if they have no new ideas to make them with.
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Date: 2012-10-28 09:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-30 04:27 pm (UTC)The Final Cut isn't really jumping out and saying "Watch Me!". I do like to have some sort of emotional engagement when I watch a film.