Domino review
Oct. 17th, 2005 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Went to see Domino last night. The evening started really well, since I handed over my Empire discount card and received a free cinema ticket in return! Now, I've never been sure what discount the Empire card actually gives me, but I'm quite certain it's not supposed to be 100%!
Anyway, onto the review:
I went to see this film purely to see Keira Knightley being a bounty hunter (provocative clothing and varied weaponry - woohoo!). Having sat through two hours, I wish there could have been more of this, and also more than this.
While the delightful Ms Knightley did spend most of the film prancing about in provocative outfits brandishing an assortment of guns and other weapons (the nun-chucks were a stand-out highlight), it was difficult to fully appreciate her as the camerawork was often so jerky and blurred that it was hard even to tell what was going on, let alone drool over the protagonist.
The film exhibited the extreme of the current style of action direction that I hate - placing the camera right inside the action sequences so as to give the audience the feeling that they're really there. In my opinion, all this does is to make the scene confusing and nausea-inducing. I prefer to be able to view action from afar so as to be able to appreciate its choreography.
On top of this, the script was weak, the plot disjointed and the characters underdeveloped. The film was so focused on looking cool and being noisy, that it neglected everything else and it was hard to become emotionally involved in it at all.
Overall, it was worth the admission price (!) but not much more - sadly, it won't be added to my Keira Knightley DVD collection.
Anyway, onto the review:
I went to see this film purely to see Keira Knightley being a bounty hunter (provocative clothing and varied weaponry - woohoo!). Having sat through two hours, I wish there could have been more of this, and also more than this.
While the delightful Ms Knightley did spend most of the film prancing about in provocative outfits brandishing an assortment of guns and other weapons (the nun-chucks were a stand-out highlight), it was difficult to fully appreciate her as the camerawork was often so jerky and blurred that it was hard even to tell what was going on, let alone drool over the protagonist.
The film exhibited the extreme of the current style of action direction that I hate - placing the camera right inside the action sequences so as to give the audience the feeling that they're really there. In my opinion, all this does is to make the scene confusing and nausea-inducing. I prefer to be able to view action from afar so as to be able to appreciate its choreography.
On top of this, the script was weak, the plot disjointed and the characters underdeveloped. The film was so focused on looking cool and being noisy, that it neglected everything else and it was hard to become emotionally involved in it at all.
Overall, it was worth the admission price (!) but not much more - sadly, it won't be added to my Keira Knightley DVD collection.