tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68017131250005604722011-08-01T19:07:24.436-06:00Impressions from the quiet oneJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093529845625720514noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801713125000560472.post-81355453404380384002010-01-10T12:48:00.000-07:002010-01-10T12:55:34.846-07:00

It was only a couple of days ago, a bit after my last post that it dawned on me that my favorite movie “The New World” has the same basic plot elements as “Avatar”.  The two films are so separate in my head that the connection took that long to arise.  It just highlights how differently two talented directors can approach roughly the same material, and shows the importance of the overarching

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I loved UP, a movie consisting of images created entirely in computers at Pixar.  Avatar on the surface is a movie much the same as UP, painstakingly created pixel by pixel by effects artisans, on occasion featuring non-augmented human performances as a bonus.  Avatar is a very impressive showcase for technology, no doubt.  As my wife and I drove home from seeing it, we were struggling to

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The New World is the best movie I’ve ever seen.  After having seen the theatrical version perhaps 10 times now, I’ve always wanted to write about it, if only to clarify my own thoughts and feelings about it.  I saw that the blu-ray was going to be released of the extended cut, and I knew I had to purchase it.  I hadn’t seen the extended cut.  I was both excited, and a little bit worried that my

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Alert – spoilers ahead….. I’m unsure why this film is being touted as something great this summer.  I think it must be because anything is better than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.  Transformers was so bad that anything that doesn’t fundamentally insult humanity is a step up, a shining star on the horizon.  “Hey District 9, your style does not lend you substance.   Tarantino listen STEP

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093529845625720514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801713125000560472.post-36317850996028511802009-08-03T19:37:00.000-06:002009-08-03T19:38:40.920-06:00

Something that has arrived from the conversations between my wife and I, mostly concerning Hollywood movies, but also the arts in general, is the idea of talent being abundant, but recognizing that art requires more than talent to satisfy.   It used to be that I could sit through a movie, marvelling at cinematography and texture of a particular scene, or superb acting.  This was all I needed to

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093529845625720514noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801713125000560472.post-16278154603374306122008-04-01T09:10:00.001-06:002008-04-01T09:11:50.039-06:00

Why do film reviews contain synopses? Well mine won’t, at least you have that. Be Kind, Rewind is directed by Michel Gondry. If you are familiar with him then you know the film could be a hit and miss proposition. His last film, concerning sleep and dreams, is better off seen while dozing. But Mr. Gondry will always have imagination and the whimsical to fall back on. Be Kind, Rewind is a

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I have an old box of videotapes. Some of them were never really mine. A friend of mine as he left town with the clothes on his back gave them to me, along with the rest of his meager possessions. Looking back on it now, he got the better end of the deal. Walking into his apartment one was confronted by empty space, a TV sitting on the ground against one wall, a few rows of VHS stacked against

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