tim i don't get you! ;) I thought Match Point was so clever (with capital C) and had a fun sense of humor about itself.
and King Kong. quite good but soooo many problems dragging it down from perfection. The action sequences all being about 5 minutes too long. I know it's criminal when I get bored with dinosaurs because I mean, really, DINOSAURS! How can it be boring?
@ginger: I had hopes for The Dying Gaul - and he's good in it - but, well, no. Did you hear about this film In God's Hands he made with Lodge Kerrigan and Maggie Gyllenhaal? Fully wrapped and then they discovered that all the footage was damaged and unusable. Gotta hurt.
Oops, forgot Garden State on my short list of films that have Peter Sarsgaard in them but are, nonetheless, entirely bad.
If it's lead Pete you're after, I really recommend him in Wayne Wang's The Center of the World. Dubious film, and there's a lot of Molly Parker to contend with, but he's outstanding.
@Nat: If you're British, you think Match Point is rubbish. I'm afraid it's a rule. The "posh" dialogue is laugh-out-loud terrible, and, well, you can read the review tomorrow. I really think it's dismal though, and any cleverness was confined wholly to the framing device.
Kong lost something on a second viewing for me, but first time round I can't remember being less bored in my life! It's certainly not perfect, and, yes, it often overreaches, but I think genius and that kind of imperfection are perfectly happy bedfellows, and can still earn a film an A grade in my book.
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D is for d'oh! Alas. I was hopeful about this one.
Oh, but King Kong? How could you?!
No film with Peter Sarsgaard in it can be entirely bad. Well, except Flightplan...
tim i don't get you! ;)
I thought Match Point was so clever (with capital C) and had a fun sense of humor about itself.
and King Kong. quite good but soooo many problems dragging it down from perfection. The action sequences all being about 5 minutes too long. I know it's criminal when I get bored with dinosaurs because I mean, really, DINOSAURS! How can it be boring?
@ginger: I had hopes for The Dying Gaul - and he's good in it - but, well, no. Did you hear about this film In God's Hands he made with Lodge Kerrigan and Maggie Gyllenhaal? Fully wrapped and then they discovered that all the footage was damaged and unusable. Gotta hurt.
Oops, forgot Garden State on my short list of films that have Peter Sarsgaard in them but are, nonetheless, entirely bad.
If it's lead Pete you're after, I really recommend him in Wayne Wang's The Center of the World. Dubious film, and there's a lot of Molly Parker to contend with, but he's outstanding.
@Nat: If you're British, you think Match Point is rubbish. I'm afraid it's a rule. The "posh" dialogue is laugh-out-loud terrible, and, well, you can read the review tomorrow. I really think it's dismal though, and any cleverness was confined wholly to the framing device.
Kong lost something on a second viewing for me, but first time round I can't remember being less bored in my life! It's certainly not perfect, and, yes, it often overreaches, but I think genius and that kind of imperfection are perfectly happy bedfellows, and can still earn a film an A grade in my book.
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