There are very few films that give me that feeling...of being lost in the story. TV shows I tend to get wrapped up more in -- i think because I love watching the slow progession of character acrhs (see Wesley from "Angel"). But I do like films that are more thinking than feel good.
I think the one film I can watch and find new things to think about each time is "Oldboy" which is a Korean film and not for everyone. It's one of those films I was hesitant to see because of things I had heard, but also very curious about. It's grotesque in many ways, more in subject matter than visually, but is quite beautifully filmed. and the music is gorgeous.
I have seen "Seven" and "zodiac" and I agree that while good neither really left me wanting to watch and look for more things, more depth.
I love Oldboy! And it is creepy, but effectively so.
I think you're right, and what I'm missing in Fincher's films is depth. I call it resonance, because none of his stuff seems to strike that chord within that vibrates through me. But a lot of what he films are superficial events given the illusion of depth, but entirely lacking in it, in my opinion.
TV shows have the advantage of seasonal arcs to allow for character development, while most movies have to rely on montages or singular events causing dramatic shifts, and we - as viewers - have to suspend even more disbelief to accept this.
This is interesting to me; I'm not in the film industry, and while I refer to myself as a film geek, I think that geekiness stalled right about The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. So many films come out and I am just not that interested, unless I am a fangirl of the characters already from some other medium.
I never saw all of Seven and thought I was so LAME for skipping out halfway through. Yes, the gore was an issue for me -- I admit, I'm squimish -- but I just wasn't interested. Everyone was so enthralled with the story and while I love the actors in the movie, I could not get into it. It was clever and technically well done (as far as my inexperienced eye can tell) but...eh. So I am very encouraged that I'm not the ONLY one who was unimpressed with it, because really I thought something was broken with me.
Buttons is one I'm expecting to catch at the dollar theater; it looks interesting, but it not enough to drag me in at full ticket cost.
I love movies. I fucking love movies. I love going, I love the crap overpriced snacks and old rotting movie palaces and new horrible cardboard boxes.
But I'm really tired of coming out of the movies and wondering, What the hell was that supposed to be? Did the people who made this even know how to read and write? I'm tired to death of movies made by robots with money.
But I'm really tired of coming out of the movies and wondering, What the hell was that supposed to be? Did the people who made this even know how to read and write? I'm tired to death of movies made by robots with money.
It's funny how jaded I've become, where I'll go see a movie that was made for no other purpose than to rake in oodles of cash from pod people, and as long as it entertains me, I care little about how crooked, sexist, and greedy the industry has become.
Then I'll wonder what that dead taste in my mouth is, and remember how much I enjoyed the latest Pirates venture. I get all angry at Hollywood and movies and hate everything for a while.
Then one of my friends gets a job on a new indie flick being filmed and I remember what it is I love about movies.
I think the one film I can watch and find new things to think about each time is "Oldboy" which is a Korean film and not for everyone. It's one of those films I was hesitant to see because of things I had heard, but also very curious about. It's grotesque in many ways, more in subject matter than visually, but is quite beautifully filmed. and the music is gorgeous.
I have seen "Seven" and "zodiac" and I agree that while good neither really left me wanting to watch and look for more things, more depth.
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I think you're right, and what I'm missing in Fincher's films is depth. I call it resonance, because none of his stuff seems to strike that chord within that vibrates through me. But a lot of what he films are superficial events given the illusion of depth, but entirely lacking in it, in my opinion.
TV shows have the advantage of seasonal arcs to allow for character development, while most movies have to rely on montages or singular events causing dramatic shifts, and we - as viewers - have to suspend even more disbelief to accept this.
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I never saw all of Seven and thought I was so LAME for skipping out halfway through. Yes, the gore was an issue for me -- I admit, I'm squimish -- but I just wasn't interested. Everyone was so enthralled with the story and while I love the actors in the movie, I could not get into it. It was clever and technically well done (as far as my inexperienced eye can tell) but...eh. So I am very encouraged that I'm not the ONLY one who was unimpressed with it, because really I thought something was broken with me.
Buttons is one I'm expecting to catch at the dollar theater; it looks interesting, but it not enough to drag me in at full ticket cost.
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But I'm really tired of coming out of the movies and wondering, What the hell was that supposed to be? Did the people who made this even know how to read and write? I'm tired to death of movies made by robots with money.
I read a low nowadays, is what I'm saying.
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Yep, that sums it up beautifully. *is sad*
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Then I'll wonder what that dead taste in my mouth is, and remember how much I enjoyed the latest Pirates venture. I get all angry at Hollywood and movies and hate everything for a while.
Then one of my friends gets a job on a new indie flick being filmed and I remember what it is I love about movies.
Yeah, I'm mercurial like that.
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