Steady, world. It's a (mostly) positive non-review.sensaesMarch 28 2010, 03:42:32 UTC
Truth is, I could watch Forest Whitaker in just about anything since Ghost Dog (my all-time favourite Jim Jarmusch movie), but Repo Men is quite the revelation. Timely is hardly the word, given Obama's minor triumph last week, but this is a film beyond the limits of contemporary satire.
True, there are problems and continuity-based glitches (the manuscript's location switch, for example), and I'm not prepared to put 'em all down to the Vanilla Sky-esque ending, which itself seems to be at odds with events immediately preceding it. Nevertheless, the homages to PKD, Kafka, and even Stanley Kubrick work well, so all is forgiven. (It's also got a superb soundtrack.)
Arguably Jude Law's best film since The Wisdom of Crocodiles. Highly recommended.
Re: Steady, world. It's a (mostly) positive non-review.trailer_spotMarch 28 2010, 17:15:19 UTC
That's probably the best I've read so far about "Repo Men".
On a side note, they showed "Tron" again on TV here last weekend. Gave me the chance to refresh my memory. The first half was better than I thought. But it gets a bit esoteric in the second (as can be seen by the picture you posted in a recent entry). It also made me wonder how much of the new one will be a remake and how much a sequel since after also rewatching the available new footage there seemed to be a lot of similarities. But maybe they put it there to excite the "fans".
Re: Steady, world. It's a (mostly) positive non-review.sensaesMarch 28 2010, 21:16:33 UTC
I'm getting used to holding "minority viewpoints" on a lot of films these days. ;o) Seriously, though, this one works in a dark, clever way, and contrasts very strongly with (what I thought) was a disappointing adaptation last year - Surrogates. Kudos to 'em for not copping out with a tacked-on happy ending, and I'm serious about the Philip K. Dick references/influences.
Tron is a tricky case, and you'll probably remember me geeking out when the 20th anniversary DVD was released. The trouble is, whilst it's very much of its time, along with The Black Hole in '79 it probably represents some of the most daring and innovative material to emerge from the Disney machine...ever! Naturally, my heart sank when news of a Black Hole remake hit the wires, but the leaked Comic Con footage of Tron 2/Legacy seemed promising. Then the hype began, plot details filtered out, and we had the first proper trailer. Maybe my expectations were too high, but the whole "son-goes-searching-for-his-missing-father" routine has been done to death, and I
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Re: Steady, world. It's a (mostly) positive non-review.trailer_spotMarch 29 2010, 10:00:36 UTC
It's hard to imagine that Disney would make a movie like "Tron" today. Disney should also be the reason why the sequel shouldn't diverge too far from a relatively safe plot.
Regarding the "Clash of the Titans" remake, I had to laugh when I read the first sentence of the Variety review this morning: "Even more haphazardly plotted than the original". :D
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True, there are problems and continuity-based glitches (the manuscript's location switch, for example), and I'm not prepared to put 'em all down to the Vanilla Sky-esque ending, which itself seems to be at odds with events immediately preceding it. Nevertheless, the homages to PKD, Kafka, and even Stanley Kubrick work well, so all is forgiven. (It's also got a superb soundtrack.)
Arguably Jude Law's best film since The Wisdom of Crocodiles. Highly recommended.
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On a side note, they showed "Tron" again on TV here last weekend. Gave me the chance to refresh my memory. The first half was better than I thought. But it gets a bit esoteric in the second (as can be seen by the picture you posted in a recent entry). It also made me wonder how much of the new one will be a remake and how much a sequel since after also rewatching the available new footage there seemed to be a lot of similarities. But maybe they put it there to excite the "fans".
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Tron is a tricky case, and you'll probably remember me geeking out when the 20th anniversary DVD was released. The trouble is, whilst it's very much of its time, along with The Black Hole in '79 it probably represents some of the most daring and innovative material to emerge from the Disney machine...ever! Naturally, my heart sank when news of a Black Hole remake hit the wires, but the leaked Comic Con footage of Tron 2/Legacy seemed promising. Then the hype began, plot details filtered out, and we had the first proper trailer. Maybe my expectations were too high, but the whole "son-goes-searching-for-his-missing-father" routine has been done to death, and I ( ... )
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Regarding the "Clash of the Titans" remake, I had to laugh when I read the first sentence of the Variety review this morning: "Even more haphazardly plotted than the original". :D
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