cvancil
Joined Jul 1999
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My personal test of the artistry of a film is how long it stays with me after the initial viewing. It is a full 12 hours after I saw 'The House of Mirth' and I'm still consumed by the power of this film. Achingly sad, this is a superbly paced portrait of the destruction of a woman whose major flaw was her sense of honor in a time when appearances counted more than truth. Gillian Anderson is incredible as Lilly Bart, her face revealing what she can not and will not speak in words. This is the key to understanding the story - pay attention not to what the characters say, but how they say it.
I know alot of other people think this is superior to The Blair Witch,
however I found this movie to be tedious and fragmented. The use
of a voice over throughout the film broke any tension that might
have built. The biggest problem with this movie is that it never
allows us to become involved, rather it constantly removes us from
emotional involvement and reminds us that we are spectators, not
participants. The power of The Blair Witch was that it did not break
the tension, it didn't have freeze frame shots, or fancy disolves, or
bad B-movie music, or annoying narration. The Last Broadcast
shows how easy it would have been to dilute the effect of The Blair
Witch.
however I found this movie to be tedious and fragmented. The use
of a voice over throughout the film broke any tension that might
have built. The biggest problem with this movie is that it never
allows us to become involved, rather it constantly removes us from
emotional involvement and reminds us that we are spectators, not
participants. The power of The Blair Witch was that it did not break
the tension, it didn't have freeze frame shots, or fancy disolves, or
bad B-movie music, or annoying narration. The Last Broadcast
shows how easy it would have been to dilute the effect of The Blair
Witch.
I finally made time to see this film, expecting a visceral, emotional experience. Instead I was (in order) bored, angry, sleepy, and bewildered. Is this the groundbreaking film that everyone was gushing over last year? From all the talk I expected a head-on assault at the beginning of the movie. What I did see was a heavy-handed and frankly uninteresting battle scene. From there the movie only got worse. I didn't care a bit for any of the characters, least of all the Tom Hanks lead and the obnoxious Matt Damon. While the film looked spectacular, that's all it was: surface. There was no depth whatsoever to any of the characters or situations. I feel like maybe there is something wrong with me that I don't see what all the orgasmic gushing over this film is about. Plain old boring.