Comments on: Movie Trailer Review, Episode 18 http://www.schalicto.com/2007/11/17/movie-trailer-review-episode-18.html Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A-ron http://www.schalicto.com/2007/11/17/movie-trailer-review-episode-18.html/comment-page-1#comment-3699 A-ron Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:41:43 +0000 http://www.schalicto.com/2007/11/17/movie-trailer-review-episode-18.html#comment-3699 Perhaps he bit off more than he could chew with this film. I still enjoyed watching the story unfold before me. SO what if he wants to be John Carpenter, David Lynch and Kevin Smith all at once. That is the style he is trying to carve out for himself. I would consider this film to be his first real failure. I also enjoyed 1941 and that was Speilburgs first failure. Perhaps he bit off more than he could chew with this film. I still enjoyed watching the story unfold before me. SO what if he wants to be John Carpenter, David Lynch and Kevin Smith all at once. That is the style he is trying to carve out for himself. I would consider this film to be his first real failure. I also enjoyed 1941 and that was Speilburgs first failure.

]]> By: schalicto http://www.schalicto.com/2007/11/17/movie-trailer-review-episode-18.html/comment-page-1#comment-3698 schalicto Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:16:06 +0000 http://www.schalicto.com/2007/11/17/movie-trailer-review-episode-18.html#comment-3698 I am not put off by the fact it was confusing. I have seen confusing films before and will likely see others again in the future. It's the terrible script, awful acting, and unfocused direction of the film that bothered me the most. Richard Kelly seems to think that he is John Carpenter, David Lynch and Kevin Smith while the truth is that he is none of them, he is only Richard Kelly, director of Donny Darko. He should have gotten a few more films under his belt before he tried to tackle this one. I am not put off by the fact it was confusing. I have seen confusing films before and will likely see others again in the future.
It’s the terrible script, awful acting, and unfocused direction of the film that bothered me the most.
Richard Kelly seems to think that he is John Carpenter, David Lynch and Kevin Smith while the truth is that he is none of them, he is only Richard Kelly, director of Donny Darko.
He should have gotten a few more films under his belt before he tried to tackle this one.

]]> By: A-ron http://www.schalicto.com/2007/11/17/movie-trailer-review-episode-18.html/comment-page-1#comment-3697 A-ron Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:52:08 +0000 http://www.schalicto.com/2007/11/17/movie-trailer-review-episode-18.html#comment-3697 Warning: Aaron’s rebuttal lies beyond the end of this statement. Southland Tales was a very confusing movie about the end days. This movie is especially confusing if you view it as a single story. It’s not a single story, it is three stories that are linked to three other stories that where released in a graphic novel weeks before the film released. Every character has a plot line, a sub plot, and a whimsical speech of some sort about something. Minor characters are turned into major characters and major characters are dropped to the background to support them. Surprisingly with the number of comedians in this film it isn’t that funny. The acting is weak and without direction. When it is all over you’re not quite sure what just happened. So, why did I like it? I enjoyed letting Richard Kelly show me how his world ends. This movie is his rendition of the book of Revelations. I have seen countless doomsday films where it is all averted in the end by our hero. This film is different you are thrown into a strange and chaotic world spinning out of control into self-destruction and there really isn’t anything that can be done but find out how it all happens. Our hero doesn’t save the day, he wants to but can’t. He accepts this and then the world ends. When it ends you sit back and wonder what just happened. That is the way Richard Kelly’s world ends and I thank him for showing it. Warning: Aaron’s rebuttal lies beyond the end of this statement.

Southland Tales was a very confusing movie about the end days. This movie is especially confusing if you view it as a single story. It’s not a single story, it is three stories that are linked to three other stories that where released in a graphic novel weeks before the film released. Every character has a plot line, a sub plot, and a whimsical speech of some sort about something. Minor characters are turned into major characters and major characters are dropped to the background to support them. Surprisingly with the number of comedians in this film it isn’t that funny. The acting is weak and without direction. When it is all over you’re not quite sure what just happened. So, why did I like it?

I enjoyed letting Richard Kelly show me how his world ends. This movie is his rendition of the book of Revelations. I have seen countless doomsday films where it is all averted in the end by our hero. This film is different you are thrown into a strange and chaotic world spinning out of control into self-destruction and there really isn’t anything that can be done but find out how it all happens. Our hero doesn’t save the day, he wants to but can’t. He accepts this and then the world ends. When it ends you sit back and wonder what just happened. That is the way Richard Kelly’s world ends and I thank him for showing it.

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