tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71606897972680213772024-02-07T21:19:57.207-05:00GRIND MY REELSDan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-69331211054474964232013-07-29T15:43:00.000-04:002013-07-29T23:06:47.671-04:00THE WOLVERINE - REVIEW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wolverine</i>
demonstrates just how correctly it understands its titular character in its opening
moments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t get a title, just a
date and a location: Japan, August 9, 1945.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We don’t even need a title, we know what film we sat down for and what
we are getting into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the power of
the name <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wolverine</i> and what it
means to the characters and creators of this film that they earn it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wolverine was the original cinematic, existential, comic book hero, a
man lost in memories, time, and his worst natures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we first met him in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">X-Men</i> he was trapped like an animal in a cage and the same is true
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a wise callback to a time
before Wolverine (aka Logan) felt like he had a family and embraced his role as a
leader of his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This film places
the character squarely back in the middle of an existential crisis, as he
weighs the merits of his immortality and faces the actions he’s had to take.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This intense psychological approach to a comic book hero is
a true first for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">X-Men</i> franchise,
but isn’t new to summer blockbusters, we even got an existential examination of
Superman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This territory feels
immediately comfortable for a character like Logan and it seems amazing that this
wasn’t the approach taken for the miserable <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">X-Men
Origins: Wolverine</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hugh Jackman has never been more powerful as the rugged, and
often bearded, Logan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 44 years of age
he has fully grown into the character and delivers a physically frightening and
multidimensional performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a
smaller scale superhero movie that chooses to focus on who Wolverine is and
what he does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The film spends time
analyzing the two parts of Logan that are constantly at war with each
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One is a man who claims to not
care about anything; he’s an animal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
other half is cool, calculated, and precise: a modern samurai or ronin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The film makes an incredibly well calculated gamble by
sending Logan to Japan (based on the Frank Miller and Chris Claremont comics)
and by removing his trademark healing powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both of these choices add a freshness and danger to the proceedings and
the character that we have never seen before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Couple this with some truly breathtaking action sequences, first-rate
production, and costume design and it creates a truly intoxicating mix.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Wolverine rockets through the streets on the back of a
bullet train and every blow that he takes counts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jackman winces and limps through scenes,
fully carrying the weight of his character’s actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His colorful costars, Rila Fukushima (as
Yukio) and Tao Okamoto (as Mariko), more than hold their own against Jackman in
both dramatics and action chops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a
film outside of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">X-Men</i> franchise, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wolverine</i> is wholly unique and not
just a puzzle piece.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The plot moves quickly and is helped by a fierce visual
style that takes full advantage of the Japanese backdrop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a quieter, more calculated film that
uses quick cuts and shallow focus to punctuate the scene, often as a way to
highlight the incredible duress and pain that Logan is experiencing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hypnotic and dreamlike in portions, as
we weave in and out of his fractured memories and nightmares.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Only in the end does <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Wolverine</i> falter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After presenting
such a grounded film and universe, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Wolverine</i>’s tone drastically slides back towards the comic book goofiness
of the previous film.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This could have
worked better but it feels just like every single tired superhero trope appears
out of nowhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The action in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Wolverine</i> is fun, but its not the
draw to the character or this film.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Logan is never forced to make a decisive emotional decision involving Mariko
or Yukio that would have helped to redefine his newfound feelings about his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead the film focuses on questions about mutants
and extracting metal from Wolverine’s bones, two fundamentally less interesting
concepts than love and loss.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite a lacking third act, the final moment of the film is
one full of wonder and potential. It’s a
small moment but one that is wholly in keeping with the character of Wolverine and I couldn’t help but wonder
what was next for this newly resurrected character.</div>
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Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-91426359110069656172013-07-28T20:18:00.000-04:002013-07-29T11:12:01.906-04:00FRUITVALE STATION - REVIEW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What do we do now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s the single haunting question that lingers on my mind
after watching <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fruitvale Station</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a film with no answers, just emptiness
and despair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am left with images of a
community and family not only mourning, but in fear that this terrifying situation
might play itself out over and over again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the wake of the tragedy surrounding Trayvon Martin,
watching a dramatic recreation of a similar event is nothing but crushing.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fruitvale
Station</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> tells the story of Oscar Grant, a real 22-year-old, and the moments
that will lead up to his shocking death.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike most do-good pieces that seek to educate and enlighten and
ultimately fail, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crash</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fruitvale Station</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> never shakes its head
or wags its finger at the antagonists, nor places any emphasis on them.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It wisely allows us to glimpse what a day in
the life of Oscar was like and observe the abrupt tragedy and its aftermath for
ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Writer-director Ryan Coogler places the tremendous weight of
bringing Oscar to life on the shoulders of Michael B. Jordan (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2012/02/great-power-no-responsibility-chronicle.html" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></i>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jordan brilliantly guides us through the many
facets of Oscar’s persona and ultimately reveals to us a fully compassionate
and charismatic human being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s not
to say that Oscar is without fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, much of his life is defined by the mistakes that he’s made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">From a distance Oscar might be viewed as what Hollywood
typically portrays black men as: shouting, under-educated punks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s violent, aggressive, selfish, deals
drugs, he has a child out of wedlock, has been to prison, and blasts rap music
while racing down the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, to
judge Oscar from these images would be to fuel the machine that ultimately
brings about his tragic demise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The film quickly peels back the layers behind who Oscar was
and who he was attempting to become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s only selling marijuana to pay off the bills that support not only
his daughter’s day-care but his sister’s rent as well and even that occupation
is temporary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His love of his family
guides much of his life but is still tempered by his, at times, crippling
selfishness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, he’s aware of the
social burden that being a black man in America places on him and is favorable
towards those who don’t immediately portray him that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We meet him at the turning point in his life
where he has decided to choose to no longer be that person and with it comes
the awareness that his life and that of his daughter might hang in the balance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Every encounter that Oscar has in the film builds a sense of
hope that he might be successful in that endeavor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this is all undercut by the chilling
atmosphere established by the opening of the film wherein we see several police
officers senselessly handcuff and shoot the real Oscar Grant, all captured on a
bystander’s camera phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
no matter how much Oscar wants to change or how much we come to appreciate him
as a human being it is only going to end in tragedy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This tragedy is reflected in the eyes of his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz)
and daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
real dangers of Oscar’s world have already begun to invade young Tatiana’s mind
when she confesses to her father, “I’m scared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I hear guns.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Those are just
firecrackers,” responds Oscar soothingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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playing Candyland with Oscar, but the only thing the world has in store for her
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I could come up with premises
for mediocre children's animated films all day. Here is the apparent formula:
Take one animal with a well known characteristic for your main character and
add a passion to that character that goes against that characteristic. Here are
few examples: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. A skunk wants to open his own perfumery in Paris.<br />2. A bald eagle
desires to make wigs for 19th century American politicians.<br />3. A bear and a bee become best friends and open a honey
shop.<br />4. A polar bear knows he's destined to become the world's next Olympic beach volleyball
champion.<br />5. A snail wants to race in the Indianapolis 500. <br /><br />If any Hollywood
executives are reading this, I'm willing to negotiate on any of these ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well... except for that
last suggestion because it is the premise behind Dreamworks Animation's newest
film <i>Turbo</i>. In it a normally unlikeable animal, a snail, dreams to
do something that he shouldn't be able to accomplish, competing in the
Indianapolis 500. His quest is driven onward by the optimistic slogan of a
famous French master of that craft, Indianapolis 500 champ Guy Gagné. Meanwhile
his family and neighbors mock him and beg him to accept nature's cruel reality.
His continued dreams eventually put them all in mortal peril and they decide to
ostracize him from their simple-minded community. Despite the odds, he eventually ends up befriending a similarly ambitious human, a restaurateur, who despite not knowing our hero's name becomes his fast friend. Only by working together are they able to become
successful and overcome the odds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sound familiar? If so, that's
because I basically just summarized the plot of both <i>Ratatouille</i> and <i>Turbo.</i> While <i>Turbo</i>'s basic premise might seem
offbeat and original it is essentially Dreamworks Animation's carbon copy of
Pixar's more artistic and compassionate film. Yet, while those plot beats are
so similar it wouldn't really matter if <i>Turbo</i> was entertaining in
its own right and strived to do something more than just retell the simple
underdog story for the millionth time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Ratatouille</i> used
this familiar underdog storyline to eventually comment on the relationship
between an artist and a critic, which I found personally touching and
revelatory. The moment when Peter O'Toole's food critic tastes the simply
prepared ratatouille and is transported back to his childhood stands as a
highlight of not only that film but in all of cinema that year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Turbo</i> is never so
powerful but it isn't an outright failure either. Children enjoy just about
anything with bright colors, well-advertised characters, quick dialogue, and a
punchy soundtrack; just look no further than <i>Cars </i>to see mediocrity
celebrated. <i>Turbo</i> certainly has all of these elements and its
visuals, guided by cinematographer Wally Pfister (<i><a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2011/07/breaking-down-christopher-nolans.html" target="_blank">Inception</a>,</i> <i>The Dark Knight</i>, <i><a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2011/09/its-easy-to-be-romantic-about-baseball.html" target="_blank">Moneyball</a></i>), are often
exceptional. Moments where the titular
snail, Turbo, escapes into his daydreams or overlooks the blur of highway
traffic are appropriately beautiful and hypnotizing. The low-riding camera
provides an exhilarating sense of speed and scale to the race sequences that at
times had me biting my nails (it's a filthy habit).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The voice-cast of the film is
littered with recognizable names, from Ryan Reynolds, Luis Guzmán, Paul
Giamatti, Samuel L. Jackson, to Snoop Dogg (foregoing "Lion" from his
name). The best thing about the cast is just how multi-cultural it is. However,
much of that goodwill is squandered by how one-dimensional the characters are.
Each voice-actor portrays exactly the type of character you'd think they'd
portray. The worst of which is Ken Jeong's Kim Ly, an Asian female stereotype
that manages to sink Jeong's career to an all-time low, a challenge that I
figured couldn't be accomplished.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Turbo</i> also
presents a fairly clear moral lesson and even appears to be telling an unique
spin on the "no dream is too big" concept. For most of the film there
is no direct enemy outside of nature's constraints on Turbo. It is an
interesting lesson for children to be exposed to; the idea that sometimes you
just might not have what it takes to succeed, no matter how hard you try.
However, in a last minute twist, a formerly heroic character takes a dark and
cynical turn that I think simplifies <i>Turbo'</i>s morality and makes it
a binary battle between good and evil, a dichotomy that's not representative of
the real world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Turbo</i> struggles
to be something unique, with a strange premise and some interesting black
comedy (characters often randomly get picked off by crows), but eventually
becomes an exercise in mediocrity. There are some hints throughout that
something special could have happened here, particularly the visuals, but no
real chances were taken to differentiate <i>Turbo</i> from its
contemporaries, <i>Monsters University</i> and <i>Despicable Me
2</i>, all of which seem content to disappointingly retell the same familiar
stories. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Don't forget to vote in <a href="http://podcast.dearfilm.net/?p=249" target="_blank">our monthly poll</a> to help us decide what films we will discuss next.Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-24479420868021051592013-06-12T02:01:00.000-04:002013-06-12T10:53:09.233-04:00BEFORE MIDNIGHT - REVIEW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1">There are only a handful of conversations in my life that I would consider memorable or even intimate. Most of my life is spent debating the merits of one thing over another, complaining about trivialities that hardly matter, or engaging in the banal back-and-forths of, "What do you do for a living?" and the always evocative, "How're you doing today?" That's not to short-sell the merits of these forms of communication or even my responses to them. "Doing great, and you?"</span></div>
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<span class="s1">These exchanges are a necessary part of the tapestry of our lives and yet they are often hollow and lacking in intimacy. My strongest memories surround the moments in my life that are rich with real intimacy. I don't mean physical intimacy per se, but something far more essential to what makes us human.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">For example, I remember the instance of my first kiss but I couldn't tell you the details of the moment or really how "good" of a kiss it was (although I would venture to guess that it was not particularly titillating.) Yet, I can tell you every detail about the afternoons I spent with my platonic high school crush discussing life and all our hang-ups and fears. To look back on these conversations now would probably cast them in an all-new light. They were probably full of half-truths and inflated dramatic rhetoric, the kind that teenagers are known for, but at the time they felt real.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">For me, true intimacy comes through the unattainable quest to know and understand another human being. During many of the fleeting interactions in my life I hide behind these previously mentioned conversation starters as a way to safeguard myself from becoming too intimate with those I don't think have quite earned it. Then there are the people in my life that I allow myself to bear my soul to. There's no real way to define the intangible connection that comes with this choice or who we choose to share these moments with.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I think the most successful works of art are the ones in which an artist chooses to bear his/her soul for an audience. For me, film is the most effective and powerful medium that an artist can use to do so, but often the most difficult. There are times in my life that I have felt a lack of intimacy, seeking a true human connection, and film has often provided a solution. Film can present characters that reveal themselves in ways that I might never get a glimpse of in my life. I get to hide, almost voyeuristically, behind the lens and see an honesty that is untarnished by social hang-ups and intimacy barriers that I encounter in almost every second of my life.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Before Sunrise</i>, <i>Before Sunset</i>, and now <i>Before Midnight</i> are everything that I look for when I escape to the cinema. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy's performances as Jesse and Celine, along with the naturalistic and outright genius writing throughout this series, have convinced me that these characters are actual people. Their conversations and actions are the height of honesty in cinema, creating actual moments of intimacy between both the characters and audience.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">After all this time, I feel like I know these people in a way that I know few friends and family members. Jesse and Celine's conversations have always been about two people connecting and sharing an intimate moment of discovery and I've always felt like I was right there with them. However, unlike intimate moments in my life that have occurred in carpeted bedrooms and riverside marinas these moments of intimacy are set against the backdrop of Vienna, Paris, and a Greek island. This creates a potent mix and an unbreakable spell.</span></div>
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Jesse and Celine's love is perhaps the most intimate in cinema because of its simple honesty. To say anything about the mechanics of Richard Linklater's new and masterful <i>Before Midnight </i>would be to ruin the experience of getting to know these characters more intimately for yourself. I will say that this brave and fully-revealed portrait of two people's quest to know and love each other perfectly reflects the reason I find cinema so evocative and alluring.<span class="s1"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">The character of Batman
moved beyond being just a character that we know from the pages of a comic book
in Christopher Nolan's <i>The Dark Knight</i>. He daringly escaped from
his origins and became a hauntingly tragic myth. To borrow a phrase from the
movie, he became a legend. We cared about this film legend because of its stupendous
production value, unforgettable acting, smart scripting, and the overall level
of detail and care that went into bringing such a complete vision to the
screen. <i>Man of Steel</i> unites those creators with that of Zach
Snyder (<i>300</i>, <i>Watchmen</i>) in hopes of achieving much of the
same results but this time with the granddaddy of all comic book characters,
Superman.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Man of Steel </i>doesn't reach the dramatic heights of <i>The
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quite different. When I watch a superhero film it is often with an
unintentional air of pretension acting like a screen that separates me from the
events in the film. There is something inherently pulpy and retro about a
man/woman in tights fighting against crime. <i>The Dark Knight</i> managed
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;">Man of Steel</span></i><span style="color: black;"> swerves hard in the opposite direction and
embraces its comic book origins. In doing so it creates a fresh take on the
cinematic Superman story, one that is far more alien and science fiction
oriented. Writer David Goyer's (<i>The Dark Knight</i> series, <i>Blade </i>series)
script for <i>Man of Steel </i>wisely frames Superman in a new way,
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we've seen a million times. Instead it confronts his relationships with his
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">After a hypnotic and bold
opening that chronicles the destruction of Krypton, a planet overrun with civil
war and horrible natural resources mismanagement, we meet the bearded, refugee
Clark Kent (Henry Cavill). He's wandering the Earth in disguise, proving his
moral values and super-skills from behind the brim of his low-drawn cap. He's
obviously searching for something and trying to do it silently.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Clark seeks answers to who
he is and where he comes from. However, the minute that his past is
revealed it literally comes back to haunt him in the form of a menacing
spaceship. A warlord from his Clark's homeworld named General Zod, maniacally
portrayed by Michael Shannon, returns to hold Earth hostage for the exchange of
Clark. A line is drawn in the sand, only one race can live, the
Kryptonians or the humans, and Clark has a choice to make.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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its inherent trappings. However, this drama wouldn't be as electric
without the directorial eye of Zach Snyder. Never has a film's inflated budget
been reflected onscreen in such a bold fashion. Every image in <i>Man of
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oozes Americana, with the visuals hovering between a Terrence Malick film and
Levi's jeans commercials, and in the next it's blasting through space at
breakneck speed or referencing horrifying 9/11 imagery. I've never been so
awestruck by a director's handling of large-scale action; particularly during a
battle sequence in Clark's hometown of Smallville that even manages to honor
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characters and the situations they find themselves in, a lesson Zach Snyder
learned from his own flawed <i>Sucker Punch</i>. In this regard, <i>Man
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">However, David Goyer's
dialogue for the supporting characters often feels cartoony and mismatched with
the settings they find themselves in. It is hard to care about one or two
humans when thousands are dying in the background, a fact that is never
satisfyingly addressed. Many of these characters are easily forgettable and
probably could have been consolidated, did we really need 3 or 4 bland
militaristic characters? Goyer even attempts to throw in some humor between
Clark and love-interest Lois Lane (Amy Adams) that, while appreciated, falls a
bit flat. However, these are only minor missteps in a film that is smartly
plotted and viciously paced.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">All of the actors in <i>Man
of Steel</i> do a fantastic job of bringing their characters to life, and
everyone is given a moment to highlight their moral stance on the situation.
Henry Cavill's Clark Kent isn't the bumbling and </span><span style="color: black;">lovable</span><span style="color: black;"> oaf that Christopher
Reeves' was but more of a withdrawn, mysterious hunk of man meat. Those hoping
to see him hiding out behind his spectacles in the Daily Planet will be
disappointed, but there is just no room in this already overstuffed film. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The film does smartly fill in some of Clark's childhood with a series of
pitch-perfect flashbacks, featuring the always </span><span style="color: black;">lovable</span><span style="color: black;"> Kevin Costner as Pa
Kent. These go a long way to endearing us to Clark as his adult form is
intentionally withdrawn and secretive. I would have liked to get to know Clark
a bit better: What does he believe in? What has shaped him as an adult? What
does he feel passionately about? What's there does a decent job at telling us
about the formation of this character but much of it is passed over for more
action in his cape. This is clearly a movie about the formation of Superman,
not the </span><span style="color: black;">alter-ego</span><span style="color: black;"> Clark Kent. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black;">For me, the standouts of the film are Russell
Crowe's Jor-El and Michael Shannon's Zod and just how the characters are
utilized. Their dramatic introductions really set up the moral battlefield that
Clark has to operate in and both are made to be sympathetic and understandable,
even if Zod is a genocidal maniac. Crowe gives Jor-El's sacrifice the gravity
it deserves and his reappearances are always used to monumental effect. Michael
Shannon never takes his portrayal of Zod over-the-top. While he's never conflicted
about destroying an entire race, it is clear that the misguided actions he is
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zach Snyder's <i>Man
of Steel</i> not only manages to successfully reboot the Superman series,
but it manages to make <i>The Avengers </i>and <i>Avatar </i>look
like a child's play toy in comparison. Now that we've seen what big, modern
Superman action looks like, hopefully the second film will spend more time
fleshing out its characters, particularly Clark, and less with suits punching
each other. Just like <i>Batman Begins </i>and <i>The Dark
Knight</i> before it, <i>Man of Steel </i>is a great
introduction that understands the appeal of its titular character and is headed
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This time on Outside the Envelope (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-dearfilm/id507929388" target="_blank">subscribe to us on iTunes</a>) Brian, Rick, and I discuss the critically acclaimed independent film <i>Upstream Color</i>, from director Shane Carruth (<i>Primer</i>). If you haven't heard of this film it would be a great time to hop on board and if you have seen it we have a wonderful discussion of its themes and ideas for you. So join us below for our discussion.<br />
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Also discussed are: <i>Planet of the Apes</i>, <i>The Giant Mechanical Man</i>, and <i>Croupier</i>.<br />
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Ever since reading “The Great Gatsby” and viewing its
multiple film adaptations I’ve wondered if the book could ever be filmed. There
have been a couple Gatsbys already, Alan Ladd and Robert Redford, and neither of
them got anywhere close to a living portrayal of the book's mysterious, titular
character. Yet, it isn’t the story or even the fact that Gatsby exists mostly
as a creation of the book’s narrator that makes “The Great Gatsby,” in my mind,
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No, I believe the book exists alongside a literary great like “The Catcher in
the Rye” as unfilmable because the machinations of its story aren’t really what
made audiences fall in love with it in the first place. Instead it is the
wonderful poetry and lyricism of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writing that serves as
“The Great Gatsby”’s lasting appeal, a particular brand of writing and
viewpoint that is unique to the written word. How do you replicate something
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“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year
recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — to-morrow we will
run faster, stretch out our arms farther… And one fine morning — So we beat on,
boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”</blockquote>
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There are few films whose images evoke a response that can
come close to proving that this kind of transcendental expression can be one
expressed by filmmakers. I would be quick to place a film like Terrence Malick’s <a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2011/07/religious-experience-tree-of-life.html" target="_blank"><i>The Tree of Life</i></a> right alongside “The Great Gatsby” in terms of artistry. However,
that doesn’t mean that an adaptation of <a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2011/07/religious-experience-tree-of-life.html" target="_blank"><i>The Tree of Life</i></a> would make for a
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In some ways, I think Baz Luhrmann’s <i>The Great Gatsby</i>
tries too hard to remain faithful to the novel, even depicting type-written
passages of it onscreen, but without the confidence that made Fitzgerald’s book
so bold and beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fitzgerald’s
writing conveyed so much with so little and here Luhrmann (<i>Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rou<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7160689797268021377" name="_GoBack"></a>ge</i>) piles on the detail in an almost
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Early parties scenes fill the screen with an impressive
array of costumery and digital effects that resemble an orgy of Lisa Frank
stickers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luhrmann’s camera
rockets around the explosive scenes like a rollercoaster with a seemingly
senseless array of edits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
scenes are unfocused and narratively pointless, as the visuals don’t reveal
anything or highlight any of the partygoers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead I felt full-on nausea and disorientation, at a time
when I so desperately wanted to orient myself within the narrative.</div>
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However, there comes a moment in the film, after I was
shaken senseless, where Luhrmann’s style abruptly changes and he reveals his
greatest effect of them all, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jay Gatsby.</div>
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As the fireworks are exploding and “Rhapsody in Blue” is
climaxing, Gatsby reveals himself for the first time to the audience and it is
his, Leonardo DiCaprio’s, smile that eclipses all of the mania of his signature
parties. In that smile is everything that makes up Gatsby; all of his naivety,
showmanship, romanticism…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yet,
Luhrmann feels the need to include Nick Carraway’s (Tobey Maguire) overbearing voiceover,
often lifted straight from the book, to describe exactly what we are
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This isn’t enough to sink the performance of DiCaprio, whose
performance outright saves the film and elevates his colleagues’ performances
as well. When Gatsby is allowed to interact with Daisy Buchanan (Carey
Mulligan) and Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton) in some of the quieter scenes, the
film bursts into life and allows its incredibly talented actors to be untainted
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Any second away from Leonardo’s Gatsby is a second I spent
waiting for him to reappear onscreen. He plays the character with the perfect
balance between joy and inexplicability, as if Gatsby has already peered into
his own future. When Gatsby’s lies begin to unfold and his naïve romanticism
comes crashing down around him, DiCaprio transforms into a horrifying and
pathetic creature whose anguish seeps out of every pore. If DiCaprio didn’t
already have several career-defining roles, this might be it.</div>
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While Luhrmann’s gaudy cinematic tricks and flair for
inserting contemporary music into period films can often be distracting, I
always found these choices interesting if not thematically vague. The problem
is that they operate in sharp contrast to and are far less effective than <i>The
Great Gatsby</i>’s smaller, more intimate scenes, some of which last over ten
minutes. It is here the tension simmers, boils, and erupts into a chaotic
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Early on Gatsby cries incredulously, “Can’t repeat the
past?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why of course you can!” and
I certainly wish I could agree with him. Except this time I would urge Luhrmann
to give up his tricks and make a smaller more intimate Gatsby. This <i>The Great
Gatsby </i>is just like one of his parties: big, exorbitant, loud, gaudy, and a
distraction. That’s too bad because there is also a great Gatsby lost in the crowd
of people, yearning to be loved.</div>
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This time on Outside the Envelope (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-dearfilm/id507929388" target="_blank">subscribe to us on iTunes</a>) Brian, Rick, and I discuss the controversial film <i>Pain & Gain</i>, from director Michael Bay (<i>Transformers</i>, <i>The Rock</i>). We really cover every feeling that can be had about this film, love to hate. Michael Bay's work is always a source of feelings that are intense, rightfully so. Join us below for our discussion.<br />
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Also discussed are: <i>Bob's Burgers</i>, <a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2013/05/john-dies-at-end-stream-my-reels.html" target="_blank"><i>John Dies at the End</i></a>, and <i>A Lonely Place to Die</i>.<br />
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Please subscribe to our show on iTunes for the best quality by clicking <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-dearfilm/id507929388" target="_blank">here</a>.Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-55079995549775053172013-05-11T15:43:00.000-04:002013-05-11T15:45:25.137-04:00JOHN DIES AT THE END - STREAM MY REELS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The term batshit suggests a level of insanity that words alone cannot justify. It would be a disservice to this week's film, <i>John Dies at the End</i>, to describe it with even the word batshit. That should come as no surprise to film fans as this is director Don Coscarelli's follow-up this his cult favorite <i>Bubba Ho-Tep</i>, a film where Elvis and JFK, both somehow alive and in a retirement home, fight an Egyptian Mummy that is feasting on the souls of their fellow residents. If that sounds at all enticing to you, <i>John Dies at the End</i> will be right up your alley.</span>
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<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">John Dies at the End</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'s surreal adventure feels very much like the spiritual successor to a film like </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> just taken to a whole new level of gonzo absurdity. The film follows Dave (Chase Williamson) and John (Rob Mayes) as they experiment with a strange new, black, liquid drug that appears to them one night, nicknamed "soy sauce." What follows is a trip that has them fighting monsters made of meat, mustaches, and all manners of tentacles. When the least strange things in a film are that the main character talks to a ghost through a bratwurst and his golden retriever can drive his van it doesn't matter so much that many of the elements in the film don't make sense, just they they are so delightfully weird that it becomes hilariously enjoyable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To explain or summarize the plot any further won't help anyone, this is either a film that you'll devour or one you'll quickly dispose of. By the time the boys are battling a monster named Korrock in another dimension you'll either go its B-level charm or not. Even better, the whole story is being told to Paul Giamatti, who produced the film, as a skeptical reporter looking to break the next big story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The film does falter a bit in its third act, never really paying off fully and stretching its weirdness a bit beyond its earlier bounds. However, it hardly matters, you'd be hard pressed to find a film with this much originality or comic-book gleefulness. Certainly not from Hollywood.</span><br />
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It isn't until after the credits roll that we first get to read the full title of the newest installment in the ongoing <i>Iron Man</i> series. However, something is not quite right. Instead of the usual title followed by its numerical signifier, we are presented with the title <i>Iron Man Three</i>, spelled-out quite differently than all of the promotional items leading up to the film's release. Perhaps if the filmmakers had spent less time spelling-out the title and more time spelling-out the machinations of the newest Marvel film I would have enjoyed it more.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>That's not to say that there isn't enjoyment to be had from <i>Iron Man Three</i>; at this point the well-oiled cast and filmmaking team has the characterizations of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) down to an art. The witty banter that the series is famous for is at an all-time high and everyone's favorite Tony Stark has never been so outrageous. If there is a heart to the <i>Iron Man</i> franchise -- be it one with shrapnel stuck in it -- Robert Downey Jr. is it. Whether the films are good or bad, he keeps everything moving forward and almost excuses any missteps along the way.<br />
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However, in <i>Iron Man Three </i>the missteps quickly cause the film to veer dangerously off-track as Downey struggles to course correct. It is a shame too because I found most of these missteps to be born out of some truly clever ideas. The decision to remove Tony Stark from his armor for most of the film and the direction that was taken in redesigning the villain, the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), being chief among them. Both of these concepts are so wholly different from what has come before in the series that it helps the film avoid the traps associated with being the third film in a series.<br />
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Despite these clever additions, the writers continue to add new ideas and concepts before they can properly lay the groundwork to allow their best ideas to take root. In the first half of the movie the ideas of mind controlled robots, fire-breathing soldiers, the Mandarin, AIM, Extremis, Iron Patriot, and the fact that Tony is suffering from PTSD after the events of <a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2012/05/real-marvel-avengers-review.html" target="_blank"><i>The Avengers</i></a> are introduced.<br />
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When all of these elements begin to collide in the third act, I found it incredibly difficult to care or really understand the motivations of the film's characters. It isn't that I'm unfamiliar to these concepts, I've been reading Iron Man comics for the past 15 years and should be the first to recognize all of the ideas that <i>Iron Man Three</i> puts forward. The problem is that none of these concepts are ever given time to be explored in the world of this film so that I could assimilate them into my understanding of Tony Stark's life.<br />
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So when Tony finds himself in trouble I was unsure whether or not that was actually the case. Can he call on his mind-controlled robots to save him or not? Can Tony's chest reactor power the Iron Man suits or not? Is Tony stranded in the Tennessee wilderness with no access to an Iron Man suit or not? The film itself seems to oscillate between answers to almost all of these questions as the plot needs them. Sure the action scenes look spectacular and have all new levels of mayhem being depicted in them, but its hard to care when the consequences have never been established.<br />
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While watching, I couldn't help but think back to a key scene in <i>Iron Man</i> when Tony first tests out his new suit. As he rockets into the higher levels of the atmosphere, he quickly realizes that his suit is going to freeze and that he will plummet to his death if he doesn't do something quick.<br />
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It is a tense and harrowing sequence purely because we know the limitations that Tony has to work with and the consequences if he doesn't succeed -- he'll become an Iron Pancake. This sequence is an incredibly simple one and is successful for the very same reason.<br />
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<i>Iron Man Three</i>'s villains are equally under-developed, with goals that are never clearly established and whose means of achieving them make little to no sense. Characters' allegiances change faster than I even had a chance to care enough to realize what had happened.<br />
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The addition of director Shane Black (<i>Lethal Weapon</i>, <i>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</i>), taking over the reins from Jon Favreau, sounded like a great idea at the time; his film <i>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</i> contains Robert Downey Jr.'s best and wittiest performance to date. However, Black goes overboard here and alters Downey's performance from a light, witty characterization with real, dramatic heft to a purely comical one. Downey isn’t alone and before long his entire supporting cast is spouting nonstop one-liners. This removes the very thing that made Stark so unique and such an interesting dramatic character to watch. That's not to say that I wanted to see a dark character study of a man suffering from PTSD but this sole dramatic element is only utilized to set up a joke and make a reference to the strangely absent Avengers and SHIELD.<br />
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<i>Iron Man Three</i> is far from being a terrible superhero film; it might just be Marvel's most interesting one. However, it overdoes every concept that it presents, has plot-holes that a helicarrier could fly through, undoes all the connective tissue of <i>The Avengers</i>, and both sets up and resolves plotlines that were unnecessary for both this film's and the series' future.<br />
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It is appropriate that it is <i>Iron Man Three</i> that introduces Tony's mind-controlled suits. They are shiny and spectacular on the surface but completely hollow on the inside. I wonder what this might be a metaphor for?<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Certified Copy</i> will challenge some viewers and the best of them will step up the challenge and be rewarded for it in a way that they won't be prepared for. With time, <i>Certified Copy </i>only stands out more and more as an incredible film from an incredible director.</span></span></span><br />
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There is
a tendency when assessing the value of something to confuse the amount of effort
involved in trying to accomplish something with the actual results. The old adage of "the journey is better
than the destination" is a great motto to live ones' life by, but it also
implies that eventually one will - at some point - arrive at some kind of
conclusion. Just imagine how frustrating
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Derek Cianfrance's (<i><a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2011/07/roses-are-red-this-film-is-blue-blue.html" target="_blank">Blue Valentine</a></i>)
newest film, <i>The Place Behind the Pines</i>,
might be the cinematic equivalent of this destination-less journey. It is clear that Cianfrance has a lot to say
with his new film but never figures out exactly what. It is a modern, dramatic epic, the likes of
which are rarely seen. <i>The Place Behind the Pines </i>is stuffed
full of ideas, beautiful cinematography, film trickery, and compelling
performances and yet this reckless ambition never solidifies into one coherent
point.<br />
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<i>The Place Behind the Pines</i> is a triptych structurally:
three stories that follow Luke (Ryan Gosling) a traveling circus motorcyclist,
a morally righteous cop named Avery (Bradley Cooper), and their kids Jason and
AJ (Dane DeHaan and Emory Cohen). It is
a film about forgiveness, dreams, morality, and sins, specifically how they tumble
down from one generation to another.
That's not to mention that it is also a film about bank-heists, bullying
drama, and police corruption. There is
enough content here for three films and as the subplots pile up the film seems
like it is spinning in circles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perhaps
this cyclical feeling was Cianfrance's intent, as evidenced by the opening
3-minute shot of the film. In this
brilliant and technically masterful image, the audience is introduced to a
faceless carny, Luke, as he walks from his trailer to perform for the
circus. All the audience is allowed to
see of Luke is Ryan Gosling's platinum-blonde, dyed hair and tattoo-covered,
statuesque body. He is a man of myth and
mystery, a traveller of the world worthy of photographing, which the attendants
of the show hastily attempt to do, as if he was a Bigfoot creature.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The shot
ends with Luke mounting his motorcycle and entering into a caged globe for a
death defying game of dodge with two other cyclists. Their spinning is equally impressive as it is
hypnotic. Cianfrance might be commenting
on the cyclical nature of life and the steel trap that keeps it locked in this
continual spiral. If so, congratulations
should go to him for the film's ambitious opening and often stunning
set-pieces.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
problem is that in order to get there, Cianfrance has his characters often act
completely out of character only to further the plot. When Luke wants to provide for his young son,
a result of a fling with Romina (Eva Mendes), he quickly resorts to robbing
banks. There is no set-up for this kind
of behavior or real urgency for why such dramatic action needs to be taken,
other than out of Luke's own desire to assert power as his son's father. This kind of plot-focused storytelling creates
several moments of dramatic crises that seem completely unattached to anything
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All of
these plotlines introduce interesting moral questions that are often left to
dangle without an answer or sense of resolution. So superficially, there is a lot to recommend
about the complexity and technical bravado of <i>The Place Beyond the Pines</i> but by the time audiences reach its
"15 Years Later", a moment that comes in the last 45 minutes of the
film, all the questions and moral pontificating has long since grown
stale. <i>The Place Beyond the Pines</i> is a big, sprawling, and yet dumb film
masquerading as "A FILM!"<o:p></o:p></div>
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Take away
the film's big-name leads, stunning cinematography, unique location, and
enthralling set-pieces and what is left is a coincidence driven story that asks
questions that are smarter than the film can answer. However, that's a lot of elements to overlook
from a film this ambitious and knowingly epic. More than anything else, <i>The Place Beyond the Pines</i>, will leave audiences hungry for
Cianfrance's next film; one that is hopefully just a single film with an end to
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No one makes films quite like the Duplass brothers (Mark and Jay) both in terms of budget and their mumblecore stylings. Shot through production for $15,000 and only making a box office total of roughly $200,000, it is safe to say that this week's film, <i>The Puffy Chair</i>, was not an enormous success. However, its cult following and screening at Sundance was enough to get the Duplass brothers three studio deals.<br />
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The film follows the story of Josh, played by Mark Duplass (<i>The League</i>, <i>Safety Not Guarunteed</i>), who has set out on a road-trip to deliver a present to his father for his birthday. This particular item is a giant pink puffy chair, reminiscent to the one they grew up around, and its delivery is fraught with complications. Along for the ride are Josh's high-maintenance girlfriend (Kathryn Aselton) and his lackadaisical brother (Rhett Wilkins), whose greatest accomplishment is filming a lizard outside of his apartment.<br />
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The story takes several interesting twists and turns along the way that test the characters' relationships with each other, particularly between Josh and Emily, his girlfriend. Now this might sound like the plot of any other generic coming-of-age road-trip film, and that assumption would be correct. However, it is the rawness of the indie filmmaking style and performances that make this film soar. This film is so incredibly pure and authentic that I would without hesitation place it as one of the best relationship dramas, despite just how narrow its scope is. Sometimes specificity can make something even more universal just through honesty.<br />
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Both brothers would go on to create the beloved <i>Baghead</i>, <i>Cyrus</i>, and <i>Jeff, Who Lives at Home</i>. However, for my money their best film still remains their first. While it might not be something to look at, it was shot on a Panasonic AG-DVX100, this film proves that characters and performances always form the core of a good movie.<br />
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The best thing about the growing availability and quantity of streaming titles is that audiences are no longer subject to the very narrow cinematic interests of the general public. Accessibility is the great equalizer and through it the true gems can be allowed to shine. So when I think of the vast library of films that streaming services provide I tend to gravitate towards recommending films that might have gone otherwise overlooked.<br />
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So I cannot think of a better place to start my new "Stream My Reels" column than with <i>Dogtooth</i>, a film that I adore and yet know has been criminally underseen by an audience that I know would love it. That's not to say that it didn't receive a large amount of praise and accolades, it was nominated for Best Foreign Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards.<br />
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The 2009 Greek drama, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, tells the story of a married couple who keep their children, who are now adults, locked in a remote housing facility, of their own make, so as to keep them ignorant of the world outside. The real drama begins when the mother and father are forced to invite a young woman into the facility to perform sexual intercourse with their son, whose sexual needs have begun to manifest themselves.<br />
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The less that you know going into <i>Dogtooth</i> the better, as it is truly fascinating to explore the brain-washed world of the facility and the rules by which the father has his children living. <i>Dogtooth</i> is a conversation piece and one whose imagery and story continues to delight with its weirdness and unconventionality. The heads of characters are often cropped out of the frame, or hidden in the background, as if to signify just how mindless these "children" have become as a result of their parents' many abuses.<br />
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This week on Outside the Envelope (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-dearfilm/id507929388" target="_blank">subscribe to us on iTunes</a>) Brian, Rick, and I discuss the controversial new film <i>Spring Breakers</i>, from Harmony Korine (<i>Kids</i>). We are also joined by Ryan McNeil from <a href="http://www.thematinee.ca/" target="_blank">The Matinee</a> to get his unique perspective on the film. Love it or hate it (some of us represent each side of this column) there is no film quite like <i>Spring Breakers</i> this year. Join us below for our discussion.<br />
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Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-90749781189798362432013-03-22T09:12:00.000-04:002013-03-22T09:23:24.306-04:00Outside the Envelope - "Oz: The Great and Powerful" Discussion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is that time of the month again and it is time for the Outside of the Envelope podcast to discuss our fan predicted best film of the month and this month you chose <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i>. If you would like to vote on next month's film choices, you can do so <a href="http://podcast.dearfilm.net/?p=197" target="_blank">here</a>. So join Rick, Brian, and myself in our discussion of one of my least favorite films of the year.<br />
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Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-47483759913037937432013-03-20T12:57:00.000-04:002013-03-22T09:43:07.371-04:00THE EXQUISITE CORPSE PROJECT - ANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the Annapolis Film Festival approaches (buy tickets <a href="http://annapolisfilmfestival.showare.com/" target="_blank">here</a>) I couldn't be more excited to share with you some of my favorite films featured in the festival. Hopefully you can use this as a guide to help you decide which films to see or to keep your eye out for. There is no better place to start than the film that I am most excited to share, <i>The Exquisite Corpse Project</i>.</div>
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What we, the audience, are treated to isn't just the finished project, which is just as crazy as you might expect it would be, but is ultimately a hilarious portrayal of all the drama and fun that can go into any creative project. Each segment of the film tells us more about the author, their individual interests, and how they interact as a group. Meanwhile, the documentary aspect of the film, featuring the different writers discussing their work, adapts to fit each writer's personality and hilariously update the film like a director's commentary.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When
Dorothy slowly cracked open the door of her farmhouse and entered into the world
of Oz for the first time, something magical happened. Not only did Dorothy's quivering, youthful
jaw go a bit slack but for audiences, no matter the decade, it was also like
seeing in color for the first time.
Saturated Technicolor drowned the screen in the beautiful hues of
Munchkinland, a town whose swirling brick pathways converged in a hypnotic
spiral below Dorothy's spinning feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a memorable moment in all of cinema for several reasons
but primarily because it so perfectly visualized the transformative power that
film had and would continue to have with the newest of technologies, in this
case Technicolor. It is an incredibly
hopeful moment and reminds audiences that with the power of imagination we can
all go to some place "over the rainbow," where dreams do come true
after-all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sam
Riami's <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i>
has an equally revealing look into the potential future of studio filmmaking
and it is just as shocking and audacious.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mirroring
the events of <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, the
film starts in black-and-white and follows the 1905 adventures of a troubled
hero. This time the film focuses on that
of the womanizing, small-time, magician/con-man Oz (James Franco) whose magic
acts, while impressive, haven't managed to launch him out of his role in a
troubled, traveling circus. Like the
previous film, audiences are introduced to a number of characters in Oz's life
that will reappear in another form later in the land of Oz, these include a
stagehand (Zach Braff), love-interest (Michelle Williams), and crippled
audience member (Joey King).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In
classic fashion, Oz finds himself in a bit of trouble and is caught in his
infamous hot-air balloon during a tornado that transports him to the land of
Oz. Riami's (<i>The Spider-man Trilogy</i>, <i>Evil Dead</i>,
<i>Drag Me to Hell</i>) direction up to this
point is assured and genuinely exciting.
There is just the right amount of his patented creepy visual flair while
Oz performs some delightful magic tricks with the help of his assistant. It has a campy old-school style, amplified by
the 4:3 aspect ratio, which feels right in line with the subject matter. Franco feeds off the energy of the direction
and camera for a fun, if not hammy, performance as the larger than life Oz.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However,
the second that the film transports its audience to Oz, by literally stretching
the screen, the film shatters. Instead
of the beautifully colored sets and Technicolor of the original, audiences are
treated with contemporary digital effects that stretch as far as the eye can
see. Just like in the carnival that <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i> starts out
in, it is merely a fun-house mirror version of the 1939 classic, twisted and
distorted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This Oz
isn't believable for a second, what with its garishly colored digital backgrounds,
over-animated characters, and appalling overuse of green screen. If <i>The
Wizard of Oz</i> was optimistic about the future of film, <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i> represents everything that has gone
horribly wrong with that future.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When
characters like Oz and Finley, the unfunny, flying Monkey, walk on the
yellow-brick road, one of the worst sequences in the film, it is easy to
differentiate exactly where the "real world" ends and the digital one
begins. Nothing feels handcrafted or
that it could actually exist. In <i>Avatar</i> there was a sense that the
digital world of Pandora could and did actually exist and that its ecosystem
made sense. While that might be a lot to
expect from a dreamland like Oz, what isn't too much to expect is that the
characters feel like they operate in the same fantasy world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Weak/lazy
visual effects and over-the-top colors, that feel digitally corrected to ugly
perfection, could easily be forgiven if the characters and story were
interesting, or at least competent.
Instead, <i>Oz: The Great and
Powerful</i> is a film full of Hollywood clichés and trite/phony
moralities. There is no compelling
conflict that can be easily identified.
The film presents the idea that there is a growing evil in the land,
accelerated by the appearance of a wicked witch, that Oz is destined to
defeat. Destiny is an interesting idea,
but it is hardly compelling and removes any power or control over the story
from the protagonists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a class="rg_hl" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inception_leonardodicaprio-535x312.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.filmofilia.com/2010/01/18/new-inception-movie-photo/&usg=__q2TPUCscdTLccs2MS4RSAz3Qj1g=&h=312&w=535&sz=43&hl=en&start=0&sig2=YGdZzIFBUsR9CF43EB3G-A&zoom=1&tbnid=1K2BsdgaaHTkcM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=206&ei=-GgXTq2SJ6OlsQL7_tVj&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dinception%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D5xx%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1126%26bih%3D865%26tbs%3Disz:m%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=791&vpy=427&dur=8&hovh=171&hovw=294&tx=158&ty=98&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0" id="rg_hl" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not to
mention that the problem hardly needs Oz to solve it as the other witches clearly
have more than enough power to handle the situation themselves. Glenda (Michelle Willaims), Evanora (Rachel
Weisz), and Theodora (Mila Kunis) take on the roles of the iconic Oz witches
and turn in the most plastic and socially regressive performances this year. Where <i>The
Wizard of Oz</i> allowed an innocent, young woman to drive the action; <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i> subjugates
its women into babbling idiots that completely rely on a male figure to
accomplish anything, even rewarding him for lying to them by turning themselves
into sex objects that he can replace whenever he sees fit. Its gender politics are so regressive that it
makes the original film appear, in hindsight, as a women's suffrage classic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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no succinct way to begin to sum up all the problems that plaque <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i>. It is a bloated corpse of a film that
cynically pillages audiences' fond remembrance of <i>The Wizard of Oz </i>while replacing every element -- endearing
characters, beautiful visuals, hand-crafted effects, progressive storytelling,
and genuine heart -- that allows that film to live on as a timeless
classic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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studio-heads at Disney might as well replace Dorothy’s iconic line, upon first witnessing Oz, with:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Toto,
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore... I don't even think we are in Oz
anymore. We must be in some kind of
digital nightmare."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She would
be correct but, unlike Dorothy, audiences can’t just click their heels
together and go home.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #0400; mso-bidi-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: #0400;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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About two years ago I was approached to be a part of a new project that sought to create a film festival in my hometown of Annapolis, Maryland. As someone who has loved travelling to film festivals for years, I was honored and excited about the experience. My writing and participation in local film had gotten the attention of several influential filmmakers in Annapolis and before-long I was named as the Programming Director of the event that would come to be known as the <a href="http://www.annapolisfilmfestival.net/" target="_blank">Annapolis Film Festival</a>.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I had no idea just how much hard work would go into creating this one-of-a-kind festival. I quickly assembled a team, who I cannot thank enough (Juliet Burch, my co-chair, in particular), and we got to work on selecting the films that would appear in the festival. Along the way I came up with the idea and implemented a Short Film Crawl, cataloged and observed over five-hundred films, trafficked ninety-seven film prints, arranged for over fifty filmmakers to come to Annapolis, and an innumerable number of other tasks.<br /><br />I cannot begin to calculate all the time and effort that has been made to bring the first annual Annapolis Film Festival to life. It has caused the consistency of this site to dip just a bit, but I hope that it will have been worth it in the end. Creating a cultural event like the Annapolis Film Festival won't just bring the film festival experience to my hometown but hopefully also become a permanent fixture in the business life of the city.<br />
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Over the next two weeks that lead up to the festival I will be presenting write-ups on a great many of the films that will be screening at the festival, particularly my favorite ones. Hopefully this can serve as a guide to the many of you who will be attending the event and entice those of you who don't know if they will be attending just yet.<br /><br />So keep your eyes on this site over the next few days and don't forget to get your tickets to the event, which you can get by clicking on the image below:<br />
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Prices are incredibly fair, with a reduced festival price of only $40 for four days of entertainment for anyone under 25. I look forward to seeing everyone there for one of the best celebrations of film you will ever find!<br />
<br />I'll also mention that I was featured in an article on the event in The Voice which you can see <a href="http://severnaparkvoice.com/arts-a-entertainment/3274-annapolis-film-festival-brings-cinematic-excitement-to-local-area" target="_blank">here</a>.Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-74865593866256284292013-03-06T18:22:00.000-05:002013-03-06T18:22:43.839-05:00Outside the Envelope - "Beautiful Creatures" Discussion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, it had to happen at some point. With all of the projects that <a href="http://www.dearfilm.net/" target="_blank">Brian Roan</a> and I have been doing together (<a href="http://www.grindmyreels.com/2013/02/guest-on-reel-talk-with-brian-roan.html" target="_blank">Reel Talk</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-film-grind/id520352806" target="_blank">The Film Grind</a>, and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-dearfilm/id507929388" target="_blank">Outside the Envelope</a>) it only made sense to consolidate our podcasts into one show. So for all of you fans out there of The Film Grind, I'm sad to say that that show in its current state is no more. I have no become the official third cohost of the Outside the Envelope podcast.<br /><br />That doesn't mean The Film Grind will be gone altogether, in fact there are already discussions on the new form that it will take moving forward. Either way, everything you loved about The Film Grind is preserved on Outside the Envelope and really the change only serves to improve on what made the show so great to begin with.<br />
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This week on the show Brian Roan and Rick Sandlas welcome me on the show and discuss the changes that will be forthcoming. Our big review is of the new film <i>Beautiful Creatures</i>, the young adult supernatural romance that maybe -- just maybe -- won a few hearts of the Outside the Envelope crew.<br /><br />Also discussed: <i>The Walking Dead</i>, <i>The Americans</i>, <i>The Flowers of War</i>, and <i>The Imposter</i>.<br />
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Please be sure to subscribe to Outside the Envelope by clicking <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-dearfilm/id507929388" target="_blank">here</a>.Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160689797268021377.post-42318299510781034932013-02-26T23:31:00.000-05:002013-02-26T23:31:09.784-05:00SNITCH - REVIEW<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Many of
the greatest stories ever put to film dare to ask the toughest questions posed
to mankind. "What is the meaning of life?" "What does it mean to
be human?" "In a crazy world what does it mean to be sane?"
These are just a few examples of the questions that upon leaving a theater a
movie can instill in its audience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The new
film <i>Snitch</i> is such a
forward-thinking film that it even managed to get me thinking about a number of
things while I was in the theater! Here is a list of my thoughts:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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To Do:<br />
1. Laundry.<br />
2. Shave head.<br />
3. Write a book.<br />
4. File taxes.<br />
5. Vacuum car.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Snitch</i>
is a film so tedious, so boring in its mediocrity that it screams out to be
bad; at least a bad film would be memorable. Every moment is just so devoid of
character and style that I began to pray that Nicolas Cage would show up to
breathe some life into the production; if you don't know what I mean, invite
all of your friends over and watch <i>Vampire's
Kiss</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of
the biggest mistakes that filmmakers can make is mistaking moral importance
with dramatic importance. Just because a situation is morally questionable
doesn't mean that it is dramatic. This is the same mistake that is made with
"true stories" and historical biographies. It is the job of the
filmmaker to find drama in these stories rather than just rely on their
inherent truth to carry the film.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Snitch</i>'s
story about drug trafficking and the overzealous drug war relies on both of
these tropes to get its audience to invest in its story. That is just the
beginning of the problems with <i>Snitch</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The film
tells the story of John Matthews (Dwayne Johnson aka "The Rock") and
his suburbanite son, Jason (Rafi Gavron) whose best friend is trying to get him
to receive a large shipment of MDMA for him. Jason is intrigued by the
possibilities of using the drug but rejects his friend only to find the
shipment on his doorstep the next day. Unfortunately for Jason, the box is also
carrying a tracking device that leads the police to his eventual arrest and
incarceration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It turns
out that his friend ratted him out to the police and was able to avoid the 10-year
sentencing that Jason has now received. The only way out for Jason is if he can
"snitch" on another drug dealer that would lead the police to an
arrest. The problem is, Jason's only connection to the drug world was his
turncoat friend. So now, to free his son, it is up to Dwayne Johnson's John to
leave his white-collar job to make a citizen's arrest of a drug dealer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is an
interesting premise, except for the fact that in the minds of the audience it
is clear that not only is Jason legally innocent, but he is also morally
innocent. This removes any moral ambiguity from the film and presents a
black-and-white argument against the well-documented abuses of the "War on
Drugs" that is just as one-dimensional as the very same black-and-white
rationale for Jason's arrest that the film rails against.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is
especially hard to empathize with both Jason and John because <i>Snitch</i> gives us so little information
about them. Characters are presented as if the moment they are no longer
onscreen they cease to exist. The same goes for the acting throughout the film;
even Susan Sarandon, playing the congressional nominee that sets John on his
quest, can't manage to bring life to her character beyond that of a soap opera
star.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While it
is commendable of Dwayne Johnson to try and stretch his acting
"muscles", it is almost impossible to believe that he is some white-collar
Walter White who just so happens to have the muscle definition of a Spartan
warrior. While watching the film I couldn't help but wonder what this movie
would have been like if Kevin Costner or Dennis Quaid had taken his place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The only
actor who manages to elevate the shlocky and preachy script is Jon Bernthal (<i>The Walking Dead</i>) as the ex-con who
guides John on his quest to take down a drug-lord. His character is actually
presented with a compelling and tragic decision that the actor manages to
successfully underplay. It is a standout in a film chock full of big clunky
performances. Hopefully it will be the one positive thing to come out of a
production like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ric
Waugh's visual direction is equally frustrating. Every shot couldn't possibly
be any tighter, with actors’ faces filling the entire frame
and often finding themselves cropped beyond recognition. Just when the film
starts to get exciting, in one of its two standard action sequences, the camera
begins to shake as if it was being filmed on a rocking horse mounted on a
rolling cart in an Earthquake. This is unfortunate because these are the only
moments in the film that I wanted to be able to see clearly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is <i>Snitch</i> the worst film ever made? No. It
is just so average and uninteresting that it gets to a place that is worse than
laughably bad; it is indifferently awful. Where is the insanity of Ed Wood or
the pompousness of Michael Bay when you need them? I'd prefer their cinematic
disasters to this boring, preachy by-the-numbers piece.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #0400; mso-bidi-language: X-NONE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: #0400;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Once again, I was invited to join Rick Sandlas and Brian Roan of <a href="http://www.dearfilm.net/" target="_blank">DearFilm.net</a> on their podcast <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-dearfilm/id507929388" target="_blank">Outside the Envelope</a> to discuss the film voted as the potential best of the month, Steven Soderbergh's "Side Effects." Check out the podcast to find out what we thought of Soderbergh's final theatrical film as well as a discussion about <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fredlettermedia.com%2F&ei=DAotUbfHCaHL0wHenoCgAg&usg=AFQjCNFIyYYLNMGuZGhxaF1syctclnRlkw&sig2=2T3-fbxXp3Er8ZjUg8KQXQ&bvm=bv.42965579,d.dmQ" target="_blank">Red Letter Media</a> and <i>Anna Karenina</i>.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">UPDATE: Turns out the show has been blocked by YouTube. To watch the film go <a href="http://www.howardcc.edu/Visitors/hcctv/programming/reeltalk.html" target="_blank">here</a> and click on the REEL TALK image.</span><br />
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Several weeks ago Brian Roan (of <a href="http://www.dearfilm.net/" target="_blank">DearFilm.net</a>) and I were approached to be on a new television program entitled "Reel Talk with Brian Roan." I couldn't be more excited about getting the two voices behind <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-film-grind/id520352806" target="_blank">The Film Grind</a> together onscreen. The production was a lot of fun to be a part of and I couldn't be more excited to share it with you. In this episode we discuss <i>Django Unchained</i>, <i>Gangster Squad</i>, and <i>Promised Land</i>.<br />
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Looks like I'm only a guest for now but perhaps with some positive feedback they will invite me back for more! Please leave us some comments on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6RCL-TcXMY&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">YouTube page</a> (I'm just now realizing that you can't do this... I'll find another solution) and I hope you enjoy the show!Dan Gvozdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047982219578421456noreply@blogger.com1