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You're glad I didn't like it? Wow is THAT snobbish...

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jeffreybehr

In Reply to: RE: I'm glad you didn't like it. The director, Kim Reichardt, isn't an easy one. Like posted by tinear on May 29, 2011 at 16:17:49

..as if mere literate, thoughtful movie lovers enjoy this movie, it isn't weird enough.
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Not snobbish; it's a comment on your earlier ones. You complain the pace is slow. That betrays - tinear 22:22:16 05/29/11 (3)
an inability to realize that is the point! Walking alongside and riding inside a wagon WAS slow. It was a brutal, boring slog. And it was dangerous. The countryside also wasn't Northern California: it was monotonous scrub-brush country where a tree indeed was an unusual sight. Complaining that a film showed an authentic, true-to-life situation is a rather shallow criticism, isn't it?
As far as the characters: did you expect biographies? Their actions and well-chosen words told you all you needed to know.
Anyhow, as I said, that's the director's style. I find it far more interesting than Malick, another minimalist American director. I wonder if you'd like the film better the second time around? Probably not. Myself, I found Michelle's performance confirms my view of her as one of the absolute best actresses now working. BTW, this film is based on a true story, though the wagon train was far larger.
- RE: Not snobbish; it's a comment on your earlier ones. You complain the pace is slow. That betrays - RedGrant 15:31:56 05/30/11 (2)
  "As far as the characters: did you expect biographies? Their actions and well-chosen words told you all you needed to know.
  Anyhow, as I said, that's the director's style. I find it far more interesting than Malick, another minimalist American director. I wonder if you'd like the film better the second time around? Probably not. Myself, I found Michelle's performance confirms my view of her as one of the absolute best actresses now working. BTW, this film is based on a true story, though the wagon train was far larger. "
  
  Is it something along the line of Kubrick? I didn't like '2001' at first, but as I get older, the more I appreciate '2001'.
  
  Btw. I outgrew 'Star Wars' a long time ago.
  - No. Nothing like Kubrick's visual fireworks. It is paced like many slow movements of sonatas or symphonies, - tinear 16:42:09 05/30/11 (1)
    I suppose some would just skip over those because they're "too slow....."
    - Some want to get to A from B.......... - RedGrant 20:22:38 05/31/11 (0)
      ...and that's all that matters. For some others, it's the journey itself.
      
      I've always been more interested in the journey, not the destination.
"Wow is THAT snobbish..". Yup, one of the snootiest things he's said in awhile - Road Warrior 18:43:00 05/29/11 (0)
and THAT'S saying something.

Thank you for your review. At best I'll catch this on HBO in a few months. Looking at its 6 week gross, I'm surprised it didn't go direct to dvd.

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