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Should have been titled "Moviemaking by Numbers". I really like Sandra Bullock, but this may be the most contrived film I've ever seen.
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i almost rented it the other day and i was planning to but i believe you and won't. saved me 2 dollars and two hours time.
in many ways, a bit of a psychological trip. There was one event I found quite clever, and would take some brains and guts to do. Luckily Foster has developed a movie image along those lines (unlike the other female leads discussed below), so it seems plausible if you have a hard time separating movie and real-life personas. Along that line, keep in mind Foster was somewhat along in her pregnancy during the making, she is a spirited one. The whole scenario has one fatal flaw, I'm sure you will think it before the movie is half over. It is so obvious that they even eventually mention it in the movie, just a nod to not thinking we're all that stupid...IMO the video quality is not very good, especially considering it's a Superbit, it's only average. I can only suspect it looked much worse in normal format, that's why it went straight to SB. Certainly worth $2. I bet women will relate more strongly to this film.
film that isn't a piece of crap. She is slightly better than pedestrian pretty, and her acting ability (just kidding) her acting is SH--! Out of Bullock and Roberts, it would be tough to decide who is the most overated and undertalented "America's Sweetheart." I would bet on a tie.Speaking of contrived: Miss Congeniality (by the way-in my defense--I only saw about 15 minutes of this-on cable!)
Oh wait...Hope Floats. Substandard OK. Crappy, maybe not, wait, yes it's pretty crappy too.
mp
Mediocre. Little charisma or Star Quality.
And the best thing Jan DeBont will ever do.
I was just talking about this with a friend the other night... would some please clue me in as to why Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts have risen to the top of the Hollywood food chain? Are they actually Aliens who are controlling our thoughts in a bid for world domination and the chance for an Oscar? Inquiring minds need to know.....
Great publicists, bad films, mediocre bodies too.
"28 Days" rises above the level of crap. "Demolition Man" was pretty entertaining. "Miss Congeniality" was a comedy and not meant to be taken seriously regarding the plot premise. I rented that one expecting it to be awful, but actually ended up enjoying it.
She did give an excellent performance in this, and I like the film very much. Of course an excellent director (Steven Soderbergh) doesn't hurt. Everything else I've seen with her or SB sucked. IMO, Mrs. Piggy is right about SB's higher babe factor, though.
The story presented in that film was a total scam. People got screwed by Broko...etc.
After you read up on what really went down, you'll look at it in a different way.
I'll still look at it as a film, which is all that it is. I don't judge dramatic works on the basis of how true to factual reality they may be, because I don't have that expectation of them. Films do not, in my opinion, bear the responsibility of educating an audience. My enjoyment, or lack of it as the case may be, is in the art itself.
Dramatic works?
In that case they should've named the movie Helen Rozenbaum or Helen Choo. It's the spin machine that turned it up, hoisting her name and people[aka movie-goers] got taken. One can distance himself from Hitler in Olympia and view it as a student of cinema, then again one can't.--Films do not, in my opinion, bear the responsibility of educating an audience.
What about Educating Rita ? False promises?
I really don't think I got "taken" by enjoying the film, and I don't care what the title was. What about Educating Rita? I enjoyed it. Do I think that it is absolutely true to life? No. I don't distance myself from films. I am involved with them and affected by them in many ways, as I am by all art. But, I am affected by the REALITY of Hitler in a much different way. The reason is obvious.
--What about Educating Rita? I enjoyed it. Do I think that it is absolutely true to life? No.
No offense, Dmitry. Guess I was in a sour mood.
I can't get past her acting--she is like a big concrete road block.
I find her to be a film destroyer.mp
But I have an aversion to fiction masquerading as non-fiction.
I don't, really. It's just a film after all. A good documentary should be a different matter.
It's pretty funny, you would think I won the Mrs. Universe Pageant, the way I carry on--but I'll go on ahead anyway because I'm getting crusty in my VERY early thirties;o).They are fair game though, being celebs (or aliens) and all.
mp
That Erin B movie was OK. I would equate it with a decent made for TV show. I can't stand the way her cutsieness bubbles out of her tight clothes (it really does taint all the good in any picture she is in).
mp
Julia Roberts is 100X more attractive than Sandra Bullock, IMHO.Both of them suck wind as actors, though. But in terms of eye candy, JR is way over SB.
Oh h-e-double toothpicks, I better stop right here.
Randy
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
They have that well scrubbed, healthy look....but somehow they elude the "Sex Symbol" moniker.They have Star Quality but their wheels are turning too much, for it to be attractive to me. Roberts is too much maintenance, it seems and not worth the "ride".
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the closest Bullock has been yet to a truly 3-dimensional character, I think she actually single handedly carried what could have easilly degenerated into a crummy soap; the film didn't, it was thought provoking and she was great
I wouldn't hold my breath to see her in another "good" role tho', but "28 days" showed she was capable of being more than just a cardboard cutout
Eric
Tokyo*
below and I will second the recommendation for "A Taste of Cherry." I found it not slow at all, but deliberate. Brilliant film making with a superb actor as protagonist. The characters are fascinating and it's a rare insight into another culture we know so little about.
It works as either a political or philosophical piece, or as a cerebral "thriller."
But see it for the pleasure of watching a master director at work. It's on my ten best of the last ten years.
With all due respect, you haven't been out much lately, have you? "Signs," "Bloodwork," etc. are, if anything, worse. But, at least Altman is still in fine form. When I think all is going to hell, I think of "Gosford Park."
That hyper-precocious, sexually ambiguous teenage boys fool the police all the time? Come on, we see it every day. About time someone made a flick that realistically depicts this common phenomena.Not to mention the huge numbers of near-death survivors’ who change their identity and become detectives. You had to have seen Oprah’s show on this one.
Kudos to Hollywood for bringing to the fore these long neglected everyday aspects of our society.
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