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In Reply to: RE: I actually liked it... posted by mdl on January 19, 2009 at 07:15:45
That Jesse James thing with Pitt and Ben Affleck's mumbling, talentless brother was indeed much much worse. Like a trauma victim, I buried that painful experience deep in my memory. So "Appaloosa" moves up one notch.Actually, I agree with almost all of your comments except the "visually beautiful". As a director, I don't think Harris knows one end of a camera from the other...the cinematography was just barely above TV level. And in westerns, the cinematography is a big deal. Maybe Harris wanted it to look sterile, if so he succeeded. The lighting was the only visual element I thought was good. Bottom line for me was the failure of the screenplay to develop the secondary characrters at all. I said I thought the supporting cast was excellent, but Harris threw them away like props. I'd like to have seem more of the kid who testified, of Viggo's whore, of Irons' villain. Instead we got about 40 minutes of Harris having his coffee.
Zellweger for me is cinematic lemon-sucking. When she's on the screen, everything is overwhelmed by her squinty, pinched mug. Can't act either. AFAIK, she isn't related to anyone big, so her Daddy must have a tape of some studio exec with a goat.
I think the last good western was "Open Range". Kostner understands westerns. Even the weak remake of "3:10 to Yuma" with Crowe was better than "Appaloosa".
We're chasing terrorists in the wrong place...they're on Wall St.
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Yes that is a state of her obviously ill fitting contact lenses combined with copius Makeup/Dust dry wind/etc-- surely Lasik is in order with her $$$'s
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Is so it was method acting....she even did it in the studio shots. I'm not being incharitable. But romantic female leads used to be attractive. Its used to be part of the job.
We're chasing terrorists in the wrong place...they're on Wall St.
I had actually watched The Searchers earlier in the day, and while Appaloosa does not come close for cinematography, they did hit enough of those desert landscapes that I loved the visuals. The house being pelted by sand, the natives coming through the brush, even the walkup to Bragg's saloon I thought all looked great. Even the moment when the three riders cross the river and bulldoze their way into Bragg's men had some nice oomph behind it. Not a great director maybe, and not sure if I was in an overly good mood, but it was enough for me to sit back and appreciate it. So few westerns are made these days, that maybe I need to be content to really enjoy the mediocre ones :-)
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