Oh, Rave. It's you. Justin
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I have just seen Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and I am > powerfully underwhelmed. The movie it most reminds me of is Spike Lee's "The > Miracle at St. Anna." Both movies are bloated and too long and show a > remarkable lack of narrative restraint. But where "Anna" has made $9 million, > "Basterds" has made $312 million worldwide. > > Thinking "maybe it's me," I googled other reviews: > > "I don't know if I've ever seen a revenge fantasy so willfully messed up, > sometimes offensively so." - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune > > "Clocking in at 2 hours and 32 minutes, it is unforgivably leisurely." > - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times. > > "Tonally schizoid and rife with anachronisms (a David Bowie song on the sound > track, out-of-era vernacular), Tarantino's Third Reich folly is utterly > exasperating." - Stephen Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer > > All of these things are true and all of them can be said of "Anna" (with the > exception of the Bowie song). > > Both movies are visually impressive (some of the images in "Basterds" are > stunning), almost painterly but, in both cases, the heightened cinematography > distracts from the narrative. Both directors have made better movies with > lesser palattes. > > ~(no)rave! > > -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com ------------------------------------ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: scifinoir2-dig...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: scifinoir2-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
