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kryptonitemonkey) wrote2008-03-10 09:06 am
kryptonitemonkey) wrote2008-03-10 09:06 am
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Is it just me, or do a lot of movies anymore seem less substantial. I rarely finish a movie anymore and feel metaphorically full. It's like so many movies they make anymore are just empty calories of movieness. They're the snack food of entertainment! I felt that way yesterday after watching the movie Sunshine. It was an okay movie as far as movies go, though at times I was reminded of Mission to Mars, but it felt incomplete. I feel like a lot of movie people are going the way of the literary elite, that is to say they've gone way far deep into post-modernism and care more about making things arty rather than actually tell a good story. The movies they make feel hollow and make everything obscure so that only the "elite" can enjoy them.
What it really is is no clever, nor truly artistic, it's simply bad story-telling. I liked Sunshine a little, but honestly, there's much they don't explain and much that doesn't make any sense. I tried listening to the commentary, but the director seemed too full of himself to listen to for very long. Why can't we get more of the likes of Joss Whedon? The man knows how to tell an intelligent story without trying to confuse those who aren't "in the know".
What it really is is no clever, nor truly artistic, it's simply bad story-telling. I liked Sunshine a little, but honestly, there's much they don't explain and much that doesn't make any sense. I tried listening to the commentary, but the director seemed too full of himself to listen to for very long. Why can't we get more of the likes of Joss Whedon? The man knows how to tell an intelligent story without trying to confuse those who aren't "in the know".