Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Great film. Wonderful directing and pretty great acting from the two main leads. I felt the tones clashed a little bit throughout and it was a bit disorienting at times (I only had decided that I truly liked this film around half way through), but some choices made in this were really inspired.
Not bad. Wish they'd have come up with maybe a smarter story to fit all the allegories they stuffed into this, but this was good dumb over the top fun. Hawking Gum was MVP
Not bad. Wish they'd have come up with maybe a smarter story to fit all the allegories they stuffed into this, but this was good dumb over the top fun. Hawking Gum was MVP
The one I think about this movie, the less I like it. It was exactly what I predicted it would be, and worse. A lot of the humor was gratuitous and over-the-top.
Every second word being a swear word, raping a juice box and every character having an orgy is considered funny?Really?
I watched Sorcerer (Friedkin, 1977) for the first time today.
It's got nothing on The Wages of Fear, but the bridge set piece is a genuine marvel. One of the all time greatest set pieces ever. The New Hollywood stylings get in the way of the visceral intensity (ten zoom shots too many), and there's more than a little German New Wave (Herzog mainly) in the staging of the set pieces. But feels scattered.
Great film. Wonderful directing and pretty great acting from the two main leads. I felt the tones clashed a little bit throughout and it was a bit disorienting at times (I only had decided that I truly liked this film around half way through), but some choices made in this were really inspired.
When you say "the tones clashed a little bit throughout", do you have a specific example in mind?
Just curious, cuz I think the film's a fucking masterpiece.
Dujardin plays this agent that's almost a hybrid of Johnny English and Napoleon Solo, which was pretty amusing to watch. It's easily an enjoyable comedy spy film.
