Lebarcham (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kirili) wrote,@ 2008-12-06 00:32:00 |
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"What Just Happened?" I dismissed before I saw the film, which was a good mindset to see it in. That's where the poignancy lies – your mindset. Who the watcher is, what they expected and how they interpret all of it. The acting is superb, the plot points are dull to write out and yet the writing is ambivalent. Towards you, the watcher, the writing is… ambivalent. I don't know what they writers' intention was, but the subtle beauty of the "show not tell" approach shines out. Each character in their interplay loses the irritating shine of the cliché they represent. The acting is superb… from the guy who plays Taub in House to the director of the Sean Penn movie to Sean Penn to the big white dog. There are so many tells from so many small moments to highlight the contribution of the individual to the general vacuousness of what was supposed to be Art but it is really just another Business. The way that someone who tries to do everything the best way they know how can fail so terribly. And how, at the core of it all, days pass by us.
Also, I've been going joggingwalking. And uh. Studying.
Rest in peace Martin. We'll always love you.
And. "The Last King of Scotland" is a facinating portrayal of corruption.
Take care.
