Jason's Blog, page 89

L.A. Confidential

Corrupt L.A. in the 50s. A series of murder cases, three different detectives. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Ah, Russel Crowe was a young, promising actor once. Guy Pearce has done a better job choosing good scripts after this film. Hanson doesn't go overboard in film noir pastiches, giving it a more contemporary look, but c'mon, not even the journalists wear hats?! All the actors do good work, but the real star of the film is the sharp as a nail script. As a viewer you're asked to actually pay attention, something that doesn't happen too much in movies today, and at the end it pays off - you feel like you've taken a real journey with these characters. This is the film that should have won the Oscar for 97, not Titanic, but oh, well... Rollo Tomassi.

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The Go-Betweens

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Is this Fincher's weakest film? Or is that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? Well, at least there are no serial killers in this one, he tries something different. But the film should be a tearjerker, and it never is. It reminds me a bit of the Jeunet films - visually amazing, but too sugary. If you want magic you also have to show reality. There has to be contrasts. The film summed up in one word would probably be... phony. Benjamin Button meets people who give him feel good life lessons. Brad Pitt is not convincing. He's Brad Pitt doing an accent. Even Jared Harris, one of the best actors around, is not convincing. I should blame the script, I guess. And for a perfectionist like Fincher I'm surprised by how bad some of the CGI is, especially the boat in daylight scenes. There's one amazing shot, the WW 1 battle scene run backwards, too bad about the rest. Top 5 David Fincher films:1. Zodiac2. Seven3. The Social Network4. Panic Room5. Fight Club

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Van Morrison / 50s Horror

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