Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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That trailer totally made me cry, but I don't know that I'd recommend the movie to someone who wasn't a fan of the show.
The trailer made me cry and I don't know the show at all. I am, however, a BIG fan of musicals. As evidence by the last two movies I have actually seen in a theatre-- Chicago and Moulin Rouge.
I ended up not watching DD last night, so thanks for the warnings. From what I've picked up by searching old threads for comments, this one may go back to Netflix unwatched.
I seriously love Donnie Darko, but I pretty much just groove on the music and the pretty people and the atmospherics, and don't especially want it to make sense -- I don't know if I'd recommend it to someone who was prone to be irritable and less likely to be charmed by those things.
Also, on Rent, I agree that if you know the music, you know the show. There are probably fewer than ten lines of dialogue that aren't on the OCR, and it's not a show one goes to for the dancing.
I spent most of the time watching Donnie Darko thinking "What the fuck??? The hell?" but I kind of liked it.
And then I listened to the commentary and felt like a complete idiot because I totally didn't get it and the director seemed to think stuff was really obvious. Maybe if I'd watched the movie more than once I would have gotten something, but I didn't like it that much.
I can't stop watching the Rent trailer. It sends chills up my spine every time.
And then I listened to the commentary and felt like a complete idiot because I totally didn't get it and the director seemed to think stuff was really obvious. Maybe if I'd watched the movie more than once I would have gotten something,
No, it's okay askye. The director's interpretation is craxy. Don't fret about it.
Ali, I think the key to enjoying the movie is cheerfully disregarding everything the director has to say. The story he had in mind is an interesting one, but he did a very poor job in putting it onscreen.
It also probably helps if you know going in that the film doesn't make much sense, and don't expect it to.
Yeah, I'm used to getting a pretty good picture of a given film when watching, sometimes figuring out the big plot twist or mystery in advance. Not being a telepath with direct access to Richard Kelley's thoughts, there was no possibility of that with this film until the director made his explanation public. (I did kind of like the movie, but felt it made almost no sense whatsoever...)
I liked some of the ideas and I did watch the commentary to get the authorial intent, I just didn't realize it would be so ... annoying.
I do think some of the stuff he pointed out was really obscure and he was probably trying to do too much. Although I did like the story about getting the rights to use the Smurfs.
11/11/05
Oooh!
I'm still downloading the trailer -- I've got about 15 seconds of it so far. It looks a lot less -- something (bright? peppy?) -- than I'd feared.
The director's interpretation is craxy. Don't fret about it.
Unfortunately, I read the film almost exactly as the director intended me to (without having read any interviews/commentary in advance), and it was a giant steaming pile of pretentious crap. So I think it's less that it's craxy and more that it sucks.
(Of course, I also hate Rent, so my opinions may be cheerfully disregarded as those of a crazy person. I am dreading the day when that trailer hits theatres, because I know I won't be able to get that goddamn song out of my head.)