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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video  

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Sean K - Jun 04, 2005 7:06:07 am PDT #3721 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

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.


Lyra Jane - Jun 04, 2005 7:07:43 am PDT #3722 of 10002
Up with the sun

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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 04, 2005 7:21:48 am PDT #3723 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

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...)


askye - Jun 04, 2005 7:22:17 am PDT #3724 of 10002
Thrive to spite them

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.


Hil R. - Jun 04, 2005 7:32:24 am PDT #3725 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

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.


Jessica - Jun 04, 2005 7:38:16 am PDT #3726 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

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.)


Hil R. - Jun 04, 2005 7:44:17 am PDT #3727 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm of mixed feeling regarding Rent. There are parts of the music I love. There are parts of the show I love. There are other parts that I really really don't like, and it totally depends on my mood any particular day whether the good outweighs the bad or not.


Jesse - Jun 04, 2005 7:59:32 am PDT #3728 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There are parts of the music I love. There are parts of the show I love. There are other parts that I really really don't like,

Yeah, I agree with you on this, and the combination of the actors being mostly 10 years too old and what I expect from Chris Columbus is what makes me reluctant to recommend the movie to someone who wasn't already conditioned to love it.


Glamcookie - Jun 04, 2005 8:06:18 am PDT #3729 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Loved Donnie Darko. Made no diff that I wasn't quite sure what I was watching initially. Still loved it.


Hil R. - Jun 04, 2005 8:09:21 am PDT #3730 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

and the combination of the actors being mostly 10 years too old and what I expect from Chris Columbus

Yeah, these were both worrying me. From the trailer, the actors don't look quite as old as I was expecting, and I'd say the lower end of the age range most of them look overlaps a bit with the upper end of the reasonable character ages, if just barely. A few interviews I've read with Columbus still have me a bit wary of the second point, though.