How dare you all! Gummo is the best movie ever made!
This movie looks pretty good. I'm down.
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by HellboyOne » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:57 am
This came out on DVD recently so I finally got to see it.
First, Kaufman writes ingenious stories for film. There's nothing like them anywhere. Yes, there are familiar themes but structurally, they're some of the most unique movies anyone can watch.
That said, I think this movie would have been more successful had Kaufman not directed it. I think the auteur doesn't allow enough editing to go on script-wise and what's already an incredibly sad movie (which I have no problem with) is also plodding and boring at times. I nodded off often, waking up to loud noises and fantastic images.
The actors are great. Great fx, great make-up (as the cast ages some 50 years). And the concepts are the stuff of great sci-fi stories. But watching this movie was like traveling cross country on a train going really slow: long and no fun and once in a while you see something cool and you never want to do it again.
First, Kaufman writes ingenious stories for film. There's nothing like them anywhere. Yes, there are familiar themes but structurally, they're some of the most unique movies anyone can watch.
That said, I think this movie would have been more successful had Kaufman not directed it. I think the auteur doesn't allow enough editing to go on script-wise and what's already an incredibly sad movie (which I have no problem with) is also plodding and boring at times. I nodded off often, waking up to loud noises and fantastic images.
The actors are great. Great fx, great make-up (as the cast ages some 50 years). And the concepts are the stuff of great sci-fi stories. But watching this movie was like traveling cross country on a train going really slow: long and no fun and once in a while you see something cool and you never want to do it again.
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by jharker » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:12 am
I also saw it not too long ago.
I thought it was an interesting film and wouldn't say I was bored, but yeah, it's not a film I'd rush to revisit.
I also found the film a little too eccentric at times.
I've been listening to a Q&A with Kaufman at the creative screenwriting podcast, and the guy simply doesn't want to explain any meaning behind any of those things, not even a hint.
That okay, but as an audience member I find it hard to care about those things if they're so incomprehensible.
I thought it was an interesting film and wouldn't say I was bored, but yeah, it's not a film I'd rush to revisit.
I also found the film a little too eccentric at times.
I've been listening to a Q&A with Kaufman at the creative screenwriting podcast, and the guy simply doesn't want to explain any meaning behind any of those things, not even a hint.
That okay, but as an audience member I find it hard to care about those things if they're so incomprehensible.
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by StudioBueno » Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:21 pm
I finally saw this on DVD recently as well.
I do enjoy movies that ask you to pay close attention and that make you think rather than
just spoon-feeding everything to you. But there's a limit. This movie asks more work of you
than it turns out to be worth. Don't get me wrong--there are a lot of good things about it,
and the performances are great, but watching this film is just an exhausting experience.
In fact, I agree wholeheartedly with what HellboyOne has already said about it, so I'm
just going to shut up now.
I do enjoy movies that ask you to pay close attention and that make you think rather than
just spoon-feeding everything to you. But there's a limit. This movie asks more work of you
than it turns out to be worth. Don't get me wrong--there are a lot of good things about it,
and the performances are great, but watching this film is just an exhausting experience.
In fact, I agree wholeheartedly with what HellboyOne has already said about it, so I'm
just going to shut up now.
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