Posts Tagged ‘film’
I’ve been watching a lot of film noir from the forties and fifties over at Noir City, the noir film festival going on this month at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, and I’ve noticed something that’s been bothering me: There are a lot of happy endings. Seriously, what the fuck?
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Sucker Punch is five kinds of awesome mixed with ten kinds of terrible. Is it a bad movie? No, probably not. Snyder can really direct and, when he has material to direct, it’s incredible. Here, though, there’s just not a lot of there there, as the saying goes. It’s a bit too hollow, a bit too shallow, which ultimately starts to drain it of its fun. So much so it just gets tireless.
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You have 120 hours to become part of the story. Tweet with the hashtag #pandemic11. Whether with your own account or another of your creation. Tell your tale. Whether it’s one tweet or 100, maybe what you tell the world can save it from the spreading sickness.
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Sundance has been very kind to our little film and given it lots of great attention. Not only is it a big part of this year’s Sundance 2011 app, but now it’s online at the Sundance screening room. I’ve embedded it here for ease, but I encourage you to check out the screening room for other gems of cinematic goodness.
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If you’ve come here looking for my review of TRON: LEGACY, it’s this: I liked it but did not love it. I’d also add that it’d be great if Hollywood spent as much money on plot and story as they do on effects and worldbuilding. That last little bit is the takeaway for writers and storytellers.
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