Has a few funny scenes, but like other reviews point out, it sometimes seems that the movie was made around these and that the movie as a whole is very disjointed. Was it written poorly? Did they over edit story points? Did some scenes just not workout well on film and have to be cut and hurt the movie? I cannot tell you, maybe it will be on a commentary track. But I thought it was....eh, an indie derivative of the indie/personal movie revolution of the 90's.
Shoot, it took Tarantino 30 years to remake Lady Snowblood and Sergio Leone, and those were foreign movies/directors. Hess has managed to cut that down to 8 years and Wes Anderson, Todd Solondz (Welcome to Dollhouse, Happiness), David O Russell (Spanking Monkey), Alexander Payne (Election, Citizen Ruth) and others were already Americans. I feel that this movie fit right into that wave of small or indie movies that were made in the late 90's (hey, I said "or" because, though it is stylistically different, "dazed and Confused" was not an independent, it was a studio movie that cost about $18mill BEFORE advertising) with its deadpanning. Hess shoots just like those movies, uses slow dialogue, pulled back shots, everything, well, they were his film school. So for everyday folks this may seem like something new and fresh, but not for me.
I would have liked this much more if it was 18 and not 27...I can't help it, it's typical human nature...it's a passe' style for me. been there, done that. Anyone can paint a cubist, dadist, impressionist painting nowadays...Does any really care if they do? no. been there, done that. Does kids really care about boy bands nowadays? no, we are in that cycle of, been there done that.
Sorry, but there are people like me who upon seeing Troy said, eh, been there, done that just a few years ago with Lord of the Rings. Elistist? no, we just have good visual memories and crave something different and new.
I have seen the movie though, so at least i can now say that I've been there, done that. Next!
Shoot, it took Tarantino 30 years to remake Lady Snowblood and Sergio Leone, and those were foreign movies/directors. Hess has managed to cut that down to 8 years and Wes Anderson, Todd Solondz (Welcome to Dollhouse, Happiness), David O Russell (Spanking Monkey), Alexander Payne (Election, Citizen Ruth) and others were already Americans. I feel that this movie fit right into that wave of small or indie movies that were made in the late 90's (hey, I said "or" because, though it is stylistically different, "dazed and Confused" was not an independent, it was a studio movie that cost about $18mill BEFORE advertising) with its deadpanning. Hess shoots just like those movies, uses slow dialogue, pulled back shots, everything, well, they were his film school. So for everyday folks this may seem like something new and fresh, but not for me.
I would have liked this much more if it was 18 and not 27...I can't help it, it's typical human nature...it's a passe' style for me. been there, done that. Anyone can paint a cubist, dadist, impressionist painting nowadays...Does any really care if they do? no. been there, done that. Does kids really care about boy bands nowadays? no, we are in that cycle of, been there done that.
Sorry, but there are people like me who upon seeing Troy said, eh, been there, done that just a few years ago with Lord of the Rings. Elistist? no, we just have good visual memories and crave something different and new.
I have seen the movie though, so at least i can now say that I've been there, done that. Next!