07-05-2008, 09:04 AM
I'm sure, somewhere, there's some geek with an extensive story for each of these characters. As I was watching, I was wondering whether this exists in book form, and someone tried to selectively cut and paste from either one really good book or a dozen books in a series into a single screenplay, and the result was this.
Acting, as you'd expect from this trio, was great, and there were some great moments, lines. But the direction blew. What is it with too-close close-ups and the love affair with the shaky hand held camera? At one point, I turned to the glynch and asked when (the creature from) Cloverfield was going to be joining us.
Actually the true hero of this film was the glynch. He restrained himself from killing the idiots sitting behind us.
Acting, as you'd expect from this trio, was great, and there were some great moments, lines. But the direction blew. What is it with too-close close-ups and the love affair with the shaky hand held camera? At one point, I turned to the glynch and asked when (the creature from) Cloverfield was going to be joining us.
Actually the true hero of this film was the glynch. He restrained himself from killing the idiots sitting behind us.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.