10-20-2005, 04:04 PM
On top of the usual ticket price and snacks, we look at about a $6 per hour babysitting fee, so when we got to the Guild in Menlo, a quaint little art house we like to go to because it's never crowded, and missed the last tickets by two people, we knew if we were to go to the next show, it would cost us another $12-18. We were there, so we went for it.
Now I don't like Clooney. Didn't like him in ER, didn't like him as Batman, didn't like him in Ocean's 11 or 12 or whatever. I did like him as Dapper Dan, but I think that's about the Coen Brothers.
The flim, while topical, didn't really go anywhere for me. It didn't tell me anything I didn't know and none of the characters really engaged me. There was this template structure with the jazz singer that came off as very contrived very quickly for me. The actors all turned in decent performances, but there jsut wasn't enough behind it all to keep my interest. The whole 'shot in B&W' seemed more about not making the extensive B&W footage appear too gray than really using stark lights and shadows. And nobody, not one of those performers could work a cigarette. It's a great prop - they all knew that in the '50's, but not anymore apparently.
Now I don't like Clooney. Didn't like him in ER, didn't like him as Batman, didn't like him in Ocean's 11 or 12 or whatever. I did like him as Dapper Dan, but I think that's about the Coen Brothers.
The flim, while topical, didn't really go anywhere for me. It didn't tell me anything I didn't know and none of the characters really engaged me. There was this template structure with the jazz singer that came off as very contrived very quickly for me. The actors all turned in decent performances, but there jsut wasn't enough behind it all to keep my interest. The whole 'shot in B&W' seemed more about not making the extensive B&W footage appear too gray than really using stark lights and shadows. And nobody, not one of those performers could work a cigarette. It's a great prop - they all knew that in the '50's, but not anymore apparently.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse