Ugh. Stupid.
I also recently saw Sherlock Holmes, and I don't have much to say about that movie either except that it was pleasant. I was sort of bored, I have to admit. I really enjoyed the homoeroticism between Jude Law and Robert Downey, Jr. That was easily my favorite part of the film, but the rest of it... I was not sure why the action sequences all took place in slow motion. I find slow motion boring. I want my fights to be exciting and fast. I also was baffled by how bad the visual effects were. The film has gorgeous costumes. They are inventive and beautiful and feel like they reinterpret the Victorian era in a new, fabulous way, and the art direction was nominated for an Academy Award. And yet, amid all of this opulence, the visual effects all looked really fake. I was kind of disappointed. Still, the movie is diverting, the score is lively and very cool, and, as I said, the character work is quite fun—particularly from Jude Law (I had forgotten how much I liked him).
I also saw Ajami, a film by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani. This is a really, really smart film about racism, violence, and labor in Jaffa. I really liked it, and I recommend it highly. The movie is told in a kind of Alejándro Gonzalez Iñárritu kind of style, with episodes that converge on one another and where we see sequences from one point of view that are then re-interpreted when we see then again from another. Anyway, this is a renter for sure!
I'm clearly way behind in reading your blog.
ReplyDelete1) I love that you sandwich "Ugh. Stupid." in between the two posters for Paris 26. I laughed out loud.
2) Sherlock Holmes lulled me right to sleep, so I guess you're right: it's pleasant.
3)I can see where you're coming from in your comparison, but even so: Ajami is not like an Iñárritu film, and I can say this because it does not make me want to kill myself.
I wish it was still Oscar season! This is way more fun than all the sit I'm about to see on Broadway.