MauryMickelwhite
Joined Feb 2022
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I'm adding a review to counter a review from 2/1/24. I won't say that this reviewer's thoughts aren't valid. I just wanted to clarify an issue that may have been overlooked, so others have a clear understanding of what to expect.
In the first episode of the series (as he does in the forward of the book with the same title) Suber states that he is only commenting on a select group of popular and memorable movies, since these are movies that most people have probably seen and remember. They act as exemplars. The goal here isn't to provide insight to a wide range of movies; it is to discuss why we respond to movies so that we can apply those insights to the movies we personally remember best.
Having said that this is a series of lectures, with the professor talking into a interrotron camera rig and with select movie scenes used as illustration. I can see how that might not be entertaining for a lot of people and even though I really liked this, I did zone out from time to time.
Personally, I don't think this is really a series about movies. This is a series about audiences. I think a more apt title might have been The Power of Audiences, but who would watch that:)
In the first episode of the series (as he does in the forward of the book with the same title) Suber states that he is only commenting on a select group of popular and memorable movies, since these are movies that most people have probably seen and remember. They act as exemplars. The goal here isn't to provide insight to a wide range of movies; it is to discuss why we respond to movies so that we can apply those insights to the movies we personally remember best.
Having said that this is a series of lectures, with the professor talking into a interrotron camera rig and with select movie scenes used as illustration. I can see how that might not be entertaining for a lot of people and even though I really liked this, I did zone out from time to time.
Personally, I don't think this is really a series about movies. This is a series about audiences. I think a more apt title might have been The Power of Audiences, but who would watch that:)
I am an admitted PTA fan but I'll be the first to admit that I'm not always sure I understand what he's trying to accomplish. Sometime, he seems to forge an a path that is clear to me, like Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood. This movie is more like Magnolia for me - I really like it but I'm not sure I know why.
For me, PTA's ability to create immersive world is his strongest skill. I've never lived in Southern California but I feel like I have simply by watching this movie.
For me, PTA's ability to create immersive world is his strongest skill. I've never lived in Southern California but I feel like I have simply by watching this movie.
I like Chris Nolan movies but even at their best, they can be style before story. That does not happen here. There is lots of action, It's a war movie, but the action advances the story.
Dunkirk is an amazing historical story but it is an intriguing story for a war movie. Instead of the more common victory over overwhelming odds, this is the story of strategic retreat. Heroism looks different when the fighters are forced to retreat. It's about surviving to fight another day and not about needlessly sacrificing one's life to the sounds of a swelling soundtrack.
Tom Hardy pulls off a great performance despite being cramped into a cockpit with his face covered by his flight mask in almost every scene.
Dunkirk is an amazing historical story but it is an intriguing story for a war movie. Instead of the more common victory over overwhelming odds, this is the story of strategic retreat. Heroism looks different when the fighters are forced to retreat. It's about surviving to fight another day and not about needlessly sacrificing one's life to the sounds of a swelling soundtrack.
Tom Hardy pulls off a great performance despite being cramped into a cockpit with his face covered by his flight mask in almost every scene.