mtlabfall
Joined Jan 2013
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Why would you ever hire, for anything "creative" ever again, the writer who is responsible for Westworld season 4?
This first episode was incredibly disappointing, especially for fans of the last two films. The writing was quite frankly boring, and contained way too much exposition. We tell grade school children who are learning how to write fiction, "show, don't tell". This writer never got the memo. I'm not disparaging the writer because she's a woman (on the contrary, we just finished the thoroughly excellent The Penguin, which was created by, and often written and directed by, women). I'm disparaging her because her work is amateurish and flat.
The nascent Bene Gesserit in the show are mere children compared to the film versions, where they are cloaked in mystery, and ooze a sense of deep dark power and manipulation. The flippant and casual dialogue they too-often displayed in episode one just deflated that feeling I hoped to get from the show.
I'm not in love with the casting either, and I wonder if the actors themselves feel the same. Nobody came through with what I felt was a strong performance, especially Mr. Strong himself.
This first episode was incredibly disappointing, especially for fans of the last two films. The writing was quite frankly boring, and contained way too much exposition. We tell grade school children who are learning how to write fiction, "show, don't tell". This writer never got the memo. I'm not disparaging the writer because she's a woman (on the contrary, we just finished the thoroughly excellent The Penguin, which was created by, and often written and directed by, women). I'm disparaging her because her work is amateurish and flat.
The nascent Bene Gesserit in the show are mere children compared to the film versions, where they are cloaked in mystery, and ooze a sense of deep dark power and manipulation. The flippant and casual dialogue they too-often displayed in episode one just deflated that feeling I hoped to get from the show.
I'm not in love with the casting either, and I wonder if the actors themselves feel the same. Nobody came through with what I felt was a strong performance, especially Mr. Strong himself.
This movie represents a sort of understated filmmaking that has sadly gone out of style. Nowadays most movies fall into two camps: "Bloated cgi action-packed", or "deliberately artsy and slow". The China Syndrome has superb pacing: it's a steady never-boring burn.
I was riveted by the editing, acting, and writing from the first moment of the movie. Jack Lemmon is an infinitely watchable actor, and he does not disappoint in this film. The man was a national treasure. There's a scene early on at the power plant that just would not have "worked" without an actor of his caliber. The storytelling he can convey with no words, just his face, is a privilege to behold. Jane Fonda holds her own and then some. She's a sympathetic character whose plight touches on themes of feminism without hitting you over the head with it. As the film goes on, Fonda shows more and more why her character deserves a shot at better news opportunities, and her performance at the finale of the film had me shedding tears along with her... as well as shaking with rage.
10/10.
I was riveted by the editing, acting, and writing from the first moment of the movie. Jack Lemmon is an infinitely watchable actor, and he does not disappoint in this film. The man was a national treasure. There's a scene early on at the power plant that just would not have "worked" without an actor of his caliber. The storytelling he can convey with no words, just his face, is a privilege to behold. Jane Fonda holds her own and then some. She's a sympathetic character whose plight touches on themes of feminism without hitting you over the head with it. As the film goes on, Fonda shows more and more why her character deserves a shot at better news opportunities, and her performance at the finale of the film had me shedding tears along with her... as well as shaking with rage.
10/10.