MOVIES
I saw two very different movies this weekend. Last night I saw just my luck and have to say that I racked my brain to find a worse movie but came up with nothing. I remember making a movie of lego men walking around by pressing stop/start on the camera and saying the script one word at a time and I think it would knock just my luck out of the park. It's not even funny bad either. It was kind of like watching a long episode of full house.
Tonight I saw Harvest Moon and it was really good. Nothing like a little Neil to remind me of what's real. Here's the posters and some reviews on each.
"'Heart of Gold' isn't quite like any other concert movie. There are no frantic edits, no showy montages, no swooping pans across a cheering audience. (In fact, the audience isn't even shown.) The picture was shot entirely with long-range lenses, which means there were no cameramen scurrying around the stage to distract the musicians. The performances move forward in long, serene takes, and the result is a film that focuses completely on the playing and singing. The musicians' empathic interaction is revelatory." - MTV.com
"In 'Neil Young: Heart of Gold,' the colors shift from ocher to shades of blue as the mood shifts from plaintive to rueful. Every so often a scrim slides awkwardly into place behind the musicians and a painted train cutting across a prairie is replaced with an interior scene of a skinny cat, a fat chair and a fireplace. The show's simplicity and homespun vibe serve Mr. Young's emotionally tremulous songs, both the new and the old, wonderfully well. At one point, during one of his occasional verbal rambles, he says half-jokingly, half-defensively that he's got some love songs left in him. This film, which is at once a valentine from one artist to another and a valentine from a musician to his audience, is surely proof that he does." - New York Times
"A romantic comedy even more idiotic than its embarrassing (and somewhat creepy) poster would indicate." - Miami Herald
"A romantic gimmick comedy that stands out as hackneyed even in this tired genre." - Philidelphia Daily News
"Every single scene is an abominable assemblage of mind-boggling stupidity, completely unmotivated behavior, and unfunny slapstick." - ericsnider.com
"Slight, pointless and convincingly witless. Lohan's cinematic Luck runs out instantaneously...[this] convoluted comical piece is as lucky as a mutilated 2-leaf clover" - Movie Eye
Tonight I saw Harvest Moon and it was really good. Nothing like a little Neil to remind me of what's real. Here's the posters and some reviews on each.
"'Heart of Gold' isn't quite like any other concert movie. There are no frantic edits, no showy montages, no swooping pans across a cheering audience. (In fact, the audience isn't even shown.) The picture was shot entirely with long-range lenses, which means there were no cameramen scurrying around the stage to distract the musicians. The performances move forward in long, serene takes, and the result is a film that focuses completely on the playing and singing. The musicians' empathic interaction is revelatory." - MTV.com
"In 'Neil Young: Heart of Gold,' the colors shift from ocher to shades of blue as the mood shifts from plaintive to rueful. Every so often a scrim slides awkwardly into place behind the musicians and a painted train cutting across a prairie is replaced with an interior scene of a skinny cat, a fat chair and a fireplace. The show's simplicity and homespun vibe serve Mr. Young's emotionally tremulous songs, both the new and the old, wonderfully well. At one point, during one of his occasional verbal rambles, he says half-jokingly, half-defensively that he's got some love songs left in him. This film, which is at once a valentine from one artist to another and a valentine from a musician to his audience, is surely proof that he does." - New York Times
"A romantic comedy even more idiotic than its embarrassing (and somewhat creepy) poster would indicate." - Miami Herald"A romantic gimmick comedy that stands out as hackneyed even in this tired genre." - Philidelphia Daily News
"Every single scene is an abominable assemblage of mind-boggling stupidity, completely unmotivated behavior, and unfunny slapstick." - ericsnider.com
"Slight, pointless and convincingly witless. Lohan's cinematic Luck runs out instantaneously...[this] convoluted comical piece is as lucky as a mutilated 2-leaf clover" - Movie Eye
posted by Deac at 9:32 PM
2 Comments:
First - I hate you!
Second - isn't "Just My Luck" in theatres, meaning you went to the theatre to see it?
You are correct Dan. I paid $8 to see each of these movies in theatre. Overall, I think I'm a better person for it.
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