Comments on: A Fantasy Double Bill http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/ Smart Mouth Wed, 23 May 2012 14:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Christina Waters http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-33073 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:44:43 +0000 http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-33073 oh please rdb - cleverness aside you are right on one score and one score only. Spielberg, that shameless manipulator, would have definitely directed the child actors better. He is king of child actor directors - viz. the closet scene in "E.T." - easily the finest bit of wee ones being cinematic this side of vintage Shirley Temple. But Blue Nun! Please. Have you no indelible memories of the Gare de Lyon? (I admit it didn't exactly rouse me during that first hour.)And as for Beaujolais nouveau (ack!) the Melies parts surely justify an amusing Côtes du Rhône nod. The 3D added a bit here and there, but mostly did no harm. And that's saying quite a bit. cw oh please rdb - cleverness aside you are right on one score and one score only. Spielberg, that shameless manipulator, would have definitely directed the child actors better. He is king of child actor directors - viz. the closet scene in “E.T.” - easily the finest bit of wee ones being cinematic this side of vintage Shirley Temple.
But Blue Nun! Please. Have you no indelible memories of the Gare de Lyon? (I admit it didn’t exactly rouse me during that first hour.)And as for Beaujolais nouveau (ack!) the Melies parts surely justify an amusing Côtes du Rhône nod.
The 3D added a bit here and there, but mostly did no harm. And that’s saying quite a bit.

cw

]]> by: rdb http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-33072 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:20:11 +0000 http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-33072 I confess my previous assessment was based on previews and critics I value. Having, against my better judgement, seen Hugo I admit I was wrong: it's three quarters Blue Nun with the last quarter (once Melies tells his story) a passable Beaujolais nouveau. I suspect Marty was trying to do a Spielberg (child's view, mawkish sentimentality, big box office) and failed; Spielberg would have upped the pace and directed the child actors better. The 3D added nothing significant. I confess my previous assessment was based on previews and critics I value. Having, against my better judgement, seen Hugo I admit I was wrong: it’s three quarters Blue Nun with the last quarter (once Melies tells his story) a passable Beaujolais nouveau. I suspect Marty was trying to do a Spielberg (child’s view, mawkish sentimentality, big box office) and failed; Spielberg would have upped the pace and directed the child actors better. The 3D added nothing significant.

]]> by: Judi Grunstra http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-33040 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:12:07 +0000 http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-33040 "The Artist" was a delight from start to finish. "Hugo" drooped in several places. It didn't capture the wonder of the book. I got really tired of repeated closeups of the young actor who played the lead. He bored me. Sasha Baron Cohen's role was just annoying. This is not to say that I disliked the film, however. Just that I enjoyed "The Artist" more. Maybe they really shouldn't be compared to each other. “The Artist” was a delight from start to finish. “Hugo” drooped in several places. It didn’t capture the wonder of the book. I got really tired of repeated closeups of the young actor who played the lead. He bored me. Sasha Baron Cohen’s role was just annoying. This is not to say that I disliked the film, however. Just that I enjoyed “The Artist” more. Maybe they really shouldn’t be compared to each other.

]]> by: Christina Waters http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-32935 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:18:42 +0000 http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-32935 Hmmmmm, I'd say there's rather more Pinot in Hugo, as it were. The Artist is more like a giant scoop of Schlag on a rather weak cup of hot chocolate. I wanted it to thrill me. But it remained, uh, limp. Christina Hmmmmm, I’d say there’s rather more Pinot in Hugo, as it were.
The Artist is more like a giant scoop of Schlag on a rather weak cup of hot chocolate. I wanted it to thrill me. But it remained, uh, limp.

Christina

]]> by: rdb http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-32857 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:11:08 +0000 http://christinawaters.com/2012/01/09/a-dream-double-bill/#comment-32857 Hugo : The Artist = 15% Zin : 13% Pinot. And I know which I prefer. Hugo : The Artist = 15% Zin : 13% Pinot. And I know which I prefer.

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