DV Michael Mann–because there is a difference between Michael Mann on film and Michael Mann on DV–doesn’t bother giving Miami Vice a first act. I suppose he intends the absence to be some sort of cinema verite thing, but it doesn’t work, it just gives the audience no characters to identify with. Lethal Weapon 2 […]
Entries from August 2006
Miami Vice (2006, Michael Mann)
August 7th, 2006 No Comments
Recommend on MahaloTyphoon (2005, Kwak Kyung-taek)
August 5th, 2006 No Comments
Typhoon is the biggest budgeted South Korean film to date. The money’s well spent, as the film looks like any big budget film. If there are any massive amounts of CG, they’d be at the end, during the storm, which happens at night, making things a lot easier. However, the budget can’t fix any of […]
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998, Kevin Burns and David Comtois)
August 3rd, 2006 No Comments
I thought the Planet of the Apes festival could use a capstone, since it’s certainly not for sure I’ll make it through enough of Tim Burton’s remake to post about it. And the fiancée has no interest in that one, so it’ll be a while before I get around to it. There are good films […]
Men of War (1994, Perry Lang)
August 1st, 2006 No Comments
Given Men of War’s blind earnestness, the daddy issues, and John Sayles being one of the credited screenwriters, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out it was going to be Steven Spielberg’s first war movie. I first read about Men of War when IMDb came around and I looked up Sayles. A John Sayles written […]
