Thursday, August 03, 2006
...turns out to be about My SuperExGirlfriend.
It's incredible how little I have to write about, so I'll just ramble along a bit. Writing this blog, considering the number of people who view it, is in any case a lot like having a conversation with myself. I do, however, apologize to any readers who might be choosing to keep their identities secret (why, mate?).
I saw My SuperExGirlfriend the other day. It was a last minute, somewhat reluctant, decision to see it, instead of Lady in the Water--ultimately capitulating to the pressure put by the highly unfavorable NYtimes' review of Shymalan's latest, atleast two of us in the group had read. The low expectations worked in our favor, and we ended up really enjoying ourselves. The movie is a bit of a spoof of Superman. Whereas, the comic devices/situations are not all that original (except, perhaps, the shark being thrown into an window of an apartment in a high-rise building?), what really works in the favor of the film is the editing which is very crisp--the director, apparently, does not like to linger, which translates into not making the bad parts of the movie worse. So do watch it if there is not much else to choose from--that is indeed a good recipe for having low expectations from a film, watching a film not for its sake but as an excuse for an outing or a break from research (sorry, too specific there, replace by word that applies better to your case).
I saw My SuperExGirlfriend the other day. It was a last minute, somewhat reluctant, decision to see it, instead of Lady in the Water--ultimately capitulating to the pressure put by the highly unfavorable NYtimes' review of Shymalan's latest, atleast two of us in the group had read. The low expectations worked in our favor, and we ended up really enjoying ourselves. The movie is a bit of a spoof of Superman. Whereas, the comic devices/situations are not all that original (except, perhaps, the shark being thrown into an window of an apartment in a high-rise building?), what really works in the favor of the film is the editing which is very crisp--the director, apparently, does not like to linger, which translates into not making the bad parts of the movie worse. So do watch it if there is not much else to choose from--that is indeed a good recipe for having low expectations from a film, watching a film not for its sake but as an excuse for an outing or a break from research (sorry, too specific there, replace by word that applies better to your case).
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