tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post1756380849446945422..comments2023-11-02T07:54:07.368-05:00Comments on Louisiana Movies: Glamour, Geeks and Gumbo: Do we see ‘Benjamin Button’ clearly?Alexandyr Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05358689836161734165noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-79168409938509995152009-01-02T12:09:00.000-06:002009-01-02T12:09:00.000-06:00Benjamin Button was very Fincher-esque... almost a...Benjamin Button was very Fincher-esque... almost as good as his other stuff if not for some nagging plot holesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-71478435578759022242008-12-29T23:24:00.000-06:002008-12-29T23:24:00.000-06:00"Zodiac" was one of my favorite films last year. ..."Zodiac" was one of my favorite films last year. I've seen it four or five times now and I enjoy it more and more each time, I even shelled out for the crazily-expensive two-disc director's cut. I can't wait to see "Benjamin Button," but a lot of my favorite film reviewers are getting pretty vitriolic over it. Karina Longworth from Spoutblog's review is the most brutal I've read in ages:<BR/><BR/>http://blog.spout.com/2008/12/22/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-review/<BR/><BR/>Still looking forward to it, though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-62399450162884271952008-12-27T10:18:00.000-06:002008-12-27T10:18:00.000-06:00I blame the recession.I blame the recession.Alexandyr Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358689836161734165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-46291108755553958532008-12-27T07:24:00.000-06:002008-12-27T07:24:00.000-06:00Is it just me or are the crazies blog commenting i...Is it just me or are the crazies blog commenting in record numbers these days?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-75062125820747388672008-12-26T17:33:00.000-06:002008-12-26T17:33:00.000-06:00Oh, no. You just made me realize that my "JVCD" ta...Oh, no. You just made me realize that my "JVCD" tattoo artist is dyslexic. Damn it!Alexandyr Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358689836161734165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-84831710999113787232008-12-26T15:59:00.000-06:002008-12-26T15:59:00.000-06:00"JVCD" or "JCVD"I totally agree with you on Finche..."JVCD" or "JCVD"<BR/><BR/>I totally agree with you on Fincher. The guy never seems to be able to shake the critics from their need to classify his work. When I see anything Fincher made (from Fight Club to Zodiac to Benjamin Button) I try to avoid the classification a lot of critics want to place. <BR/><BR/>He is who he is. He makes films that are always more than can be dissected or classified. Like you mention, film-goers will be trying to "figure him out" for as long as the guy makes movies. But that is their mistake. He is who he is!<BR/><BR/>It would be a treat to see reviews of "Benjamin Button" that reviewed the film --- not the filmmaker.<BR/>That may be a cold day in Tijuana, but it would be nice. <BR/><BR/>Also, I have a friend in southern Cal who had a chance to see "Gran Torino." She said the film was surprisingly flat and felt very lackluster. Normally, I would ignore such talk about anything Eastwood, but she has yet to miss the mark on films... I can't wait to see for myself (and hope she is wrong).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-81643602340856061422008-12-26T15:09:00.000-06:002008-12-26T15:09:00.000-06:00"Wall-E" is still my number one. (Granted, I have ..."Wall-E" is still my number one. (Granted, I have to see "Doubt," "Gran Torino," "The Reader" and "JVCD" in the coming weeks. Yes, I wrote "JVCD." Can't friggin' wait.)<BR/><BR/>Still, I'm getting a bit tired of how we're reviewing Fincher. We seem to be reading his pictures as if they were Spielbergian, Zemeckian, Lucasonian or Jacksonian efforts in CGI, where the creation of an alternate world is an end in itself. We should be done with that paradigm, and expecting that from Fincher isn't (critically) fair to him.<BR/><BR/>I guess all I mean to say is that Fincher doesn't set out to make a spectacle when he revisits history, or pieces together a fable, or stitch together scenes from the past. He means to do something altogether different. As to what, I'm still figuring out.<BR/><BR/>But perhaps I'm being shortsighted. Can't figure it yet.Alexandyr Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358689836161734165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-64782127291898200882008-12-26T14:07:00.000-06:002008-12-26T14:07:00.000-06:00That was an odd first comment. Anywho...I, too, am...That was an odd first comment. Anywho...<BR/><BR/>I, too, am a bit unsure as to what to make of the film. Don't get me wrong --- it was amazing, beautiful, even breathtaking. But I think a few days of letting it steep(?) may help me when it comes to how exactly I regard this film. <BR/><BR/>I have a few others on my radar I want to catch, so maybe seeing them will help me put "Benjamin Button" properly in its place. Maybe... Hopefully.... We'll see...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34411274.post-66345673620087979512008-12-26T13:03:00.000-06:002008-12-26T13:03:00.000-06:00We have know Mr. Fincher. He has no heart or soul,...We have know Mr. Fincher. He has no heart or soul, I am sure the movie couldn't possibly either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com