Pterodactyls can dodge stinger missles
And Coolio is a combat expert. (I love the Scifi Channel)
Quote of the week (paraphrased): King Kong looks like it's gonna be a lot better than it thinks it is. (Props to Burnsy for the quotables and potent potables this weekend)
The Brothers Grimm do not fear you!
Be afraid, be very afraid. In fact, don't pay to see Brothers Grimm. Rent Baron Munchausen and contribute to the maintenance of the Terry Gilliam legacy at the cost of his recent sins.
This is not movie for the faint of heart, nor the stout of mind, nor the proponents of decipherable dialogue in cinema. I can't imagine the difficulty that the average viewer had deciphering the plot. There must have been 5-6 people walk out of this flick and I wanted to join them more than once. It's just so hard to put my finger on it. The dialogue mostly sounded ad-libbed, but not in turn; it felt like everyone was competeing for lines and major plot points fell through the cracks amidst a noisy background and an overabundance of atmospheric distraction.
In addition to these suprisingly poor directorial moves, many of the main characters suffered from gratuitous accent. I loved all the actors in this movie, but seriously, aren't we at the point culturally where French characters don't have speak in stereotypes while the rest of Europe is fluent in British?
The Grimmies looked good, but there's no way there was a line of written dialogue for the actors, just atrocious. Ugh, that's where I'm gonna leave it. I can't say another negative thing about the movie without reference to the basic storytelling pitfalls this movie fell victim to.
I played around trying to think of a good fairy-tale metaphor to end on, but there's nothing. Maybe if we made a flute out the bones of this flick it will lead us to its killer.
Leave breadcrumbs, you'll need to follow them back to the 40-year old virgin.
Why plot, what big holes you have!
Have your true love on hand, cuz in 30 minutes you'll be sleeping beauty.
Ok that's enough.
Quote of the week (paraphrased): King Kong looks like it's gonna be a lot better than it thinks it is. (Props to Burnsy for the quotables and potent potables this weekend)
The Brothers Grimm do not fear you!
Be afraid, be very afraid. In fact, don't pay to see Brothers Grimm. Rent Baron Munchausen and contribute to the maintenance of the Terry Gilliam legacy at the cost of his recent sins.
This is not movie for the faint of heart, nor the stout of mind, nor the proponents of decipherable dialogue in cinema. I can't imagine the difficulty that the average viewer had deciphering the plot. There must have been 5-6 people walk out of this flick and I wanted to join them more than once. It's just so hard to put my finger on it. The dialogue mostly sounded ad-libbed, but not in turn; it felt like everyone was competeing for lines and major plot points fell through the cracks amidst a noisy background and an overabundance of atmospheric distraction.
In addition to these suprisingly poor directorial moves, many of the main characters suffered from gratuitous accent. I loved all the actors in this movie, but seriously, aren't we at the point culturally where French characters don't have speak in stereotypes while the rest of Europe is fluent in British?
The Grimmies looked good, but there's no way there was a line of written dialogue for the actors, just atrocious. Ugh, that's where I'm gonna leave it. I can't say another negative thing about the movie without reference to the basic storytelling pitfalls this movie fell victim to.
I played around trying to think of a good fairy-tale metaphor to end on, but there's nothing. Maybe if we made a flute out the bones of this flick it will lead us to its killer.
Leave breadcrumbs, you'll need to follow them back to the 40-year old virgin.
Why plot, what big holes you have!
Have your true love on hand, cuz in 30 minutes you'll be sleeping beauty.
Ok that's enough.
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