viewings

i managed to watch some films in the past few weeks and have this to say about them:

32 Short Films About Glen Gould (1993)
-- yes yes, i should be ashamed for not already having viewed this 'canadian masterpiece.'
-- i saw it at the pacific cinematheque last night with a mostly affluent, white crowd where there were KNOWING LAUGHS and 'hmms' heard in great excess. this created (to me) an elitist atmosphere where i felt that i was intentionally left out of an inside joke.
-- elitist mood aside, i could appreciate what the directors where trying to do in creating a piece of film that was a reflection of the creative genius that the film was documenting BUT... i wasn't super blown away by it.
-- i was especially NOT IMPRESSED by the mediocre cinematography (and cheap film stock) and by the POOR dialog replacement.
-- yah, blah

Encounters at the end of the World (2007)
-- this was a dvd rental
-- directed by the venerable Werner Herzog who has made some great stuff in the past
-- this documentary is about the people who live/work in antarctica
-- there were some very beautiful underwater shots but the doc lacked a strong structure and kinda meandered.
-- blah

Doubt (2008)
-- saw this at Tinseltown 2 weeks ago
-- oh my god, DON'T SEE THIS WASTE OF MONEY AND TALENT
-- dialog sucked, directing sucked, cinematography was mediocre, story was weak
-- horrible

Army of Darkness (1992)
-- bruce campbell is FREAKING AWESOME
-- wonderful