#1
Posted: 3/14/04 at 2:57pm
Well, it was my turn to pick the movie, and I picked Spartan, in no small part because I like Val Kilmer. I thought that would be enough to compensate for the predictable unlikeability of Mamet characters and the depressing, paranoid plot structure I've come to expect. When will I learn?
It is a very lean film. The dialogue is sparse and very punctuated. We never get much of a glimpse into what motivates the characters, or god forbid, what they feel. (Definitely not a chick flick.) The cinematography is very sylized, favoring palettes of hyper blues and greens, and light and shadows are used, visually, in very interesting ways. And in a movie where violence is expected, it comes at you at unexpected moments.
I should probably avoid Mamet, not because he is inherently bad, but because I should know by now that I just don't respond to him well. Hell, a Mamet double feature could tip me over the edge on a bad day.
For what its worth, my husband liked it as much as I didn't.
It is a very lean film. The dialogue is sparse and very punctuated. We never get much of a glimpse into what motivates the characters, or god forbid, what they feel. (Definitely not a chick flick.) The cinematography is very sylized, favoring palettes of hyper blues and greens, and light and shadows are used, visually, in very interesting ways. And in a movie where violence is expected, it comes at you at unexpected moments.
I should probably avoid Mamet, not because he is inherently bad, but because I should know by now that I just don't respond to him well. Hell, a Mamet double feature could tip me over the edge on a bad day.
For what its worth, my husband liked it as much as I didn't.
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