tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231356.post4374278646040791019..comments2023-10-03T07:44:14.914-04:00Comments on Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema: Liveblogging On the LotMark Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231356.post-21699804450848453202007-07-04T22:08:00.000-04:002007-07-04T22:08:00.000-04:00Hmm, maybe I'll have to give Jason's film another ...Hmm, maybe I'll have to give Jason's film another look.<BR/><BR/>You know, despite what I've written, I agree with what you're saying in your last paragraph. I guess I've been happy to see an increase in polish because it gives me a slight idea of what earned the directors their places on the show. Fair enough, though, that the polish also removes any trace of personality or feeling. Kenny's roughness feels like a co-opted style too, but his films are undeniably his.Mark Pfeifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231356.post-60895599623976768302007-07-03T22:13:00.000-04:002007-07-03T22:13:00.000-04:00Oh, you can't beat liveblogging for catching all t...Oh, you can't beat liveblogging for catching all the juicy cluelessness. There's way too much to remember to write about afterwards.<BR/><BR/>I actually thought ETERNAL WATERS was the best of the night -- it had more going on in terms of plot, and it had a third act that wasn't essentially a joke. And I was surprised that Jason was the only one who seemed to have seen any J-horror.<BR/><BR/>That said, the polish you speak of bothers me more week by week. It's like somebody taught these people a bag of tricks -- filters, angles, cuts, music beats -- and they pour it all over whatever the assignment is, every week. Kenny may be incompetent, but I'll take his rough-edged ignorance over the other directors' chrome sheen. At least it feels like his vision, not a Frankenstein monster stitched together out of the ultra-commercial surfaces that represent these contestants' highest aspirations.donnadbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09580583133757807126noreply@blogger.com