In Reply to: That idea is sort of like the fellow who wrote and, RS [Profile/Gallery] , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:07:14

Hmm.. I'm not sure I agree on the M Night Shymalan movies - I thought Unbreakable was vastly underrated, and even Signs was well conceived despite some lapses in production. If anything, MNS is an example of a filmmaker who will go a bit too far to place his distinctive signature on every scene. Some have taken him to task for his sometimes arrogant Hitchcock pretentions in this regard. I go to his movies expecting a revelatory scene in which I am forced to reevaluate all that he has shown me before. But that's really a storytelling method, not a philosophy and so "trueness" means something different.

On Star Wars, I agree that the special effects and (painstaking) scene settings have aged remarkably poorly. However, I think that if that movie were remade today with an analogously uncelebrated cast and the same devotion to detail, it would be a fine movie. I believe that the excellence of its pop (space) opera quality is exactly what makes it timeless. I still don't like the Ewoks, though.

In contrast, a Matrix Trilogy will likely seem hokey to 2030 audiences in the same way that old sci-fi or futurist movies seem to us, and no amount of craft or care would result in the essential story being relevant to any time or place other than our own. Of course, I thought the same thing about Star Trek, and was wrong about that.

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• OT: Matrix Revolutions, Adrian Hennig, Wed, 5 Nov 2003 19:16:26
  • Went to the Premier last night..., Scott Paterson , Wed, 5 Nov 2003 21:14:01
    • Re: Went to the Premier last night..., Dean, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:58:37
    • A bit let down, really, Nervousaaber, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:20:35
      • Kill Bill Tonight, Scott Paterson , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:05:36
        • Like going to a museum..., Nervousaaber, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:53:31
          • Re: Like going to a museum..., Bob M, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:37:37
          • That idea is sort of like the fellow who wrote and, RS , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:07:14
            • Movies over time.., Nervousaaber, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:45:30 <-- Viewing This Message
              • Time Marches On, RS , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:09:16
                • Amen!, Nervousaaber, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:22:08
                  • They do, but they're red (or is it blue) ;-) n/m, RS , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:30:06
        • Re: Kill Bill Tonight, Chad, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:16:53
    • I've been happily watching the first one on the tube, RS , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:22:39
      • No - she's real..., Scott Paterson , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:07:05
        • Yep - and she has replaced, Scott R., Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:41:40
      • A Clockwork Orange maybe? ;-), Ed NC, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:43:59
        • "Oh me brothers ... ", RS , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:01:16
          • you mean, "oh, me droogs" ;-) n/m, Ed NC, Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:33:14
            • Well, after a cup o' the old chai ..., RS , Thu, 6 Nov 2003 08:20:28
              • "No time for the old in-out, in-out" n/m, KL, Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:10:14
                • Eggy-wegs! I would like... to smash 'em. NM, Nervousaaber, Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:16:17
                  • AND JUST WHAT'S SO STINKIN ABOUT IT!!?? nm, KL, Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:42:26
                    • It's a stinking world cause there's no , RS , Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:04:52

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