Make a Wish
Jan. 28th, 2009 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zesty_pintoOh hey, Wednesday. Yes, lovable middle-of-the-road Wednesday.
This morning has me treated to a mountain of snow that was converting to hail as I stepped out from home and became fat drops of rain as I stepped off the train and into the city. It’s like a work in progress.
Speaking of works in progress, I saw Inkheart and it helped me realize the art of composition a little better.
Cinema
Inkheart, starring Brendan Frasier in yet another adventure role of some kind, has the gift to bring stories to life, literally. Now let’s forget the logic factor here since the film itself is one about the fantasy of the tale to begin with. Without this grounding (okay, it irked me that his daughter and stepsister spoke with the Queen’s English in their throat while him and his wife spoke like Americans), you have a very lighthearted tale on the power of books.
The acting was overall eh. Brendan Frasier keeps the pace but never delivers, while the stepsister struck me as more novelty that contributing to the story.
Dialogue, eh. It has a few well-delivered lines here and there, but they are as passing as an SAT word in a newstand novel.
Where the film really shines is where the books really can not deliver: the scenery and costume design really makes the film easy on the eyes. As I watched it, I could see some of the textbook traits that make for good shots and this helped me understand how and why it works. If the film did not have that high quality camera work, then I would have shunned it.
If anything, this kind of reminds me of the Hellboy 2 of 2009.
Nothing else I really want to see this week that's available here. Outlander's playing in two theaters far off in the middle of Jersey, and it annoys me. I could use my fix of vikings versus aliens.
This morning has me treated to a mountain of snow that was converting to hail as I stepped out from home and became fat drops of rain as I stepped off the train and into the city. It’s like a work in progress.
Speaking of works in progress, I saw Inkheart and it helped me realize the art of composition a little better.
Cinema
Inkheart, starring Brendan Frasier in yet another adventure role of some kind, has the gift to bring stories to life, literally. Now let’s forget the logic factor here since the film itself is one about the fantasy of the tale to begin with. Without this grounding (okay, it irked me that his daughter and stepsister spoke with the Queen’s English in their throat while him and his wife spoke like Americans), you have a very lighthearted tale on the power of books.
The acting was overall eh. Brendan Frasier keeps the pace but never delivers, while the stepsister struck me as more novelty that contributing to the story.
Dialogue, eh. It has a few well-delivered lines here and there, but they are as passing as an SAT word in a newstand novel.
Where the film really shines is where the books really can not deliver: the scenery and costume design really makes the film easy on the eyes. As I watched it, I could see some of the textbook traits that make for good shots and this helped me understand how and why it works. If the film did not have that high quality camera work, then I would have shunned it.
If anything, this kind of reminds me of the Hellboy 2 of 2009.
Nothing else I really want to see this week that's available here. Outlander's playing in two theaters far off in the middle of Jersey, and it annoys me. I could use my fix of vikings versus aliens.
