tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post7592192204929936854..comments2024-02-24T19:35:48.123-08:00Comments on Lost in the Frame: No Country for Old MenKasey Mohammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-64914026266938429232007-12-01T16:18:00.000-08:002007-12-01T16:18:00.000-08:00Kasey,I was left wondering that too (in the movie)...Kasey,<BR/><BR/>I was left wondering that too (in the movie). And while expectation bending is good n'all, the movies I've seen that end on a larger, more epic (epic in that history, our contemporary history, is grounded in the tale, somehow) "point" seem to always come from Hollywood. I can't help but turning my own stomach when I see this...it's too, "Hey, we know you paid 12 bucks (in NYC) to see the movie and we want you to come away from the movie with a literary experience. Here's something that matters. And here's why." It really bothers me, because it turns an otherwise great genre film, gritty and compelling, into a Lovefest of Morgan Freemanesque voiceovers, where we're given the advice and moral. Bleh.<BR/><BR/>I just saw Nueve Reinas again. I'd recommend that for genre (heist) hijinks that don't disappoint.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475648622462253163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-44280982627762656562007-11-29T00:46:00.000-08:002007-11-29T00:46:00.000-08:00I haven't seen this, but my queston is, why this o...I haven't seen this, but my queston is, why this one and not Blood Meridian? It's like a really good hybrid (work with me) of Western Noir, and something verging on Conrad. It gets abit threadbare at the end<BR/>too though. What I mean is, you basically are describing the same formula as blood meridian<BR/>but in the book at least the flavor, if not the totality of the plotting, or say, completion of the plotting, worked for me.. it gets a little Dagobah or something<BR/>except Yoda is evil and played by Marlon Brando.<BR/><BR/>Have you done that Brando Western where he plays the cross-dressing assassin?Phanero Noemikonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354noreply@blogger.com