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Film N° 207 de : Hal Hartley (réalisé en: 2001) |
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Origine: USA - Genre: Action |
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No Such Thing
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Film N° 207 de : Hal Hartley (réalisé en: 2001) |
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Origine: USA - Genre: Action |
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| Description: | Un monstre (Robert Burke), écoeuré par l'évolution de l'humanité, massacre les hommes qui osent l'approcher. Quand des journalistes de télévision lancés à sa recherche disparaissent, leur rédactrice en chef, obsédée par l'audimat, choisit Beatrice (Sarah Polley), une jeune femme candide, pour reprendre l'enquête. |
| Remarques: | I'm not going to get on some high-horse about "intellectual" or wonderful "filmmaking" and how you have to be an intellectual to get this movie or go the other route and say that any learned person knowledgeable about "real filmmaking" would know that this is a banal piece of crap. I really like Hal Hartley's movies ever since "The Unbelievable Truth". "Trust" being one of my favorite films of all time. I don't put as many criteria on my viewing of the arts or entertainment media and say that if it doesn't meet them, then it's not good. It's all about what speaks to you personally or not, in my opinion. That being said, I liked this movie, but not a LOT. I think it's because maybe I was a bit unsure of the ambiguous message of it. Some might say it's obvious what the director was trying to say with it, but it could be any number of things, really. I give him a hand to be able to do that because it's not easy to come up with a story and not try to tell a moral or make a point, but it's also a bit frustrating for most viewers. Once I accept that it may not be trying to TELL me something, I can enjoy it more just for the execution. Some people may not like the execution and compare it to other movies they consider masterpieces but it's very odd, to me, to try to compare one movie with another that don't have similar stories. Even if they do, it's still really not particularly valid because every director, writer and viewer has different ideas of what type of story they want to tell. There is a pattern to all the Hal Hartley movies I've seen (and I haven't seen them all), but it's a type of detachment and vagueness of the characters. I like it. Many people mistake it for bad acting, but that's not it. It's how the characters are written and directed. They are meant to be how they are portrayed and they are usually either very odd, almost cartoonishly big characters, or very straight and subdued ones. I like this contrast of how he does this. I suppose it's not for everyone and I guess I never thought it was. Can I recommend this? Not to too many people. If you like Hal Hartley, you're going to want to see it but if not, I don't think you'll think much of it. I would suggest seeing some of his other movies first and see if you like his style. I really like his soundtracks that seem to be all written by him also. Very minimal and ethereal. Out of 10, I'd give this movie a 7. P.S. By the way, I really liked "Dude, Where's My Car?" so it's not particularly a wise thing for people to stereotype and try to easily separate people into categories. We aren't that simple. Maybe that's what I like about Hal's characters. They all seem simple, but there's usually something going on under the surface that is never fully said. |
| Langues: | English |
| Sous-Titres: | Francais |
