tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post116976252149599469..comments2023-06-30T05:06:42.335-04:00Comments on My Life, at 24 Frames Per Second: Humanity vs. InhumanityKenji Fujishimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635553450551818306noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-75454148883089132262007-01-27T10:07:00.000-05:002007-01-27T10:07:00.000-05:00reel_fanatic:
You're right, Adam Beach was pretty...reel_fanatic:<br /><br />You're right, Adam Beach was pretty darn good as the guilt-ridden Ira Hayes---the heart and soul of the film. (Would he have been considered supporting actor? If so, I wouldn't have minded if he had edged out Mark Wahlberg---he's energetic and fun to watch, but, like most of the characters in <i>The Departed</i>, he's more a funny gangster-movie cartoon cop than he is a flesh-and-blood human being. Admittedly, that perhaps isn't Wahlberg's fault, since he's probably written that way in William Monahan's script; maybe my cluelessness about the movie's wide acclaim is coloring my judgment.)<br /><br />I guess I can see how you can blame Spielberg for the problems of the last half-hour of <i>Flags of Our Fathers</i>, but I've always figured it was simply Paul Haggis being Paul Haggis---in other words, being as overly blunt and heavy-handed as usual. Anyway, even with Spielberg as co-producer, <i>Letters from Iwo Jima</i> came off, for the most part, as significantly less intent on beating you over the head with its conclusions---because, as I suggested, I get the feeling not even Eastwood is entirely sure of the conclusions he wants to make in the film.Kenji Fujishimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635553450551818306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-51173825299702685882007-01-27T07:33:00.000-05:002007-01-27T07:33:00.000-05:00Interesting stuff ... I definitely liked Last King...Interesting stuff ... I definitely liked Last King of Scotland more than you, but you're dead right about the end of Flags of our Fathers ... I blame Speilberg for the need to pound us over the head with the theme, as if we had been asleep for the first two hours ... It almost ruined this otherwise fine flick for me .. and Adam Beach not getting an Oscar nomination is a shamReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.com