Too much time, take it away !!!
People and opinion-makers (otherwise known as critics) will tell you that something ain't all that, and sometimes - sometimes - you find pearls in the place where everyone has painted a swine and mud consisting of shit.
Example: Alien: Resurrection. Now, post-Amelie, it may not have the same air of filthy shit, as your granny and her dog made it to be in 1997 -- but I thought I was the only one back then ...
Recent example: Dreamcatcher.
Having never read the book, I could nonetheless surmise that this was pure King, filtered through Goldman & Kasdan's minds (+ hundreds of other people), and it struck me that this was the most faithful adaptation ever. Carrie, the Shining and Misery may have cinematic moments of greatness, one could argue, if not great movies by themselves -- as is Kubrick's case, but faithful adaptations, they are not. The moviemakers' (& editors') hands are too idiosyncratic, and deviating too much from the source material to be called faithful. Never the less, all the King trademarks where there in Dreamcatcher, and I felt completely enthralled by how Kasdan had realised it. This was perfect, this was r-e-e-e-e-ally good entertainment, with excellent acting by everyone involved -- Jason Lee, even. Surprise.
So, post-cinematic experience, I began to talk around, and strangely, most didn't particularly care for it -- but I will defend it, always!
What's your cinematic highlight, most will think of as unbelievable puke on your ass and balls? |
