MikeR-22
Joined Oct 1999
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This may be an early example of the genre called Slipstream'.
Christopher Priest, the UK writer, termed the phrase. It describes this genre that attempts to move beyond the conventions of Sci-FI and Fantasy to tell stories. Other films would include Adaptation, books by J.G. Ballard and P.K. Dick. I think the lack of a recognized genre hurt this movie but, as usual, the audience is culturally light years ahead of the critics and it seemed well attended the day I was there better than you would believe from the bad reviews.
Critics could not read the movie and determine if it was not any good. But I thought was interesting example of a new "B" stream genre.
Christopher Priest, the UK writer, termed the phrase. It describes this genre that attempts to move beyond the conventions of Sci-FI and Fantasy to tell stories. Other films would include Adaptation, books by J.G. Ballard and P.K. Dick. I think the lack of a recognized genre hurt this movie but, as usual, the audience is culturally light years ahead of the critics and it seemed well attended the day I was there better than you would believe from the bad reviews.
Critics could not read the movie and determine if it was not any good. But I thought was interesting example of a new "B" stream genre.
Two hours of my life stolen.
What was an English professor doing living in a tenement and her sister living above a strip joint in a disgraceful New York that looked is it was flown in from the 70s?
What was the Cinematographer trying to do? getting the camera in focus did not seem to be a strong skill.
Who are these people? Do anyone care?
What were the oblique pretentious references to `To the lighthouse' all about? They went to a lighthouse in the end - I get it!
Where was the suspense?
What were Meg Ryan or Nicole Kidman thinking?
What was an English professor doing living in a tenement and her sister living above a strip joint in a disgraceful New York that looked is it was flown in from the 70s?
What was the Cinematographer trying to do? getting the camera in focus did not seem to be a strong skill.
Who are these people? Do anyone care?
What were the oblique pretentious references to `To the lighthouse' all about? They went to a lighthouse in the end - I get it!
Where was the suspense?
What were Meg Ryan or Nicole Kidman thinking?
Horrible, Horrible, Horrible. No wonder no one in Canada would finance this script.
I guess it some how appealed to Tom Hank's "World View".
Perhaps someone should try "My big fat Mick wedding" or "My big fat Indian wedding" or even "My big fat gay wedding". Rather than try a TV show, the real franchise value here seems to be dumb humor around racial and social stereotyping.
I guess it some how appealed to Tom Hank's "World View".
Perhaps someone should try "My big fat Mick wedding" or "My big fat Indian wedding" or even "My big fat gay wedding". Rather than try a TV show, the real franchise value here seems to be dumb humor around racial and social stereotyping.