Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2009

Hot Fuzz


I watched this movie on a Saturday night, because I had nothing better to do. Since it was scheduled for a Saturday night, I had very low expectations, but was very pleasantly surprised.
First of all, the cast were perfect for their roles, and second of all, I loved the fast-paced editing. Most importantly, the film was very funny, and an excellent satire of police action-dramas, particularly in the climax. The only problem was, it might have been a bit too clever. I found that I didn't connect to the characters very strongly as the acuteness of the satire often distracted me (albeit very entertainingly).

Good, light entertainment - for a modern generation, who still consider guns and bloody deaths light.

Lessons learned: There is such a thing as being too clever. Maybe audiences want to connect with characters first, ideas second.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Louise-Michel


I saw this movie after Samson and Delilah and I'm glad it wasn't the other way around! Not that I came out of Samson and Delilah depressed - the catharsis at the end was quite intense. But it was very serious, which this film most definitely was not.


Louise-Michel was extremely weird, and extremely funny. There's not too much more to say about it other than that someone has a really good imagination and I wish it was me!


Lessons learned: Be surprising. Use wide shots (comedy needs lots of space) and let the comedy play out naturally - don't cut too much.