New questions. How are you supposed to find any inspiration when a movie doesn't interest you even the slightest bit? It’s a weird feeling—you sit through the whole thing, and when the credits roll, you’re just left there totally blank. No opinion, no spark, nothing. It just fails to touch you, leaving you completely indifferent. 😁 Take *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension* (1984), for instance. 😁😁😁 So, I finally finished the movie... just sitting there, staring at each other—him looking at me, me looking at him. Honestly, I’d rather not go off on a subjective rant because I actually have enough material here to write a whole dissertation, but then again—it’s just so damn confusing. I really don't have the energy to sit here and try to decode it or, God forbid, watch the whole thing all over again.
So, we’re looking at *Tsubaki Sanjuro*... yet another Kurosawa entry. Honestly, I feel like I could spend more time dissecting the characters than actually talking about the film itself—it's just one of those things where the people drive everything. 😁 Even if that counts as writing about film—and honestly, who's really qualified to draw that line? 😉
I just finished watching Kurosawa's Throne of Blood... and now I need to find a way to praise it—specifically regarding the direction, the sound design, and the framing...
The direction and camera work? Phenomenal. I can feel it instinctively when I'm watching, but I need to actually articulate why it works for someone who hasn't seen the movie yet.
On the flip side, when I'm sitting through some total garbage where the framing and directing are obviously terrible... I find myself lacking the specific terminology and definitions needed to prove *why* the film sucks. It should be easy, but you really do need a grasp of the technical jargon to back up your claims.
I mean, it’s easy enough to criticize when the acting is amateurish—like when actors are clearly looking around the set for cues—or when the sound mixing is a mess, such as when outdoor scenes and indoor scenes are leveled at the exact same volume.
It feels like nowadays, anyone who claims to be even slightly (better than average) a movie buff can call themselves a film critic—though usually, it just boils down to "I liked this" or "I hated that." You see these reviews where they barely touch on direction, editing, or sound design, focusing instead on just the plot or the acting... people basically just scrape some content from foreign websites, mix it with their own gut feelings, and slap a label on it called "film criticism." What book interests me is which ones you all would recommend if someone actually wanted to pursue film criticism professionally... 😁😁😁 just for my own sake 😁😁😁
it’s just those Americans who bail after forty-five minutes because they haven't seen enough gore or jumpscares yet—they give it bad reviews when there isn't any immediate horror action
The movie is excellent to me, though... it feels like there are only four actors really carrying the weight...
It was one of those two films where I actually needed the subtitles (in English) because people just talk so much—there's so much dialogue you can't catch everything at once... I ended up having to constantly pause and rewind the film just to keep up.😁😁😁
there are plenty of beautiful things in this world besides just chasing a paycheck... but they always end up cutting away right when she starts teasing him in that bikini 😁😁😁