The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford Dullsville and then some. Artfully shot, for sure, but ripping off Malick isn’t as easy as it looks. The voice-over narration, always describing what we already saw, doesn’t create openings but locks the movie down even more than the airless, repetitive scenes between paranoid outlaws. [...]
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Konsum: Turkey Parade
Posted by Jürgen on November 27, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/11/27/konsum-parade-of-turkeys/
Batman Begins
Pompous & bloated. When was it decided that superhero comics were now to be treated like Shakespearean tragedies? Oh, the agony of being Bruce Wayne, playboy millionaire with a bat complex! The guilt, the fear, the fateful choice between vigilantism and revenge! Even Ang Lee’s Hulk had some jokes (and primary colors.) Perhaps the thudding [...]
Posted by Jürgen on April 18, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/04/18/batman-begins-2/
Dead Man’s Shoes
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Posted by Jürgen on April 20, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/04/20/dead-mans-shoes/







