Some Random Film Comments

[redfiona99]

All Good Things is a waste of 101 minutes. It was made during that period where people thought Ryan Gosling could act and that his absolute lack of a facial expression was expressing deep inner torment, rather than him being unable to emote.

The Sweeney is worse. It seems to totally miss both the spirit and the charm of the show and be a terrible film on its own merits, or lack thereof.

The Jim Cazaviel version of the Count of Monte Cristo should have been so much better. It is not Cazaviel's fault, because gives a damn decent performance in several scenes, and is doing his best (he's also one of the few actors I can believe when he's railing against God. They could have done with more of this.), and Richard Harris is probably as close to the Abbe as you are ever going to get, but they mess with the plot, and the glorious resolution to the excessively convoluted plot is rushed. Horribly rushed.

Comments

[coneyislandbaby]

Why do people think Ryan Gosling can act? Or is good looking (okay, personal taste, but he is so bland in all ways). I can't see him doing a Matthew McConaughey or Brad Pitt and becoming inexplicably attractive to me in a few years, either.

That version of Count Of Monte Cristo is the only one I have actually seen. I mostly remember being rather disappointed on finding out that they cut the lesbians quite a bit later, aside from the actual story. Oh and I do remember liking Guy Pearce being so OTT.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

The Ryan Gosling thing is beyond me for both of those so I can't comment.

There's a lot right with the Cazaviel Count, and part of me does wish that we could have a series version with him in because I think he'd be marvelous, because, yes, there's a lot of shouting at God and his background might help.

[coneyislandbaby]

I just don't get it. There are some heartthrob types I don't get but I get why for others but not him.

I do like it quite a bit. That could indeed be interesting, too.