Spitball Army

Really less a film than a document, and proves what a great debt the early Beatles owed to the Marx Brothers.

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Perhaps the best among the sub-genre of Pacific Northwest character-driven ensemble dramedies. And that includes Juno.

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It’s clear in its opening moments that the film is about perception, then a shot of sunlight through trees seals the deal.

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It’s Avatar for gamers, Godzilla for fanboys, and a whole lot of indistinct monster shapes filmed in darkness and smoke.

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Neill Blomkamp’s obsession with “man-machine,” Part 2. Also, a tale of two landscapes – no surprise he favors the bleak one.

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Best. Subtitles. Ever. (from THE CONJURING) pic.twitter.com/r01tMK6R21 — Fred Osuna (@spitballarmy) December 12, 2013

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Further proof they don’t make ’em like they usedta. Lon Chaney Jr was a pretty bad actor but was born to play Lenny.

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He hands me a personal check with the name Jerry Lee Rewis. Suspicious, I ask for his license. On it, his photo: left eye winking.

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Deliberately paced – meaning slow, seemingly uneventful. The pace never quickens, but after the… …first hour, the lush/barren landscapes and dogged police proceedings draw the viewer into its rhythms. Philosophical… …symbolism abounds. Turkish director Ceylan most similar to Tarkovsky in his use of lengthy slow-tracking takes.

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One of the worst films ever made graced my TV tonight: The Sandpiper. Achingly, moaningly bad. Not even “so bad it’s good.” Just BAD.

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