Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2004)
I can't remember why on earth I was moved to rent this…it may have been one of those times I was duped by Netflix and their bogus "recommendation" system (which I suspect may be more of a "no one's watching these - let's pretend they're right up a few unsuspecting members' alleys!" system). At less than an hour and a half, this film is still 5 times longer than it should be. The action that did occur went out of its way to be "quirky" but just wound up being stupid.
The bulk of the movie attempts to make art out of lingering shots of repetitive or unchanging scenes, e.g. a lame girl making her way up a long flight of stairs...down a long hallway for 8 minutes or so and, at one point, holding a shot on the empty theater (no movement on screen whatsoever) for more than 3 minutes. If you don't have anything to say, you don't have a film -- you've got a photo.
The single interesting scene comes almost at the end of the film, when the stars of the film that just screened during the movie house's closing night see each other in the lobby. Too bad that, by that time, most viewers will have popped out the disc in irritation.
F
The bulk of the movie attempts to make art out of lingering shots of repetitive or unchanging scenes, e.g. a lame girl making her way up a long flight of stairs...down a long hallway for 8 minutes or so and, at one point, holding a shot on the empty theater (no movement on screen whatsoever) for more than 3 minutes. If you don't have anything to say, you don't have a film -- you've got a photo.
The single interesting scene comes almost at the end of the film, when the stars of the film that just screened during the movie house's closing night see each other in the lobby. Too bad that, by that time, most viewers will have popped out the disc in irritation.
F
posted by MeMe | 2:30 PM
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