Hee, you give it more thought in a few hundred words than I do in eight million. :) Watching it in such short increments limited my ability to see arcs; I'll grant you that.
The story itself wasn't that bad, I guess, on paper; I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and the fact that it didn't--I can't decide if that's good writing (because unpredictable) or bad (because boring). Then, of course, the whole thing was quite poorly executed.
So. Slow. My GOD. THE SLOW.
You hit the nail on the head when you talked about the discomforting factor, harsh lighting etc., and they also weirdly capture the feeling of being a patient or a test subject--the sort of sterile-yet-grimy dehumanization. It's a good movie to watch if I ever want to recapture the experience of participating in a sleep study.
Watching GM was sort of painful, too, even though he was by far the best thing going. His talent and effort (heartbreaking effort!) made him completely out of place. And I never really got over the offness. Bad/nonexistent lighting, makeup, postproduction etc. rendering his goofy-yet-beautiful features just goofy. His hair being short. I need to go watch TS and unwind.
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on 2008-02-01 04:50 am (UTC)The story itself wasn't that bad, I guess, on paper; I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, and the fact that it didn't--I can't decide if that's good writing (because unpredictable) or bad (because boring). Then, of course, the whole thing was quite poorly executed.
So. Slow. My GOD. THE SLOW.
You hit the nail on the head when you talked about the discomforting factor, harsh lighting etc., and they also weirdly capture the feeling of being a patient or a test subject--the sort of sterile-yet-grimy dehumanization. It's a good movie to watch if I ever want to recapture the experience of participating in a sleep study.
Watching GM was sort of painful, too, even though he was by far the best thing going. His talent and effort (heartbreaking effort!) made him completely out of place. And I never really got over the offness. Bad/nonexistent lighting, makeup, postproduction etc. rendering his goofy-yet-beautiful features just goofy. His hair being short. I need to go watch TS and unwind.