Don't Snatch

My thoughts on Snatch are that I can't understand what they are saying, but I love the film anyway. I had forgotten how many supporting characters there are and one thing about that is that the writer really paints the characters clearly, even if they are given very little screen time. I also like the production values and color scheme. If you notice, there is a large amount of yellow, black and green on the sets and backgrounds, lighting and costumes. This is something that, to me, makes a film great -- when purposeful and unifying decisions are made about character, script and production values.

All of you need to blog daily. Daily means once a day.
Also, Ian and Logan, you need to do a short write up on your choice of film.

Grades are sagging -- even Dave's grade.

Zoolander, Baby!

One thing I want to say about Zoolander is that it seems like a ridiculous movie, and it is a ridiculous movie, but it is also a very smart satire about the American Entertainment Industry. For example, the camera shots are all "MTV" shots, or rip-offs on fashion photography; the political protesters are poking fun at stars such as Angelina Jolie, etc. who fight for rights around the world. There is so much product placement (in the gas fight scene alone)- of course, most movies have that, but it is the tongue and cheek treatment of all of these things that I find so funny and pointed. I think the makers of the film (and probably led by Ben Stiller) are trying to point out that entertainment is entertainment and everything else - economics, politics, education - should probably stay in their own arenas. So I ask you - do you agree or disagree with this - the idea that American Entertainment is so all-encompassing that everything else (economy, politics, world affairs, education) is somehow tied to it. Or should entertainment just stand on its own, as entertainment? (Matty B. was also great in the film - Hansel is my favorite character by far.)