tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post9178960546505718567..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Resident Evil: Extinction (Russel Mulcahy, 2007)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-87300568169146537952007-10-07T23:14:00.000-04:002007-10-07T23:14:00.000-04:00Hoffman as the Evil Dreyerian Monk is a hoot, too....Hoffman as the Evil Dreyerian Monk is a hoot, too.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-38408294257902017702007-10-07T23:13:00.000-04:002007-10-07T23:13:00.000-04:00See, my biggest problem with The Messenger is that...See, my biggest problem with The Messenger is that after Falconetti, all other acting seems pale and wan in comparison. Bresson and Rivette have equally valid takes, but they didn't do it I submit, through the acting (well Bresson through non-acting). <BR/><BR/>That said, I enjoyed that movie. I thought it was an oversized, overproduced ramp show, main theme medieval chic, and Jovovich knew of Falconetti, and that the main emotion that shone through in her performance was fear--the fear that she was going to stink, or be hugely inadequate to the comparison. Which she was. But that fear, that was interesting. <BR/><BR/>Good stuff re: The Birds. I think it's a great Hitchcock, exceptional in his work in that it suggests the supernatural (with no rational explanation behind the suggestion), it's his most extensive use of SFX, and it's his one epic--a whole town, not just a single protagonist.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-43200194678360043462007-10-07T01:33:00.000-04:002007-10-07T01:33:00.000-04:00It sounds like they tried to redo Hitchcock via vi...It sounds like they tried to redo Hitchcock via video game aesthetics. The Birds largely worked for me because it jumped from the subjective view to the objective, god/bird-like view. It truly emphasized the limitations of subjectivity when viewed in the context of other subjective views happening alongside each other. The use of shaky camera, loud music, and the emphasis on the impending danger rather than on the serenity of normalcy in this Resident Evil sounds like a recreation of the video game experience (i.e. you expect bad guys to come rushing out and try to kill your character). As you've pointed out, this technique only creates confusion when you have more than one subjective view to depict using a single frame, as is in cinema. <BR/><BR/>Is it a crime to prefer Jovovich in Besson's The Messenger? She was incredibly expressive in that movie. Over the top, but pretty good nonetheless.John Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550723755669290621noreply@blogger.com