tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493480686965872865.post2028138846413109336..comments2014-06-25T21:56:13.549+12:00Comments on Look out! He's got a knife: Movies seen recentlyPearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04585713305682813718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493480686965872865.post-89138572660823446222010-10-15T13:57:44.128+13:002010-10-15T13:57:44.128+13:00Barnaby: Ah well, opinions differ. I found it to b...Barnaby: Ah well, opinions differ. I found it to be quite an emotional film. But then, I found Blade Runner to be quite an emotional film. Though I do agree that a number of other Ridley Scott movies are empty, e.g. Gladiator, Someone to Watch Over Me, Black Rain, Legend, and (in my opinion the vastly over-rated) Alien.<br /><br />I don't particularly have a problem with movies that stress style over emotion. For example, I don't think you can find much genuine emotion (or substance) in most of Alfred Hitchcock's filmography, despite what Traffaut et al liked to claim, but he made such cracking good thrillers that it didn't matter. Michaelangelo Antonioni would be another example - there's barely a real human being to be found in his movies, but some of them could be qutie fascinating regardness..Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585713305682813718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493480686965872865.post-69036987899079936232010-10-15T00:46:41.706+13:002010-10-15T00:46:41.706+13:00I sooo wanted to love A Single Man. I think it sho...I sooo wanted to love A Single Man. I think it shows all too clearly that it was a fashion designer's first film. The pretty actors, flashy visuals and great 60s costumes and production design do not disguise (in fact they help) a somewhat empty film, lacking true emotion. Like Riddley Scott's films (which I see you've written quite a bit about, including the very long advert that is The Duellists – one of my all-time hates), Ford's film is great to look at but by the end I was like, what was the point of that? And promptly forgot all about it. However, it has made me think that maybe I could do with a decent suit.Barnabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703338633076087540noreply@blogger.com