tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post5729961997250877958..comments2023-10-04T09:31:33.192-04:00Comments on The Flick Pick Monster: City of Life and DeathNick Duvalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00089865009208643645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post-89991668639015930802011-04-14T19:52:36.948-04:002011-04-14T19:52:36.948-04:00Perhaps it is a wee bit trashy, but there's al...Perhaps it is a wee bit trashy, but there's also something to be said for meeting things head-on. <br /><br />The dance was a nice standalone scene, and it may have been "taking a chance," but to me it was a chance not particularly worth taking. You're right in some ways (it's definitely an arresting juxtaposition), but I'm unsure if it's really in the service of the film.Nick Duvalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089865009208643645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post-52345300241114046352011-04-14T10:40:29.418-04:002011-04-14T10:40:29.418-04:00I concur with your reading of the films more senti...I concur with your reading of the films more sentimentalised and personal reflections, there did indeed seem to be something out of time with the rest of the films action scenes. <br /><br />I also found the film to be rather trashy in the way it almost seemed to wallow in the suffering of people, of course this is based on actual atrocities and war crimes but what ever happened to the less is more maxim? <br /><br />I stand by the films ending though, I found that to be one of the more chilling pats of the film - the whole dance ceremony was mesmerising - and only wished the rest of the film had taken as many chances. <br /><br />Good review of a flawed but memorable, if for some horrifying images, film.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486052100017852523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post-80392220240830215372011-04-13T23:58:15.649-04:002011-04-13T23:58:15.649-04:00Yeah, the ending of the film, along with the very ...Yeah, the ending of the film, along with the very beginning, is its most dubious portion. But this film was so unsettling, so atmospheric, in between the bookends that I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.Nick Duvalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089865009208643645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929618445982727695.post-80005633081397624032011-04-13T23:48:21.657-04:002011-04-13T23:48:21.657-04:00One of the few films where handheld cameras actual...One of the few films where handheld cameras actually added to the realism, rather than detracted from it.<br /><br />I found some elements near the end of the film took me out of the movie for a bit, as I tried to figure out what was going on to whom, but otherwise a solid and deeply disturbing film about a part of WWII that should be more well-known.Greghttp://litdreamer.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com