Southland Tales - Huh?!

[Tyr]

For those of you who have been paying attention, there's been a banner add going around on CBR for Southland Tales. It's up right now as I type this. So anyway I took a look at the trailer. I'm usually fast on the uptake but this one's got me sratching my head and going, huh what is this thing about? Who's the Rock suppose to be? Whats this about the end of the world and the future, and writing about the future that is the end of the world? Is there anyone out there that has explored this deeper that can explain this whole thing to me?

[bert]

It's the guy who did Donnie Darko.

so it's gonna be about time-travel, weird shit, and all that really matters is that it has Buffy in it :)

[TCJohnson]

It is not one story, but a bunch of stories set in LA just before and ecological and economic disaster.

[Tyr]

It is not one story, but a bunch of stories set in LA just before and ecological and economic disaster.

So this is basically a bunch of movies on high speed? No wonder I couldn't figure out what was going on. :p

[TCJohnson]

Think of Pulp Fiction with a Science Fiction bent.

[Tyr]

Think of Pulp Fiction with a Science Fiction bent.

So its like Pulp Fiction at high speed? :p

[Crowley]

This movie should really be renamed "Clusterfuck."

It's been through several different cuts and versions, and it was supposed to be out about two years ago. For all I know this could very well be Kelly's "Brazil" but I'm not entirely certain of that most reviews have been fairly scathing.

Whether it succeeds or fails... it should be fascinating to watch.

[Alan Lynch]

This movie should really be renamed "Clusterfuck."

It's been through several different cuts and versions, and it was supposed to be out about two years ago. For all I know this could very well be Kelly's "Brazil" but I'm not entirely certain of that most reviews have been fairly scathing.

Whether it succeeds or fails... it should be fascinating to watch.
I've seen a lot of mixed reviews. Some love it, some hate it. But everyone agrees it's worth seeing for some reason, even if just out of car-crash fascination. Hell, I still don't know if I even like Donnie Darko but I'm still in line for this thing.

[Cayman]

I'll probably wait for DVD but I am very curious to see it. Donnie Darko was gorgeous.

[Kid Omega]

As Crowley said, it's been pretty harshly reviewed.

Apparently it got booed at Cannes, and some of the reactions were BRUTAL.

From wiki: "Salon.com critic Andrew O'Hehir, for example, called the Cannes cut "about the biggest, ugliest mess I've ever seen."[13] Jason Solomons in The Observer said that "Southland Tales was so bad it made me wonder if [Kelly] had ever met a human being" and that ten minutes of the "sprawling, plotless, post-apocalyptic farrago" gave him the "sinking feeling that this may be one of the worst films ever presented in [Cannes] competition.""

[Cayman]

The film has been changed considerably since Cannes. Have they screened the new cut yet?

[Alan Lynch]

The film has been changed considerably since Cannes. Have they screened the new cut yet?
A couple of times, far as I know. There's been reviews from a cut which isn't the Cannes one anyway, but I'm not sure how close to the final version they were.

[Cayman]

Is Timberlake's character the narrator?

[Alan Lynch]

I think he is, yeah. Don't think he's actually meant to be on screen all that much which - if true - I find immensely reassuring.

[Cayman]

Well, it's nice to have a film with some ambition I guess.

[Tyr]

I think he is, yeah. Don't think he's actually meant to be on screen all that much which - if true - I find immensely reassuring.

I disagree, Narration, the unseen voice, is important, when used in monologue it gives us insight into a character, when used in observer mode it is a major ingredient in the glue that holds the plot together.

Therefore a good voice is needed, it has to get your attention, it has to get you listen, nay command you to do so. “Saying, alright now pay attention, because what I’m telling you is important, and if you’re not listening you’ll miss what’s important.”

It has to be given to men and women that can do that job. Such as the likes of Rod Serling, Orson Wells, Keith David, Kevin Spacey, Patrick Stewart, those with radio experience, and those with voice acting experience. When you give the job to a boy band teeny crush, it doesn’t make me want to take the film seriously.

On the other hand Kurt Russel managed to break the teen hearthrob mold he was in growing up, so did both Wahlbergs, so I'm willing to give Justin Timberlake a chance.

[Kid Omega]

On the other hand Kurt Russel managed to break the teen hearthrob mold he was in growing up,

Well, to be fair, he came from a time when Disney groomed young actors with POTENTIAL, and acting chops... not just good hair.


On the other hand Kurt Russel managed to break the teen hearthrob mold he was in growing up, so did both Wahlbergs,

Or at least one of them. And he worked his ass off to get that respectability...

[Tyr]

Well, to be fair, he came from a time when Disney groomed young actors with POTENTIAL, and acting chops... not just good hair.



Or at least one of them. And he worked his ass off to get that respectability...

I think both of them. Donny Walhberg really had to shake his New Kids on the Block teeny bopper image. He even got arrested on an assault charge, during his New Kid days, and he wasstill the subject of ridicule amongst stand up commedians. It didnt help when Dennis Miller was making fun of you everynight on Satarday Night Live. But, he made it and managed to get serious rolls in movies like the Sixth Sense and especially the series Band of Brothers.

Mark Walhberg had both an embarrasing New Kids and rap career to shake, The rap career might have helped him land the roles he did in his acting career. But, I couldn't pick up or watch a movie with him in it early in his acting career cause I was all to reminded of his rapping career. Now I have the Big Hit sitting in my collection, which is far from his best film but I liked it and it cost only 3 bucks.

[Kid Omega]

I think both of them. Donny Walhberg really had to shake his New Kids on the Block teeny bopper image. He even got arrested on an assault charge, during his New Kid days, and he wasstill the subject of ridicule amongst stand up commedians. It didnt help when Dennis Miller was making fun of you everynight on Satarday Night Live. But, he made it and managed to get serious rolls in movies like the Sixth Sense and in the especially the series Band of Brothers.


Oh yes. I forgot about that one.

good call.

[Tyr]

Oh yes. I forgot about that one.

good call.

Yeah Donny had it rougher then his brother, but you can't really think of him as a New Kid in that one can you? Course I think the 10 some years has helped.

[Cayman]

Timberlake got some good notices for Alpha Dog.

Somebody probably liked Sean William Scott in something.