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Old 04-10-2012, 03:08 PM
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Default Re: Seen Any Good Movies...?

Finally saw Sexy Beast. Not quite what I was expecting, but it was a decent film. It suffers from over-direction; there needs to be a term equivalent to ham acting for directors. Ham directors? I can't quite put it into words, but I know it when I see it. Like the director wants to show off how clever he is, and adds stylistic little tweaks to the camera work, editing, musical accents, etc. to the point where I just want to tell him to knock it off and get on with it. Anyway, Ben Kingsley's performance was every bit as great as was hyped by the critics, but again, with more minimal direction it could have shone even more. As it was, the character was built up to biblical proportions before he even appeared; his impact would've been greater if he'd just been allowed to show up without fanfare, and blow the audience away.
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