Jatkosodan zombietaistelut ovat valtavirran historiankirjoituksessa pahasti paitsioon jäänyt aihe. Ohjaaja-käsikirjoittaja Marko Mäkilaakso on päättänyt paikata aukon vahvasti dokumentaarisella War of the Dead – Stone’s War -elokuvalla, joka ravistelee rajusti käsitystämme suomalaisesta sotilaasta. Ei vaineskaan, kyllä kyseessä on höntti mättöpätkä.
Huhtikuun pika-arviot
UN AMOUR DE JEUNESSE (FR’11): What a script! Expansive, yet light on its feet. Also has a nude French girl.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 1, 2012
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (UK’11): Very gravel in the mouth, shit in your pants type of adaptation. Strong young actors, presence of nature.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 2, 2012
Could’ve done with fewer shallow DOF macro shots. Interesting companion piece to Jane Eyre seen yesterday.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 2, 2012
HAYWIRE (US’11) proves that it’s very enjoyable indeed to watch a beautiful lady kick ass. Lightweight but fun.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 3, 2012
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (US’11): PTSD unravels in an extended flashback. Olsen carries the at times slow film with grace. Fun ending.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 3, 2012
BATTLESHIP (US’12): I’ve no clue how this one ever got made, but it’s that rarest thing: an echt turkey. Loved it to death.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 11, 2012
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (UK’11): Rather affecting moment to moment, but as a whole it implodes under its own weight.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 12, 2012
WAR OF THE DEAD (FI/LT’12) – Had I not seen Battleship, this would’ve been the silliest film of the year thus far.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 24, 2012
THE RAID: REDEMPTION (ID’11) has several lovely seizures of inspired martial arts lunacy. Strip 20 mins of narrative and it’d be great.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 25, 2012
THE AVENGERS (US’12) has moments of Whedonian wit, divides screentime among the heroes admirably, and doesn’t feel long despite the runtime.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 29, 2012
The Hulk kicks ass, Fury feels bland, and too much audience engagement is wrangled from a minor incident.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 29, 2012
ERIN BROCKOVICH (US’00) A career best for Roberts? Legal clerks ~ investigative journalists.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) April 30, 2012
Luku: 47
Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 26.04.2012 – 30.04.2012
- Post-Continuity Film – In my 2010 book Post-Cinematic Affect, I coined the term “post-continuity.” I used this term to describe a style of filmmaking that has become quite common in action films of the past decade or so. In what I call the post-continuity style, “a preoccupation with immediate effects trumps any concern for broader continuity — whether on the immediate shot-by-shot level, or on that of the overall narrative.”
- This year China will surpass Japan as the world’s second-largest movie market – via @kallekinnunen
- How Samuel L. Jackson Became His Own Genre (NYT Mag) –