Thanksgiving Movie Breakdown

Sup Kids? I saw a bunch of movies this week, figured i'd share my thoughts on them.

Lincoln
A lot of talking. Probably the most talking i've ever seen in Spielberg film. The thing is, the film was made to win awards, and be shown in 5th grade classrooms across America - and for that it's awesome. Last of the Mohicans was getting kind of old.

Daniel Day obviously crushes it. And Spielberg does a great job at building suspense and surprise for things we already knew were going to happen. I could see the argument being made that Lincoln was boring but the boring scenes really only happen when the historical accuracy is at its best. When Steven and team get to mess with history it allows for some great storytelling.

Life of Pi 
Visually stunning. I can't imagine how difficult that film must have been to make. Not only having to live up to the hype of the book but the entire movie takes place on water. Films on water are famous for being impossible to make (Jaws) Did some research and found out they built a tank, which I'm sure was still a bitch to shoot on. I also found out the entire movie is pretty much ADR, very impressive considering the main actor, Suraj Sharma, wasn't even an "professional" actor.

For me though the movie just raised a bunch of questions both about filmmaking and the story itself. First, Ang Lee is a master director and all us film students should consider a different occupation and let him direct all the movies from now on. Second, I wonder why the movie was told after the fact, meaning why was the character re-telling his story? (Unless that's how its done in the book, which I haven't read) And third, why did Richard Parker not turn around and say goodbye? That really pissed me off. If anything I thought we learned that even if you're a Tiger, you can have feelings.

"l'oreille Absolue"aka "Pitch Perfect"
This was the small french indie that won the Palme d'Or last year at the Canne...Just kidding. It's that Glee-esk movie. Funny thing is I saw a clip from this movie almost a year ago when it was being sound-mixed. My sound class at USC film school took a field trip to a mixing stage. They were mixing this and Tower Heist.

Here me out on this one. Funny script. Funny movie. Fun movie. Terribly made. Editing was shit.

Lead actress was terrible. I'd like to take her on a dinner date, act all respectful and shit, hookup with her, try to have sex with her then have her tell me she's not ready and "isn't that kind of girl" then never call her again.

That said, Rebel Wilson is hilarious and has a promising career ahead of her. It's one of those movies that doesn't try to be more than it is.