This posting comes straight from the jaunty fingertips of David Haugen. I am the Public Relations major in the group and also a member of the UA Forensics Council. I was in need of a course to replace a three hour Motion Film History and Criticism class which sounded decent enough in the beginning until I began to dwell on the idea that it was indeed of a three hour class. So instead I opted for a two and half hour one -- that extra thirty minutes is apparently my salvation. I was originally attracted to The Dark Fantastic upon noticing
Pan's Labrynth and Guillermo del Toro making the list. I am a fan of subtitles, unusual fantasy, and visual artistry and that man is quite talented at wrapping that trifecta into quite an amazing little package. My other excursions into the world of fantasy are a bit more on the dragons, mages, and valiant adventures spectrum of things. I love to imerss myself in anything Weis and Hickman.
The Dragonlance Chronicles enthrall me. I also proudly subscribe your mainstream LOTR and Harry Potter. I have never read into Stephen King works and the like, but have many times been tempted. I am glad to know I will now be coerced into that genre with this course and excited to be exposed to what may lie beyond.
In response to Clute's model, I am hesitant to have to bring up this piece of garbage, but Cloverfield comes to mind. I detest this film; however, for the sake of Clute's argument, I will expand.
1. Sighting - The "sighting" in this instance can either take on the opening "confidential-military-file-esque" disclaimer of the film's contents or the small earthquake and power outage the party occuring that evening.
2. Thickening - The guests empty into the streets to find pandemonium in the streets and the head of the Statue of Liberty carelessly and mysteriously ripped away and flung across New York City into their street.
3. Revel - The beast and its spawn are ravaging NYC. Our list of main characters dwindles rapidly.
4. Aftermath - The protagonists take cover under a bridge, filming their final testimonies on the camcorder used throughout the film. An explosion collapses the bridge and we are left with the camcorder going blank and hearing the lovers' final words.
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Why do you "detest" the movie, David?
ReplyDeleteI agree with David, I absolutely did not like Cloverfield. My friend Fletcher recommended it to my fiance and I, so we watched it thinking it would be epic. However, we were sorely disappointed. For the sake of my friend, I will say that he was a TCF major, so he was interested in the film style that they used, which was supposed to look like one of the characters was carrying it around the whole time. Personally, I wanted to know what happened in the end and how the beast got there in the first place!
ReplyDeleteI detest this film because, although I admire their risk with Blair Witch reminiscent style filming, it absolutely nauseated me to the core. Not to mention I did not care for the plot, lack of plot, and generally find movies like this a waste of time. I'm very persnickety about movies overall I suppose.
ReplyDeleteNauseated you literally or figuratively, and why? What about Cloverfield do you object to so strongly, and why? What do you mean by "movies like this"? I can keep restating my question all sorts of ways, as long as you keep answering with variations of "I just didn't like it."
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