tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post3410334739359145242..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Crimson Peak (a movie review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-81519707711308486592015-11-09T21:24:02.235-08:002015-11-09T21:24:02.235-08:00Briane: I think it's that you can't take m...Briane: I think it's that you can't take multiple, independent liberties with things. You can only take multiple liberties if that all full under some other actual liberty that's being taken.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-86735359309106986582015-11-09T17:56:55.073-08:002015-11-09T17:56:55.073-08:00This is the second bad review of this movie. Doubt...This is the second bad review of this movie. Doubt I'll see it.<br /><br />It's interesting to me what parts of a story break the suspension of disbelief: you could believe the ghosts were real (for the story) but not the mountain of clay. I've had the same thing happen to me. My favorite example is "Bee Movie," in which a talking bee sues humans to get the world's honey back, only to have to (SPOILER ALERT) save the planet by getting floats from the Rose Bowl to repollinate flowers. Throughout this movie all kinds of unreal things happen, but when I watched it with the boys, I got to the part where they sprinkle pollen from roses all over all the flowers in Central Park and everything immediately blooms back into life. I felt like yelling "That's not how it works!" So I was OK with a bee suing and winning the lawsuit, but not with an unrealistic depiction of pollination. I think it was that pollination was presented as "real" science whereas the rest of it was obviously cartoonish, so it was jarring.<br /><br />In your case, I suspect it was that the humans were presented as believable humans who happen to live in a world with ghosts present, so the idea that they'd have a hole in the roof was out of place with the construct for humans they had. The mountain of clay, too, violated physics that elsewhere in the movie were otherwise realistic. (I suspect.)<br /><br />If you make up rules for your story, you have to have them be consistent. If physics works regularly in the world EXCEPT the mountain of clay, people will find it bothersome.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-60252578432675816052015-11-08T17:48:53.123-08:002015-11-08T17:48:53.123-08:00Especially when I'm considering whether or not...Especially when I'm considering whether or not I'd be interested in watching a particular film again.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-76348707811153658152015-11-07T20:48:35.190-08:002015-11-07T20:48:35.190-08:00TAS: You and me both.TAS: You and me both.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-71429477930619708942015-11-07T19:41:43.332-08:002015-11-07T19:41:43.332-08:00Visually amazing just isn't enough for me anym...Visually amazing just isn't enough for me anymore. Obviously film is a visual medium and the spectacle should count for something but story is still the more powerful hook for me.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-64892393310533956062015-11-06T14:00:03.019-08:002015-11-06T14:00:03.019-08:00Jeanne: More than digging a mine under the house y...Jeanne: More than digging a mine under the house you live in?Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-37980381088614339942015-11-06T13:00:15.828-08:002015-11-06T13:00:15.828-08:00I think I'll be able to ignore the issues enou...I think I'll be able to ignore the issues enough to enjoy it. I've definitely seen more egregious leaps of logic lately.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-13085623451489320002015-11-06T12:48:59.496-08:002015-11-06T12:48:59.496-08:00Then maybe I should see it after all.
Lee
Then maybe I should see it after all.<br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-26875977095868214382015-11-06T12:40:27.193-08:002015-11-06T12:40:27.193-08:00Lee: Yeah, it does. Actually more than you know.Lee: Yeah, it does. Actually more than you know.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-81490400183796044712015-11-06T11:00:03.523-08:002015-11-06T11:00:03.523-08:00This fits in with my recent posts. Not sure I'...This fits in with my recent posts. Not sure I'll be seeing it, but I might.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-21771768810341002432015-11-06T10:40:00.464-08:002015-11-06T10:40:00.464-08:00Alex: She was appropriate for her role, but it is ...Alex: She was appropriate for her role, but it is the same part she's played in her last 4 or 5 or 6 movies.<br /><br />I did like Pan's Labyrinth, and I actually think I need to see it again. It's been a while and it's become a bit blurred.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-53793647041806915262015-11-06T03:37:08.116-08:002015-11-06T03:37:08.116-08:00No, the advertising pretended it was a ghost story...No, the advertising pretended it was a ghost story, which was misleading. It is a gothic romance with ghosts.<br />I thought Chastain was great in her role. She was the most commanding of the leads. Although the house itself was even better.<br />Not his best effort, but I liked the style and feel. It wasn't the same level as Pan's Labyrinth, but then again, I will never watch that film a second time. One shot of soul-crushing depression was enough.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com