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Blue Car (2002)
A Movie That Wasn't Given It's Full Potential
Sure, I enjoyed watching Blue Car a couple of times, but once you see that long collection of deleted scenes you'll be asking yourself "Why?" Why on earth did Karen Moncrieff edit this movie so much? In her commentary she states that a screenwriter sees his/her script in three different ways: when they first write it, when they shoot it, and then in the editing room. Frankly, I hate the way she sees her script. Blue Car would be a completely different story if it had been left alone. I hear so many critics talking about how this movie is such a fresh and wonderful achievement from the Indie genre and I just don't get it. This is an average movie. Had the deleted scenes been conserved the story would be more realistic and relevant to an actual teenager struggling with lost sister, an incapable mother, and the lack of a father. Without the lost scenes, Meg is just ...stupid. And what's the deal with that promo shot? It's completely misleading...Meg is nothing like that and neither is the movie.
Miss Julie (1999)
What's with all the bad reviews?
I don't quite understand why I'm reading so many negative reviews of this movie. I admit that at first I was turned off just a bit from when I saw the camera work in the beginning. It seemed too sloppy and jerks the viewer around too much; zooming in on wine glasses and faces and other irrelevant things. This only lasted for few minutes though. The cinematography is thrilling in this film: the dreamy, unrealistic landscape of the garden and the water mill, the close-ups of Julie's wrist under running water, the split-screen view of that incredibly intense sex scene, and the distorted reflection of Julie's face before she commits suicide. I don't think the speech in the movie was hard to comprehend at all. But, again, I really can't understand all the negative comments. This is a wonderful movie, including it's fiercely sharp cello and violin based soundtrack. Perhaps people find it difficult to appreciate a film that takes place in only 2 or three rooms and that focuses on just 3 characters.