Random Thoughts

This spring I decided to see all films that Tilda Swinton had appeared in. It was a somewhat random decision, but I felt that I hadn’t seen her in any bad films ever, so perhaps she had exceptional taste?

And perhaps that would lead me to see films I otherwise wouldn’t have seen?

I think her taste level turns out to be pretty good. Not all the films she’s been in are great (some are horribly awful, like Vanilla Sky and The Beach), but I can (sort of) see how they might seem like interesting films. At least at the script level.

Even participating in trainwrecks like Trainwreck is understandable: We all thought a film written by by Amy Schumer would be great. We just didn’t realise that Judd Apatow would be directing it.

So here’s the conclusion: All her films are interesting. Most of them
are good. And some are amazing.

I mean. A. Maaaaazing. The Last of England, Orlando, Adaptation, The Limits of Control, Burn After Reading, Moonrise Kingdom, Only Lovers Left Alive…

The ratio of great films to duds is pretty exceptional.  So…  success!

Trainwreck. Judd Apatow. 2015.

The Amy Schumer show is funny.  This film isn’t.

I haven’t seen any of the other Judd Apatow films.  My impression is that they are going for cringe humour, but this one just isn’t that cringe-worthy.  Instead it’s just slow.

It’s like a very, very, very long partially improvised HBO sitcom.

Me am disappoint.

And perhaps my hatred of Bill Hader is showing here, but this is how the die rolled:

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The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson. 2014.

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The Zero Theorem. Terry Gilliam. 2013.

The start made me go “Yes!  Gilliam!  Yay!”  Unfortunately, the last four hours of the film is so dreary.  It’s looks so cheap, and nothing much happens.  Too bad.  I think Gilliam really needs a huge budget to shine.

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