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Not So Much A Review But More A Reel View
bruce campbellSince I've been slacking on the ever-entertaining movie review type dealio's of late, I am now going to move forth with some triple-barreled action courtesy of Netflix.
Jack Of All Trades
OK, Jack Of All Trades was a TV show produced and created by none other than the tandem of Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi and featuring Bruce Campbell. Sounds like a winner? Well, maybe. Basically, from the 2 episodes I actually watched, this show is just good, but not great. Perhaps if I had watched it when it was on actual TV, it would have resonated more. Instead, you get fairly low production values on a sort-of sitcom about Campbell's Jack running around creating havoc for Napoleon Bonaparté. Bruce Campbell and his one-liners are very present and very funny in that Art Carney sort of way but the rest of the show around him is nothing to get too excited about. Bruce Campbell, as I said, is the king of bad jokes and goofy puns but they don't mesh well with the material. The man needs a proper show to call his own.
Half Nelson
Ryan Gosling was up for an Oscar for this portrayal of an 8th grade teacher in the inner city who is battling some inner demons and drug addiction. Filmed in faux documentary style, Half Nelson could have and should have fell on my good side. Instead, it bored me to tears. I knew where the movie was headed and sort of appreciated it but it failed to keep me from dozing off every few minutes. After giving it about 50 minutes or so to pick up steam, I gave in to my urges to play Xbox and tossed this DVD back into the sleeve. I don't know what exactly bored me but I failed to care about anything going on.
The Panic In Needle Park
Another faux documentary-style entry, only this time it is the film that launched a certain actor that goes by the name Al Pacino into the consciousness of critics everywhere. Here, Pacino plays Bobby, a heroin addict who hangs out in Needle Park with other drug addicts and prostitutes. He meets a girl and they fall in love, despite growing turbulence involving his series of stints behind bars, her growing addiction to heroin upon him getting her hooked and her selling herself to keep their addictions intact. The first 1/2 hour is slow and takes a while to get off the ground but through the sluggish beginning and the seemingly random jumps from scene to scene, The Panic In Needle Park manages to keep itself together just enough to provide an interesting viewing. It's a fairly provocative movie that came out during a time when cinema was definitely changing to a more street level form. Once again, Al Pacino is brilliant, as per usual. Nothing to shocking from the person I consider to be the greatest actor ever to walk the Earth. While not Pacino's greatest film ever, it's definitely worth seeing.
Jack Of All Trades
OK, Jack Of All Trades was a TV show produced and created by none other than the tandem of Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi and featuring Bruce Campbell. Sounds like a winner? Well, maybe. Basically, from the 2 episodes I actually watched, this show is just good, but not great. Perhaps if I had watched it when it was on actual TV, it would have resonated more. Instead, you get fairly low production values on a sort-of sitcom about Campbell's Jack running around creating havoc for Napoleon Bonaparté. Bruce Campbell and his one-liners are very present and very funny in that Art Carney sort of way but the rest of the show around him is nothing to get too excited about. Bruce Campbell, as I said, is the king of bad jokes and goofy puns but they don't mesh well with the material. The man needs a proper show to call his own.
Half Nelson
Ryan Gosling was up for an Oscar for this portrayal of an 8th grade teacher in the inner city who is battling some inner demons and drug addiction. Filmed in faux documentary style, Half Nelson could have and should have fell on my good side. Instead, it bored me to tears. I knew where the movie was headed and sort of appreciated it but it failed to keep me from dozing off every few minutes. After giving it about 50 minutes or so to pick up steam, I gave in to my urges to play Xbox and tossed this DVD back into the sleeve. I don't know what exactly bored me but I failed to care about anything going on.
The Panic In Needle Park
Another faux documentary-style entry, only this time it is the film that launched a certain actor that goes by the name Al Pacino into the consciousness of critics everywhere. Here, Pacino plays Bobby, a heroin addict who hangs out in Needle Park with other drug addicts and prostitutes. He meets a girl and they fall in love, despite growing turbulence involving his series of stints behind bars, her growing addiction to heroin upon him getting her hooked and her selling herself to keep their addictions intact. The first 1/2 hour is slow and takes a while to get off the ground but through the sluggish beginning and the seemingly random jumps from scene to scene, The Panic In Needle Park manages to keep itself together just enough to provide an interesting viewing. It's a fairly provocative movie that came out during a time when cinema was definitely changing to a more street level form. Once again, Al Pacino is brilliant, as per usual. Nothing to shocking from the person I consider to be the greatest actor ever to walk the Earth. While not Pacino's greatest film ever, it's definitely worth seeing.
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