Bruce Paterson's Idle Thoughts:

Maybe one day I'll find more than a dozen people who also thought Chasing Amy was terrible. I don't like my chances, having typed "hate Chasing Amy" into Google, with only 14 matches. Maybe I was just having a bad day in the cinema.

My cinephilosophy is simple, really. I'm interested in the narrative technique of film, and the clash of the subjective and objective in reviewing. But what does that mean? I tried to distill something from my reviews of Hulk, Whale Rider, In The Cut and Kill Bill and it seems that I like films that try something different, that connect emotionally...or have the occasional scifi or swordfighting theme. Hmmm.

And I don't like dissing something that people have put their time and energy into. But sometimes it has to be done. Could I have made a better film? Maybe, if I got out of my armchair for long enough.

It must be time for a list of recent films I've seen....Until next time!

Bruce

Recent Great films:

In America
Secretary
The Deserted Station
Punch Drunk Love
American Splendour
The Hours
Whale Rider
In The Cut
House of Fools

Enjoyable films:

Lord of the Rings
Finding Nemo
Hulk
Intolerable Cruelty

Disliked films:

Mystic River
Good Girl
I Spy
Changing Lanes
The Triumph of Love
Vanilla Sky

Most suspicious of:

Films relying on voice-overs (especially if Denzel Washington is involved, as he so often is)

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