SineBuano recommends KNOWING and DARK CITY
by CardinalB ~ March 27th, 2009. Filed under: SineBuano Articles, SineBuano Reviews.KNOWING
Alex Proyas is an expert in framing his scenes; with very curtailed and premeditated camera moves.
The images in the film are indeed disturbing; my favorite is the train sequence; watch the very disturbing shot through the window POV. (I won’t spoil anything here). Though strange little kids have become a cliche these days, Cage and Rose Byrne are very believable in their roles, and there’s enough planting in the beginning that gets payed off later (After all, there are NO coincidences in movies.)
I think the film has also just the right dose of theological allusion; but it has extra treatment on great visuals, and special effects that are NOT wasted because of characters whom we care about.
Marco Beltrami’s score is edgy and generic as always; and somehow he makes it work in this dark drama. Very disturbing images, but hopefully also very inspiring ones. The first very good movie of 2009 for me.
DARK CITY
Fantastic performances from everybody. Was that Jennifer Connelly singing? But the 2 actors who stand out are William Hurt, for a very imposing, sincere and agitated police officer and Kiefer Sutherland; the quintessential verbal pause machine.
Just like the movie, KNOWING this film is loaded with special effects that DO matter because of characters that make us care; and it has very universal themes especially towards the end that make this more than just a dark movie.
And just like Proyas’s KNOWING; the ending has awe inspiring imagery that contrast it to the entirety of the film.
Murdoch says, what makes us different, you won’t find it in here. (as he points to his head.)
Cardinal’s rating for both films: 10/10
May 13th, 2009 at 7:10 am
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September 29th, 2009 at 3:38 am
Why Sinebuano SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a talk before with Ryan Zarra. And this is our conversation (aka CHAT, using iChat):
10:01pm Ryan:
kumusta ka na JM
10:02pm JM:
ok lang
hoy, ur part na pala of sinebuano?
10:02pm Ryan:
hindi
[B][COLOR="Red"]they just added me since they helped me on my thesis[/COLOR][/B]
haha
they’re nice people
[B][COLOR="red"]but their work sucks[/COLOR][/B]
10:03pm JM:
really?
i’ll gonna watch your thesis
10:03pm Ryan:
its nothin
i was stupid about it
shot it in a language i dont even know
first mistake
haha
10:05pm JM:
i’ve seen the pictures though when you shot your film… from sinebuano
10:05pm Ryan:
yeah
it was pretty fun
i got everyone motivated and pretended like i knew what i was doing
haha
you ok, no flood in cebu?
10:07pm JM:
not floods here though
only in manila
it’s so sad…
10:08pm Ryan:
yeah man
10:10pm JM:
where u are right now?
10:10pm Ryan:
orlando
florida
10:10pm JM:
i see
will u be back?
10:12pm Ryan:
to cebu?
probably not
maybe manila
10:13pm JM:
sinebuano will miss u then
hahahahaahha…
10:13pm Ryan:
hahaha
[B][COLOR="red"]they need to really hone their craft
because right now, it’s not soo noticable : /[/COLOR][/B]
10:14pm JM:
i know man
________________
Here is a proof that even one of you own is saying that you people suck…
I mean you a bunch of incompetent fools, adding people even if they are not aware about
it? Hello…
Pag tsur mo oi….. Hahahahahaha…