screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application


Friday, November 06, 2009

The Box

It’s difficult to discuss anything by Richard Kelly. The Box is both fascinating and baffling. The creepy, “Twilight Zone” opening is great, well-acted, beautifully shot, and suspenseful. But this frustrating movie eventually wanders off into la-la land where there are perhaps Martians or angels and devils pulling the plot strings. Kelly and company deserve high praise for taking their filmmaking uber-seriously, both technically and thematically. The regard for film as an art-form couldn’t be higher. But it would be nice if they EXPLAINED some shit before it ends. As enjoyable as it is to watch, it’s hard to know what to take away from this movie on the drive home. Except for the obvious, which is: if a creepy guy who looks like Frank Langella with half a face shows up at your house with a box containing a magic button, and he tells you if you push the button, someone will die... DON’T PUSH THE BUTTON!
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  1. Anonymous10:06 PM

    I thought it had potential. But towards the end of it, I was feeling I just lost hours that I will never get back. All stupid alien stoyline aside, what was with James Marsden leaving the accident and in the next scene he gets caught? No transition of his character getting to the place where he got caught. It (among other things) annoyed me. I wish the kid had hit the button. That would have been more interesting.

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