There Was A Time

You know, "Lucky Number Slevin" got panned by critics, but it’s very good.  It’s well-acted, well told, and really only violates "the rules" of moviemaking once.  The rule it violates is one of the worst, but I’ll allow it since it was too small of a plot point to really make a difference.   By the way, for those of you wondering, the rule goes: You can show us things that do not happen, things that are completely untrue, as long as we are given a frame of reference that allows us to believe it.  In "The Usual Suspects," anything can be a lie because the entire movie is told by a character named Verbal Kint.  If he lies, we see the lie. 

But in movies not told by characters, when we see events through the eyes of a relatively omniscient cinematographer — for the rule also allows 1st Person Perspective movies which allow us to see things the same way a characters does, and if their perception of an event is wrong, then so is ours.  But if neither of the former is in play, then the final result must be truth.  The rule is violated near the end only once and it is a relatively unbelievable justification why they allow that moment to happen at all, but I forgive the movie anyway.

"Inside Man" is also good with one or two flaws that are also forgiveable.  Go see those movies.  Anyway, the reason I write this entry is to give two quotes, two quotes that I find very funny:

1) Why is phonetic not spelled the way it sounds.

2) They stole our immortality so we must kill them.

I’m drunk.  Forgive me.