I recently saw this film. I left the screening quite unmoved by a story that had great potential for moving me. For such a story of passion, what I witnessed was quite a flat and dispassionate rendering. It was like a parade of who's who of cool actors. The cinematography was as murky and bland as the storytelling. Frankly, it was a hollow golden egg: a shiny exterior with nothing inside of it. It did not stay with me at all.
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You recently saw this! When? Where? What? How? Do you know that there's people like me that's dying to see this movie. More details, you could be in the same neck of the woods and I'm missing out on something.
shareDo you know that there's people like me that's dying to see this movie.
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I saw the film at Sundance and I completely disagree. It was fantastic. It has the highest energy, and I loved how it was shot.
I'm superstitious. Before I start a new movie, I kill a hobo with a hammer-Gwyneth Paltrow
There was great potential in this film to be quite a psychological thriller wrapped in a love story but the director's rendering of it left me quite flat. It was extremely emotionally distancing. An expressionistic lighting and saturated color design style would have underlined the heat of young and new passion that lies in this story. Instead it had a murky and indistinct color palette that robbed the story of the great heights and feelings that one experiences when young and driven by a burning passion. It was quite flat is all I can say. Quite boring
Wait - you didn't like the film because you didn't like the color of it?
shareI saw it at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. All bells and whistles and the man behind the curtain is not the Wizard of Oz, after all. Rent it when it streams. No reason to catch this one anytime soon.
If you want to see a harrowing and transfixing story of two men's relationship, see KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. It was made for a tenth of the budget but is filled with passion and intelligent filmmaking. It makes this wan film look like a cheap soap opera.
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Not true. There was a screening at BAM. Part of Sundance on the Road where they screened one movie each in a few different cities. There are a few people on Dan's board who also saw it at BAM as well.
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I don't think this movie was supposed to be about a sexual relationship between two men. In fact Carr and Ginberg did not have that type of relationship and Carr was not gay. I guess if that is what you were looking for, it's not surprising that you were disappointed. But fair play, not everyone has to like the same things.
shareCarr was not gay? I think that's bullsh*t if he wasn't gay, he was certainly a user and a prick tease.
shareHe lived the rest of his life as a heterosexual and went on to have a family, including a son who is a well known author. So he might have been gay but he didn't seem to act on it after this episode in his youth.
shareI know he is a well known author but his Dad apparently was a murdering user. Period. A lot of gay men decided to live a straight life in the last century, and in this one too.
Are you going to tell me Anthony Perkins was a straight man? He had two children and died of aids. I imagine he loved his wife but he seemed to be a gay man.
I'm not determining whether someone is gay or not. I'm letting them decide how they want to represent themselves. I have no personal knowledge of any of these people - just referring to the historical record.
shareThe film got some great reviews. Obviously op is...?
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kill_your_darlings_2013/
Bland? It was anything but bland. I won't bother to expand on this since it looks like the OP didn't even watch the film.
shareI saw it at the London Film Festival and wasn't blown away. Arguably it was Dan's best performance to date but as a film it was all over the place. There were too many themes running through it and it bounced around with too many flashbacks. It felt to me like a vanity piece for the director... a vehicle for him to get his muse (I am quoting Krokidas on this term), Daniel Radcliffe, naked to make out with his boyfriend and have a film record of it.
The main themes I noticed were:
The murder - which quite frankly is enough to make a very strong film about. I think on the strength of Dane's performance this would have made for a more cohesive film and given more time to care about the characters.
Homosexuality - I'm bored with this theme. Sleep with who you like. I don't care.
The Beats - There have been too many films about this already.
I also did not like the anachronistic use of 'Wolf Like Me' from TV on the Radio in the library scene. This to me was a too self conscious attempt at appearing to be cool. It did not fit. I also hated the final song from the Libertines during the credits... once again anachronistic. I have read that they are one of Dan's favorite bands. Hence his influence on Krokidas. After all if my memory serves me correctly Krokidas did introduce Dan as his friend, benefactor and muse. It was also slipped that they would be working together again. I sincerely hope not. If Dan desires to be accepted as a serious actor he does not need to go from one type casting to another.
That's my two cents. It's good to read different points of view.
"Don't sit down because I've moved your chair"... Alex Turner
Homosexuality - I'm bored with this theme. Sleep with who you like. I don't care.
Why do you care? Are you one of the fangirls?
"Don't sit down because I've moved your chair"... Alex Turner
Why do you care?
Thanks for answering my question. You are a fangirl.
I will tell my gay friends that I'm homophobic. At least my gay friends are intelligent.
I am bored with films about the hood. Does that make me racist too?
Oh by the way I don't like rom coms either. That must mean that I hate love.
Go take a look at yourself in the mirror and congratulate the mental giant that you see.
"Don't sit down because I've moved your chair"... Alex Turner
I don't even know what a fangirl is. I suspect I'm too old for that. I thought that was someone who liked comicbooks, dressed up like Mystique, and went to ComicCon.
I appear to be more of a mental giant than you, as you simply debate by hurling insults. Am I supposed to be impressed that you have gay friends? Do you trot them out to prove your point? That is the first line of defense of homophobes, racists, anti-semites, etc. "I'm not [fill in the blank]. I have friends that are [fill in the blank]". It was your choice of words in your post title that led me to my opinion, not that you were bored by gay story lines. (and really - how many are there in which the gay character is not portrayed as a humorous stereotype?)
I guess you don't remember throwing out the first insult. You read my post but obviously didn't understand it.
I think calling it KY Jelly is kind of funny. Since you don't have a sense of humor, it's lost on you. This is typical of fangirls.
Continue having a good time on the Daniel Radcliffe message board.
This is my last comment back to you. I don't have time for anymore of your nonsense.
"Don't sit down because I've moved your chair"... Alex Turner
Whatever. No loss to me. I have to say though - you yourself seem to spend more time on Dan Radcliffe and Harry Potter related message boards than I do. Are you sure you're not the one that's a fan girl?
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