Let's face it: Two out of three times you leave the theatre thinking 'Man! They put one of Hollywood's top-100 directors in the chair, paid two fine actors 20 million each, spent another 50 million on special effects, and what kind of script did they choose? One written by a ten-year-old! How could 486 people have been involved in this production and not one notice the holes the size of football fields in the storyline?
This time, for once, it's the other way round.
Anders Thomas Jensen's script is sheer genius.
Lasse Spang Olsen may have worked in the film industry most of his life (more or less monopolising the stuntman business in Denmark), and Kim Bodnia may call him `the only director I've worked with who actually makes people feel good about their performance on set', but his direction is still amateurish. I haven't contributed anything to the goofs page on this film, because the technical execution of it is so blatantly flawed that I wouldn't know where to start. Maybe Spang Olsen thinks he's the only one who will notice (since he's a 'professional').
So Lars von Trier is a self-centred neurotic, and Ole Bornedal is a nitpicking ingrate (or at least he was before he was hit by parenthood). But they make great movies. Bornedal's remake of Nightwatch was bound to be a failure. Why mess with perfection? (Besides, Josh Brolin doesn't have one tenth of Kim Bodnia's charisma).
But with 'I Kina Spiser De Hunde', I just can't wait for the remake!
This time, for once, it's the other way round.
Anders Thomas Jensen's script is sheer genius.
Lasse Spang Olsen may have worked in the film industry most of his life (more or less monopolising the stuntman business in Denmark), and Kim Bodnia may call him `the only director I've worked with who actually makes people feel good about their performance on set', but his direction is still amateurish. I haven't contributed anything to the goofs page on this film, because the technical execution of it is so blatantly flawed that I wouldn't know where to start. Maybe Spang Olsen thinks he's the only one who will notice (since he's a 'professional').
So Lars von Trier is a self-centred neurotic, and Ole Bornedal is a nitpicking ingrate (or at least he was before he was hit by parenthood). But they make great movies. Bornedal's remake of Nightwatch was bound to be a failure. Why mess with perfection? (Besides, Josh Brolin doesn't have one tenth of Kim Bodnia's charisma).
But with 'I Kina Spiser De Hunde', I just can't wait for the remake!