http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/ Just another kitsch-ka-blogs weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:18:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/comment-page-1/#comment-14804 Cyrus » Movie Monster Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:52:15 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/#comment-14804 [...] of condescension that may not have been intended. Witness Hot Tub Time Machine from this year, or Observe and Report from last; neither were hits. Despite my reservations about them, I did sense creative [...] [...] of condescension that may not have been intended. Witness Hot Tub Time Machine from this year, or Observe and Report from last; neither were hits. Despite my reservations about them, I did sense creative [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/comment-page-1/#comment-14763 Paul » Movie Monster Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:35:59 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/#comment-14763 [...] engenders, that Rogen has gone from surfing the zeitgeist, and giving an exceptional performance in an artistic and financial failure, to being a second-tier superhero and now an extraterrestrial baller called Paul? He’s a little [...] [...] engenders, that Rogen has gone from surfing the zeitgeist, and giving an exceptional performance in an artistic and financial failure, to being a second-tier superhero and now an extraterrestrial baller called Paul? He’s a little [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Daybreakers » Movie Monster Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:40:06 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/#comment-835 [...] But, to be fair, the Spierigs’ aversion to camp is not entirely fruitless. Their allusions to the real world are somewhat broad and sometimes misplaced. Is the blood shortage a climate-change allegory, a human-rights concern, or a plea for non-conformity (à la the X-men)? I’m willing to accept the conflation as “ambiguity”—if not entirely artistic—because I admire the thoughtfulness that informs such nuances. And, besides, jabs at multi-billion-dollar industries (there’s a late-in-the-game feint at Big Pharma) sit with me better than broadsides about mentally afflicted individuals—an unfortunate side effect of last year’s Observe and Report. [...] [...] But, to be fair, the Spierigs’ aversion to camp is not entirely fruitless. Their allusions to the real world are somewhat broad and sometimes misplaced. Is the blood shortage a climate-change allegory, a human-rights concern, or a plea for non-conformity (à la the X-men)? I’m willing to accept the conflation as “ambiguity”—if not entirely artistic—because I admire the thoughtfulness that informs such nuances. And, besides, jabs at multi-billion-dollar industries (there’s a late-in-the-game feint at Big Pharma) sit with me better than broadsides about mentally afflicted individuals—an unfortunate side effect of last year’s Observe and Report. [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/comment-page-1/#comment-754 In the Loop » Movie Monster Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:58:16 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/#comment-754 [...] on make you shudder in retrospect. This isn’t always appealing in comedies; such turnarounds in Observe and Report, for instance, left me sour. But here the viewpoint is consistent, humane, and intellectually [...] [...] on make you shudder in retrospect. This isn’t always appealing in comedies; such turnarounds in Observe and Report, for instance, left me sour. But here the viewpoint is consistent, humane, and intellectually [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/comment-page-1/#comment-739 The Critic’s Criticism of His Critics » Movie Monster Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:01:06 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/#comment-739 [...] find to be more worth my while. These rarer movies are not always superior—in fact, some (such as Observe and Report) are too stuffy and pretentious or have other failings that bring them below the level of an [...] [...] find to be more worth my while. These rarer movies are not always superior—in fact, some (such as Observe and Report) are too stuffy and pretentious or have other failings that bring them below the level of an [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/comment-page-1/#comment-725 anonymous also Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:55:39 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/#comment-725 Another one brainwashed by a text-book and French New Wave. Another one brainwashed by a text-book and French New Wave.

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/comment-page-1/#comment-722 anonymous Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:08:58 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/04/18/observe-and-report/#comment-722 can't spell pretentious without 'u' in it. do you even like movies? can’t spell pretentious without ‘u’ in it. do you even like movies?

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