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...self-discovery is aided by the stylistic device of Alfie’s narration directly to the audience; in his self-absorption, Alfie considers his life to be the constant focus of a camera. Alfie’s concise, humanist witticisms reveal a clever, detached assessment of every woman he sees, like “There’s one thing that puts me off marriage—married women...
...ostentatious posing for the camera also reveals Alfie as childish and even innocent—he doesn’t think his actions affect anyone. It is often annoying, because his obvious insights intrude on the action. However, this is due to the often clunky writing...
...camera stumbles upon a door, it bursts open, the hand of the dying woman drops, a guttural boom blasts from the sub, and that four-dollar bucket of flat Diet Coke resting patiently at your side becomes fizzy and fresh on your lap as you jump—hard. It’s these moments—when some random horrific element comes from nowhere—that make the first act of The Grudge, Hollywood’s latest attempt at remaking a foreign blockbuster, extremely enjoyable. Yet tension gives way to torpor as the first act crawls...
...John Edwards as much of a ladies’ man in person as he is on camera...
...course, it's not certain the industry can repeat its camera-phone coup. For mobile music-download services to take off, business models have to be developed and pricing for songs settled. Many consumers may prefer to transfer tunes already stored in their home computers to their phones, instead of paying high wireless fees to download music. Devices sporting hard drives may be too complex and expensive for the masses. Most important, record companies must embrace the idea?and so far labels seem concerned that wireless downloading will spread music piracy. For example, earlier this year South Korean record labels...