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Worse still, rookie writer/director Julio DePietro doesn’t seem to realize that if you have to give your characters frontal lobotomies periodically to make your plot work and get your message across, there’s probably something fundamentally wrong with the script. The problem is that when a filmmaker both writes and directs, there’s no one there to point this...
...Good Guy” is, in a word, contrived. The people in it are props, with actions dictated by the director just as much as anything else on screen. In this way, the film manipulates its characters, its plot, and its audience to teach a pseudo-sophisticated moral about how being true to one’s self is a greater pleasure than all the money, luxury, and girls that charm can buy. “The Good Guy” forgets that it’s hard for a film to preach integrity when its script has none...
...Frontwards,” “Debris Slide”) provide undeniable signs of the band’s future greatness—others, like the screechy “Mellow Jazz Docent” seem completely out of left field. And second EP “Demolition Plot J-7” is completely neglected, despite containing the most flawless of their early love songs, the fuzzed-out, propeller-laden “Perfect Depth...
With the resulting realistic, relatable plot and characters, Genz was able to develop several well-developed protagonists. “In the story, the most difficult thing was to get to the mid-point where our main characters could do something unforgiveable, but still not lose the audience...
...fairly dark. Earning comparisons to films by American directors David Lynch and the Coen Brothers, Genz’s “Terribly Happy” exemplifies the Americanization of European films, creating a balance between the strong character development native to Danish cinema and the more plot-driven stories of Hollywood...