Word: self
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...only pardonable in his previous films, but also considered a Smith trademark, the home video ambiance just doesn't work in Dogma. With few action sequences and even fewer special effects, Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy didn't demand much camera movement (even Smith, before beginning work on Dogma, self-effacingly assured that he'd "move the camera this time.") The inconsistent camera angles are so vexing, they are a distraction from many of the jokes, and subvert the splendor of the special effects (which could use some tweaking themselves...
...This mix of jealousy and wounded pride proves a dangerous intoxicant; Bartelby later rebukes God, drunk with self-importance. It is this egotism that is God's foe, growing stronger with every ill-conceived rationalization Bartelby spews, until it is of Luciferian proportions. Not until the theophany of the last scene does the sight of the kind, matriarchal God reminds us that Bartelby's self-deification is something other than prideit is frustration with the fact that God loves him differently than She loves man. And we feel for Bartelby,, who is at last a soulful child, vying...
...watch TV. But time and time again, he finds one factor that consistently prevents his simple euphoria: his ex-girlfriends and a broken heart. Maybe he won't make his bed up straight. Maybe he always stays out late. Nevertheless, this lead singer of Jimmie's Chicken Shack--the self-proclaimed "Music of ADD"--has a successful new album, a broadening fan base, a great attitude and a Joey McIntyre T-shirt. What does Haha do right? Apparently, it's quite...
...looking for the next Anakin Skywalker to star in Episode II (due to start filming next summer) and become one of the most recognizable faces on the planet. The memo specified that Lucasfilm will cast a 19-year-old in the world's most coveted role--someone who is "self-determined, intelligent and forthright." Oh, and all for all of you non-Aryans, don't bother--the candidate must resemble Jake Lloyd. So there goes the talk of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Phillipe and Joshua Jackson (too old) and pretty much every other established star in the universe (not intelligent...
Women Beware Women is an entertaining excursion through the darker side of human, and more specifically female, nature. Kate Powell (GSAS) is riveting in the role of Livia, the evil-hearted, self-centered perpetrator of much of the conflict that exists in this complex, somewhat scandalous production that was performed last weekend at the Loeb Experimental Theater...