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None of these complexities would come across quite so eloquently without the accomplished performances of Deborah Kipp and Felicity Jones. Kipp, as Ruth, puts forth the perfect amount of droll wit in her early scenes to command respect, laughter and attention--she's casually captivating. In the second act, this bravado gradually transforms into insecurity about her position as a writer--an important change which Kipp portrays very sympathetically...
...development; Cameron's most amazing feat in making Titanic was that he could not find the time to create any three-dimensional characters in such a long film. None of the characters break through their stereotypes. Leonardo DiCaprio is the street-savvy pauper who attracts Kate Winslet with his wit, good looks and carefree lifestyle. Winslet is the helpless rich girl who feels trapped by the rigid conformity of her class that seem to govern her entire life. Their love is a for-bidden one since she has already been betrothed to a man she does not love...
...wind blows. The audience has little investment in the clash between them because their friendship seems implausible from the get-go: there's no explanation of how or why they became friends, no real sense of closeness. This might be tolerable if Art worked as a Shavian battle of wit and ideas, but mostly it's just three guys needling each other about everything from Serge's haughty use of the term "the artist" to the way Marc's wife contemptuously waves away cigarette smoke...
...brevity is indeed the soul of wit, then a group of Harvard students gathered together with the purpose of discussion is an especially witless occasion. We speak well, we have profound things to say, and we love to hear ourselves talk. The point is, it seems that all we do is talk...
...Before we actually tried it, space travel was a whole lot easier. See Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953). So simple a janitor (Bud) and a half-wit (Lou) could stumble onto a big silver sausage of a rocketship, flip a few switches, and go all the way to . . . Mardi Gras. Then Venus, with all the usual misadventures and comic contortions along the way. The code term for this is "classic comedy." It's a warning, because it's dated. Soft spots, stiff acting by supporting players, and yet A & C fans (you know who you are) are watching...