Getting right to the point, what we saw in class last Monday was really awkward to watch. I didn't know how to react to it. Why, because it was something I never thought I would ever see. The format was set in a little box that kept the action to what was going on in the screen. The first part of the film, where you only heard sound, was the most intriguing part of the whole film. I didn't know what to expect, I just heard running in sync. But as soon as the first 10 minute section ended, which felt like forever, i was sold that this isn't getting any better. Like Hamilton, I knew there wasn't going to be anything special or compelling if I waited for it. I really like the culture aspects that we did discuss in class. Were the girls directed to look at the camera, or cultural. They did it culturally, where the girls in the US, unless directed, would definitely sneak a peak at the camera. Culturally, we love being filmed, or completely hate it.
Diversity, the same uniforms, the same expressions, the stage in the background. We are watching a staged event, a event that is directed. There was no diversity, a ideal government proposition; everyone enjoys the same freedom, the same skills with no bigotry or racial slurs. Lockhart took something pretty familiar to the people in the US and put a different context behind it. The stage reminded me that it was not the way the real world is. Not every has the same ability and motions as the in-sync motions of the girls were. The part where the girls used basketballs, directed or not, was like a play; the girl dropped the ball-forgot a line-improvised. Don't take this paragraph seriously though, it's just a thought.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Hamilton what?
Was I supposed to be intrigued by what the story was about or was I just kidding myself. The events that happend in Hamilton were pretty extreme, but definitly not in a verbal way; exciting as it was.
Weird as it was, Hamilton was pretty straightforward. I delivered on the non-verbal part of the film but definitely lost points on the non-emotional aspect of the film. Throughout the whole film, I didn't see any emotion at all, even in the parts where being more emotional would bring out the characters depicted. EX: The girl that didn't want her husband seeing her child, that girl could have really brought out the character by being really pissed about the child seeing his father but instead the diretor toned down that aspect. The girl was not emotional at all and it made the situation seem not as important as it could have been; it could have drove the story more. I spent more time thinking where the director got the 50 thousand to make the film more than what it's plot and story was.
I did really enjoy the way this film projected it's narrative; along with the last several films we, as a class, experienced. In the last couple of classes I have seen some really awkward way of expression, from Jane Fonda to intimate relations between women; Hamilton was the only to display the emotion in the purest way. At first I thought the work done by J. Montgomery was a depiction of real life, at it's best; thought some the film offended people, I thought that it really brought out some of the aspects of culture that people need to realize. The world is not as anyone person may imagine it, even in class we had a retaliation on what she depicted in her films. But on the contrary, I found that Hamilton was so much more realistic. It really showed the monotony of everyday life, where nothing would happen for days and then it would click in our memory; the days in between lost in our memory. Hamilton showed emotion as constant and above all, this method brought out the real feelings and at the same time a mixed opinion. The audience had a say in the action on screen because it was up to the viewer's own background to determine what the actor meant, but at the same time the viewer had no say in what emotion was present. The duality of silence was evident and extreme in this film.
Overall, I felt that the actor was dealing with life at it fullest; especially at the scene were he gets picked up by his mother. That scene, from beginning to end, was spectacular. The way the cars were passing the kid and his mom gave it a feeling that life doesn't wait for anyone and the silence in the car showed that it is a difficult routine to endure, that is facing your problems day-in and out, where both parties want to fix the problem but are torn with the experience of mistakes. I found that the mother would have had the same mistakes, just by her silent expresion.
The film portrayed some powerfull thoughts, but thoughts they remained. I think Hamilton should have involved more emotion and expression to get the point across. Maybe if it did then the viewers would be more interested and intrigued by its plot instead of being oblivous to it.
Weird as it was, Hamilton was pretty straightforward. I delivered on the non-verbal part of the film but definitely lost points on the non-emotional aspect of the film. Throughout the whole film, I didn't see any emotion at all, even in the parts where being more emotional would bring out the characters depicted. EX: The girl that didn't want her husband seeing her child, that girl could have really brought out the character by being really pissed about the child seeing his father but instead the diretor toned down that aspect. The girl was not emotional at all and it made the situation seem not as important as it could have been; it could have drove the story more. I spent more time thinking where the director got the 50 thousand to make the film more than what it's plot and story was.
I did really enjoy the way this film projected it's narrative; along with the last several films we, as a class, experienced. In the last couple of classes I have seen some really awkward way of expression, from Jane Fonda to intimate relations between women; Hamilton was the only to display the emotion in the purest way. At first I thought the work done by J. Montgomery was a depiction of real life, at it's best; thought some the film offended people, I thought that it really brought out some of the aspects of culture that people need to realize. The world is not as anyone person may imagine it, even in class we had a retaliation on what she depicted in her films. But on the contrary, I found that Hamilton was so much more realistic. It really showed the monotony of everyday life, where nothing would happen for days and then it would click in our memory; the days in between lost in our memory. Hamilton showed emotion as constant and above all, this method brought out the real feelings and at the same time a mixed opinion. The audience had a say in the action on screen because it was up to the viewer's own background to determine what the actor meant, but at the same time the viewer had no say in what emotion was present. The duality of silence was evident and extreme in this film.
Overall, I felt that the actor was dealing with life at it fullest; especially at the scene were he gets picked up by his mother. That scene, from beginning to end, was spectacular. The way the cars were passing the kid and his mom gave it a feeling that life doesn't wait for anyone and the silence in the car showed that it is a difficult routine to endure, that is facing your problems day-in and out, where both parties want to fix the problem but are torn with the experience of mistakes. I found that the mother would have had the same mistakes, just by her silent expresion.
The film portrayed some powerfull thoughts, but thoughts they remained. I think Hamilton should have involved more emotion and expression to get the point across. Maybe if it did then the viewers would be more interested and intrigued by its plot instead of being oblivous to it.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
FEELINGSSS!!! OOO FEEEEELLLIINNGGGGSSS!!!
So, in class we were talking about our feelings, not like that though. Reactions to films that make us ask, hey! why did I react like that. Why did i laugh at the guy in sweat pants watching Jane Fonda. Well, he did bring it on himself as soon as he put on those pants and turned on the TV. He was just like Fonda, he was presenting himself for everyone to laugh at him, or join him. The several changes of scenario brought the idea of people talking about her everywhere. But I found it awkward that they didn't much of the real video. To me it seemed like he made two extremes, what she was saying and what he was doing. People sometimes say that what some people say is too extreme for them, no its too crazy; like what she was quoted to say. The man in the film was also doing some extreme movements, who knew we looked like that working out.
Wow, since where on the subject of feelings, I really don't like cops; especially after the French film in Chicago. Those police had this, "I gonna get those muthaf!*&@ng kids." The peaceful demonstration could not have been broken up otherwise but that was still intense. Political films have to be different and have extreme images to get the point across. When was the last time you listened to your parents just talking telling what to do; no you had a demonstration of their power first. What made the film extreme, why did I feel that way. It was the staring eyes of the police, not leaving the camera and staring into the crowds eyes with that grimacing look on their face. It was the emotionless poster board faces that stared the audience down from every angle. It was the violence emerging from the group of fellow teens and students. ITS A JUST A MOVIE! I said BUT IT PISSES ME OFF ANYWAY!
Wow, since where on the subject of feelings, I really don't like cops; especially after the French film in Chicago. Those police had this, "I gonna get those muthaf!*&@ng kids." The peaceful demonstration could not have been broken up otherwise but that was still intense. Political films have to be different and have extreme images to get the point across. When was the last time you listened to your parents just talking telling what to do; no you had a demonstration of their power first. What made the film extreme, why did I feel that way. It was the staring eyes of the police, not leaving the camera and staring into the crowds eyes with that grimacing look on their face. It was the emotionless poster board faces that stared the audience down from every angle. It was the violence emerging from the group of fellow teens and students. ITS A JUST A MOVIE! I said BUT IT PISSES ME OFF ANYWAY!
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