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.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
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