tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post7536943792385710424..comments2022-03-24T16:11:50.124-04:00Comments on The Man From Porlock: Dog DaysCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-5774551018620907412009-05-28T12:04:10.189-04:002009-05-28T12:04:10.189-04:00Thanks for your kind words about my review Craig. ...Thanks for your kind words about my review Craig. As I mentioned, what really bugged me above all was her relationship with her co-star, Lucy. How good a job could she have been doing at taking care of the dog that she doesn't realize that the bag of dry food is practically empty? Poor Lucy still loves her anyway and *SPOILER*<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I swear you get more of a performance out of her in the final scenes even though it's though it's the only time Wendy is doing the right thing and Lucy looks sad, not realizing she'll be better off.Edward Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463676135131274426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-14965539170788185962009-05-27T06:24:36.008-04:002009-05-27T06:24:36.008-04:00Yeah, I think I even gave this too much credit -- ...Yeah, I think I even gave this too much credit -- Ed Copeland's <A HREF="http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2009/05/stupidity-is-not-victimless-crime.html" REL="nofollow">blisterlingly great review</A> is more on the money, comparing "Wendy and Lucy" unfavorably to "Into the Wild," which, whatever its flaws, had E. Hirsch to meet all kinds of people, many of them interesting and generous. Reichardt is too busy stacking the deck against Wendy to allow that kind of expansiveness into her worldview. She uses fringe characters only to draw out their pettiness, even making the kindly security guard look stupid by having him give Wendy what looks like a wad of cash that turns out to be six dollars. Why? If she's commenting on the character's poverty, why not just have him say, "This isn't much, but I'd like you to have it," instead of having him make a big show like it's a king's ransom. Gah, what a stupid movie.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211112229982829419.post-72096097192008566552009-05-27T01:07:47.968-04:002009-05-27T01:07:47.968-04:00Calling Reichardt "unsubtly subtle" is great. Alo...Calling Reichardt "unsubtly subtle" is great. Along those lines, I find her to be too calculatedly precious and not willing to just be. That irriates me.<br /><br />As you rightly said, <I>Wendy and Lucy</I>, and <I>Old Joy</I>, are films that need to breathe, even if they are about tension in their most dramatic moments.Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067136509248849744noreply@blogger.com