Not commenting on the post. Saw Jensen Ackles on the most recent episode of Tracker. He was playing the older brother of series lead. Character name Russell. Now there are two siblings for him. Might very well kill him off in season finale, but wouldn’t hurt my feelings if he pops back in from time to time. CBS show. Streams on Paramount+
"There’s this annoying tendency in the last, say, 20 years, to present material in a serious (or self-serious) manner. Directors think they won’t be seen as an artiste if they don’t pile on the gloom. We see this in the choice of material (it’s all dystopia or bust), we see it in the color-grading. It’s like there’s dirt on the camera. Even James Bond has to be serious and gloomy and weighted down! James Bond! Gloomy? What? But lightening UP doesn’t mean you are lightWEIGHT." Thank you!! Some combination of 9/11 and climate change has led to this, and it is tiresome, to put it mildly. I hope I get a chance to see this movie. I read once that you can tell a lot about a work by how good its title is and I've always thought there was a lot of truth to that. If it's correct, then this movie has a lot going for it because it has a terrific title.
Hey - thanks so much for reading and commenting! You're right - there are definitely a couple of big events that brought on this love of gloom, fear of light-ness. all the "it's the end of the world because a meteor is heading our way" movies in the 6 or 7 years after 9/11 was clearly a response to the anxiety felt in 2001 and beyond. I think the rise of social media too has put everyone's outrage meter at a perpetual 11, so ... looking on the bright side is seen as being in denial, maybe? or ignoring the problems of the world? (I mean, the problems of the world will still exist whether movies reflect them or not. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were the biggest stars in a very rough decade). a distrust of romance is somewhere in there too. There's even a little romance in All I've Got & Then Some - a very innocent one - it literally involves roller skating lol - but that's so true to life too. sometimes life goes that way!! I hope more people get to see this film!
Not commenting on the post. Saw Jensen Ackles on the most recent episode of Tracker. He was playing the older brother of series lead. Character name Russell. Now there are two siblings for him. Might very well kill him off in season finale, but wouldn’t hurt my feelings if he pops back in from time to time. CBS show. Streams on Paramount+
"There’s this annoying tendency in the last, say, 20 years, to present material in a serious (or self-serious) manner. Directors think they won’t be seen as an artiste if they don’t pile on the gloom. We see this in the choice of material (it’s all dystopia or bust), we see it in the color-grading. It’s like there’s dirt on the camera. Even James Bond has to be serious and gloomy and weighted down! James Bond! Gloomy? What? But lightening UP doesn’t mean you are lightWEIGHT." Thank you!! Some combination of 9/11 and climate change has led to this, and it is tiresome, to put it mildly. I hope I get a chance to see this movie. I read once that you can tell a lot about a work by how good its title is and I've always thought there was a lot of truth to that. If it's correct, then this movie has a lot going for it because it has a terrific title.
Hey - thanks so much for reading and commenting! You're right - there are definitely a couple of big events that brought on this love of gloom, fear of light-ness. all the "it's the end of the world because a meteor is heading our way" movies in the 6 or 7 years after 9/11 was clearly a response to the anxiety felt in 2001 and beyond. I think the rise of social media too has put everyone's outrage meter at a perpetual 11, so ... looking on the bright side is seen as being in denial, maybe? or ignoring the problems of the world? (I mean, the problems of the world will still exist whether movies reflect them or not. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were the biggest stars in a very rough decade). a distrust of romance is somewhere in there too. There's even a little romance in All I've Got & Then Some - a very innocent one - it literally involves roller skating lol - but that's so true to life too. sometimes life goes that way!! I hope more people get to see this film!