BE KIND REWIND by Michel Gondry

[Penis_Monster]

i just got back from an early press screening.

I didn't like it. But i also didn't hate it.

After the screening Michel came to the front for a Q&A session and i couldn't understand a word he said.


I was a couple of seats away from Mos Def and he was as high as a kite.

The film is amazing to look at it...but the story needed work.

I'll probably give it a re-watch in the future

[E.l.G]

Danny Glover is bummed.

[syn]

what's it about? they'll probably reshoot parts if you polled negatively enough

[Bill]

I've been waiting a year to see this. Anything Gondry does is usually gold. I'm bummed to hear that you didn't like it. It looked great from the trailer.

[loophole]

hey penismonster what did you think of his other films?
maybe its just a taste issue

but as timmytutone said im quite trustworthy of michel that he makes it good. i love him. love. him. sexually. i want to --nevermind

[1987]

I saw the trailer and was pretty stoked out.  I liked all of Gondry's other shit so this is right up my alley.

[MexicanSpaniard]

I liked Eternal Sunshine, a lot. Not too familiar with anything else he's done.

[cold budweisers]

The film is amazing to look at it...but the story needed work.

that's exactly how i felt about science of sleep

[Penis_Monster]

hey penismonster what did you think of his other films?
maybe its just a taste issue

but as timmytutone said im quite trustworthy of michel that he makes it good. i love him. love. him. sexually. i want to --nevermind

I havent seen Human Nature....

i thought Eternal Sunshine was amazing and it deserved all the praise it got. One of the first TRUE masterpieces of this decade.

Science of Sleep was ok.





All the typical Gondry magic one would expect to see in his work was in the film.  No doubt about that. He obviously has a giant imagination unrivaled by anyone in the film industry right now. And for that reason alone people should be purchasing admission to his movies.
He's a great director. As for a writer........i think he needs to work on that a little bit more (it's his second film without Charlie Kaufman...and that fact is  quite noticeable in both) The film itself is amazing to witness (especially in a theater) . . . but the story falls short and certain plot points go nowhere. In regards to the script...Michel's heart was in the right place, but sometimes that just isn't enough when writing something substantial. The studio has a little over a month to fix the movie up..and i hope they do.


The last scene of the film was nice though (in particular the last shot)

[loophole]

cool. thanks for the review!

i'd rather have amazing filming over plot, so i dont think i'll be too dissapointed- i loved science of sleep, for example.
i haven't seen human nature either. i cant seem to get my hands on it...


so you work for the press?

[SR Junky]

i just got back from an early press screening.

I didn't like it. But i also didn't hate it.

After the screening Michel came to the front for a Q&A session and i couldn't understand a word he said.


I was a couple of seats away from Mos Def and he was as high as a kite.

The film is amazing to look at it...but the story needed work.

I'll probably give it a re-watch in the future

i'm gonna follow mos def's lead because he probably knows better than any of us how to watch it.