Frat bro Tobey Maguire annoys everyone so much that they eventually do what he wants them to do.
About as in-depth as that sounds...
Frat bro Tobey Maguire annoys everyone so much that they eventually do what he wants them to do.
About as in-depth as that sounds...
First and foremost is that this short documentary manages to encapsulate the 40-year struggle of the Western Saharan people to gain independence and their human rights from the Moroccan occupation.
Secondly, it is a beautifully succinct piece of filmmaking. By focusing on the experience of smuggling, hiding, and losing cameras - and then having stolen cameras used against them - the filmmakers construct a snapshot of modern activism and the impact these opposing lenses have.
Please watch and spread it round:
http://www.3stolencameras.com/the-film/
I can't lie, I still blame those shitty early trainers for tearing my ankle ligaments.
Some great footage and ridiculous early 2000's nostalgia for me, but this could've taken a much harder look at the founders of the company and what they really stood for.
Lynne Ramsay is smashing at putting things on screen and making them look good. She's also nae bad at drawing out the perfect visual moments and soundtrack to complement her characters' experiences.
Unfortunately, none of that helped me care much at all.
Felt like I was watching at this gunpoint, being told when to feel different emotions, very few of which I was actually feeling.
John McTiernan and Donald McAlpine flatten the space, obscure our and the characters' views, and make so much of what we can see hazy. The feeling of being cramped and disoriented is perfect and brilliantly thought out.
Carl Weathers and Bill Duke are great. Jesse Ventura delivers one of the all-time action movie lines. And this is arguably the most convincing Arnie would ever be.
The film is a solid 4 until the final showdown elevates the whole thing.
A long time coming for me.
I'm very emotional right now.
Direct and imbued with intent from the beginning. Even though it feels like it's definitely going somewhere, its every moment and emotion is better than expected.
Iconic images that aren't forced into your eyes, but instead exist purely to serve this beautiful story.
The subtle yet expansive range shown by the two leads is central to the effect, but this is incredibly well written, shot, and edited film.
It's kind of immense in how it let's every character play out just enough to give them life and honesty, all the while bringing them together in cooperation in such a moving and funny way.
Do as I did, watching it having read very little about it, and you will be drawn in by the end, I promise.