9 Songs (Michael Winterbottom, 2004, UK)
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Average viewer rating: 5/10
My rating: 2/10
The only good thing in this film is the music- and yes, it contains unsimulated sex, and yes, blah blah blah. The sex is shot in such a way as to just make it cold, sterile and a little bit annoying. The camera work is insistantly arty- handheld all through- and this has a similar effect to a wasp trying to get at your sandwich (it's bloody annoying, and you can't get away from it- and as a result, it starts to make your facial muscles twitch and you want to wave your arms in the air and shout "go away" as if it can understand.) The acting is plain shoddy, and the constant improvisation does not improve this. There is no storyline- people have sex, music, Antarctica, more sex, and ...ooh! drugs! why not. I'm Michael Winterbottom. I'm contraversial. I can do what I want.
Why, Winterbottom, why? What was the possible need for all that embarrassing sex?
I don't think it's legal for me to have watched this film but I did anyway.
Full detailage
Average viewer rating: 5/10
My rating: 2/10
The only good thing in this film is the music- and yes, it contains unsimulated sex, and yes, blah blah blah. The sex is shot in such a way as to just make it cold, sterile and a little bit annoying. The camera work is insistantly arty- handheld all through- and this has a similar effect to a wasp trying to get at your sandwich (it's bloody annoying, and you can't get away from it- and as a result, it starts to make your facial muscles twitch and you want to wave your arms in the air and shout "go away" as if it can understand.) The acting is plain shoddy, and the constant improvisation does not improve this. There is no storyline- people have sex, music, Antarctica, more sex, and ...ooh! drugs! why not. I'm Michael Winterbottom. I'm contraversial. I can do what I want.
Why, Winterbottom, why? What was the possible need for all that embarrassing sex?
I don't think it's legal for me to have watched this film but I did anyway.
posted by BlackAndrew at 4:01 PM
3 Comments:
You're under arrest my lad! Not it's not illegal for you to watch it; if you hired the DVD then the shop broke the law. Never seen the wasp analogy re film before; nice one. MICHAEL Winterbottom won't have been impressed, however. I've recently blogged on this film too.
Lacey
You're under arrest my lad! Not it's not illegal for you to watch it; if you hired the DVD then the shop broke the law. Never seen the wasp analogy re film before; nice one. MICHAEL Winterbottom won't have been impressed, however. I've recently blogged on this film too.
Lacey
Fiiine, Michael Winterbottom then. It was your blog that inspired me.
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