Friday, July 23, 2010

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Eclipse, David Slade


Eclipse è davvero un brutto film. I personaggi mancano totalmente di pathos , i dialoghi sono improbabili e a tratti estenuanti (non parliamo poi delle pause infinite e ingiustificate che li interrompono, sottolineate da ridondanti primi piani, totalmente inespressivi di attori che qui, più che altrove, sono davvero fuori forma); la storia non è per niente coinvolgente, né tantomeno, divertente e il messaggio di fondo (a volerne individuare per forza uno) risulta irritante o disarmante a seconda dei momenti, e even, so to speak, anachronistic and veiled in a certain conservatism that certainly would not expect given the horror genre presumably (although, as we shall see, strictly speaking it is not at all) and especially given the target of very young she is addressing. Or are these youngsters are actually more "conservative" and "bigots romantically" to what you would expect? Not to mention the photography of this film and especially of director David Slade, absolutely flat and impersonal (except for a few seconds at the beginning that, again assuming the horror genre , was hopeful). But before you continue you need a mea culpa: I did not read any of the books by Stephanie Meyer, then I can not judge the literary, nor adaptation. Only judge the film itself, regardless of the original source, then. Although I have heard from many that there is a certain adherence to the literary text, and this film - in my opinion - really wicked also casts a shadow on that. However, how to explain the international success of "stuff" like this? It can only really be fully explained and always with the incompetence and total failure of critical analysis of the users? (It is clear that the film is intended for adolescents and children up to thirteen / fourteen and all the more any of which happen to be mature in the room, I suppose, and I hope to be there only as companions rather reticent, in short, out of necessity or mere duty against the former). In any event no. In my opinion this is not an excuse, or at least it would be too simplistic. Age, as the cultural references or possible ignorance, or specific it outright, can not explain success as undeserved. On the other hand even if simple and total lack of film it was, sarebe so general and widespread, however, that for this deserves to be investigated. The question more disconcerting, however, is the idea that, obviously, the ' entertainment in general shows that he made these admissions for children and young people pouring out sentimental a meatloaf, or rather sentimental, such a bore. In which the legitimate sexual impulses of the "normal" American Teenager Bella (miraculously - and quite unlikely to contemporary American society - came to the virgin diploma and above) torn between the love of the vampire from Bram Stocker bigot ever seen to this day and the imprinting Cupid (see "true love") dell'ululante Jacob, here are almost seem like a wanton nympho, almost unable to think of nothing but to join carnally with at least one of the two - or both? Even the young people should laugh at it, my god! should cry out, we're young, not decerebration! Okay this is a fairy tale that tells of vampires and werewolves in love, but that all human and ultraumana , ad vitam or post mortem, must necessarily be shrouded in mist of this annoying anachronistic and unrealistic not to total we would have certainly expected. But the meatloaf like they do. Or so it seems! Then review for Eclipse could at least provide an excuse rather than to emphasize the failings of the film, to investigate issues of sociology, that film, no doubt more interesting and far more frightening, Aihm, what this film manages to be about vampires. In fact, since the end of the film's success shows that the producers are right, or at least we have taken, we do not just have groped through this type of entertainment young (that is dedicated to them) to understand what they are and what they really think and in general can turn these young viewers today hardcore fans of movies like this, the third episode of a never-ending saga (not at all dismayed and disillusioned by the equally bad early two), which indeed they have tried, in around the net, even the best of three. Mah! E 'to say that he is not even the added bonus of a soundtrack as it was quite apt for the first Twilight . Because it seems to me incredible, I say with sincerity curious that any teenager, male or female, can find nothing attractive cosmic Eclipse. In this film, the characters mostly talk, talk, talk, but do not act. Are immobile. Schools to write one of the first things they teach aspiring novelist is to learn to "show" rather than "tell", the character should be mainly through action. You should not say "kind", but it is something that reveals his kindness. At most it should not even say I love you, but it should show his love.
But then, these kids screaming masterpiece here, should not be the same fetish of 'action-movie , should not be mavericks, revolutionaries, rather than the love splatter the saccharine sentimentality? Are not those of the fast at all costs and in every way, should not go in fibrillation for a car that flies in the air and explodes, for martial arts and the bullets in slow motion, rather than a chaste and icy dock? at least the boys lose? How can they get involved instead of the maddening slowness, of immobility rather Eclipse? And the girls? Really can simply make do with the muscles of the recent good wolf or the s-eye of the dead and powdered chaste Edward? It may be that in a bicep and a pair of eyes, none of them stop to think about what actually happens? That is nothing! And on what is being said and what is served up with their immature minds certainly poor, but hopefully, not at all stupid? And so they should feel offended by the mountains of simplicity and common places scattered liberally along the weft threads so riddled with silly and trivial, that even in the worst episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 or Dawson's Creek, had the courage to try ...
It is certainly not enough then some joke, I counted a total of two (one is the Edward shirt on Jakob and the other is the father of Bella on Edward, when he learns of her daughter's virginity), to raise fate of a work that takes way too seriously vice versa, without having, however, let us say, whence the least, since some will not shine, nor for the script, let alone for directing and photography and even for what is now become, especially in some genres, the inevitable, indispensable icing on the cake, or for special effects. Anzi proprio qui pare di essere tornati dieci anni indietro. Ma comunque dove sono i vampiri e i lupi mannari? Be’ che non stiamo parlando di un horror , questo è chiaro. I lupi mannari qui sono dei simpatici cagnoni a pelo lungo, che ricordano tanto quei peluche enormi che puoi vincere al Luna Park se centri tre bersagli di seguito. E i vampiri sono veramente troppo qualcos’altro. Almeno qualche canino, santo cielo, qualche rivoletto di succo di amerena che cola sul mento soddisfatto di qualche succhiasangue. E invece niente! Va bene rinverdire il genere, va bene trovare nuove soluzioni, certo non pretendiamo le croci, l’acqua santa e le corone d’aglio, per la carità, ma stiamo pur sempre parlando di non morti, being forced to feed on blood to continue to walk in this world and not merely on superhero comic books, model x-men, simply indestructible, or nearly so, and good to take a hand. Vampires that sparkle in the sun as if they were covered with glamourissine paiettes could bear it, but transform them in "aseptic" ice statues crumble at the slightest touch, or to be fair, the first well-aimed cazzottone seems too much. Obviously the purpose is only to deny the public any violent death (that of the vampires sorry, the only one who could feel sorry a bit ', in fact, is relegated to even out the field) and avoid any problems with the complaint, given the target to which we turn, once again. But this can not be just the excuse. And then this film is so simply and clearly bad, that it seems impossible that even kids naive viewers may not realize it. Now after seeing this terrible test of Slade, a film that had me convinced until the end, as Interview with the Vampire Neil Jordan, a comparison of this immediately becomes a film to be recovered and not to mention the television series True Blood (brilliant by comparison) and also the recent and rather obscure (though certainly not beautiful) Daybreakers, Michael and Peter Spierig (with Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe), between the ' horror and sci-fi and sometimes quite explicit in some scenes even nod to the genre zombiesco . In all these examples, with the necessary distinctions, the psychological depth of the characters, their consistency, the plot, the twists are at least acceptable, if not valuable, something that can not be said for Eclipse . But then, finally, who are these young people? Who are the young (especially those with a boyfriend as a result), that do not skimp, however, excited squeals every ridiculous appearance of Jacob (bare-chested and with bermudino jeans, model-when-Hulk returns to normal). And who are these boys who attend (Maybe too excited? Who knows) to uncritically itchy temptation of Bella, guilty of taking a liking to the less instinctive and passionate vampire ever seen (probably eats bromide, instead of blood) and which eventually will touch even get married (and perhaps transformed, ergo die) to experience the pleasures of sex. Does anyone understand them then these young people? Can anyone help me understand?

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