A fair amount of people have expressed disappointment with FYC. I think it has to do more with people expecting the usual mockumentary rather than the actual quality of the movie. FYC is more a spoof (conventionally filmed and scripted) than a mockumentary (free-wheeling and improvised) of the Hollywood awards engine. The only problem I had with the film was that it didn't have or say anything that we haven't seen before. There have been lots of movies and TV shows that have tread these same waters. Ironically, Ricky Gervais-who plays one of the "suits" who insists on making "Home for Purim" more appealing to a wider audience, stars in "Extras", a cable show that mocks/spoofs the very same show biz artifice! "30 Rock" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" are current examples of the genre that rips on network programs. So, FYC IS a good movie-just don't go in expecting what you are used to from Team Guest.
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Marie Antoinette
(2006)
Lost in Translation
22 October 2006
Marie Antoinette is the Mommie Dearest of historical features. It is a 2 hour revisionist fashion show/travelogue that manages to be historically inaccurate, inexcusably shallow, badly acted, intellectually insulting, anti-feminist, and campy in equal measure. To top it all off, it's technically amateurish as a boom mike was clearly visible in no less than 20 scenes. Yes, you did just read that. In one low angle tracking shot through some grass the upper glare panel of the camera was visible. I kid you not. Because of this movie, I'm beginning to wonder if Lost In Translation was just a fluke. It's almost inconceivable that a movie from a major studio and up-and-coming director could have been released with this many mistakes and such a poor script. Needless to say, I don't recommend paying your hard earned cash to see it. Yet, it may be a smashing success and become a camp classic for the very reasons why I had trouble with it.
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