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American Flyers (1985)

Good action, pity about the directing and acting.

[3/10 · 18 August 2013]

American Flyers is one of those films which - sadly - has fallen victim of the great triad of cinematic failures: poor acting, illiterate script writer and a soap-opera editor.

Arguably the plot-line and directing is pretty good. The last half hour or so is almost great. Good cycling. The directing carries the excitement of the action, and the goal of the film is almost reached.

Kevin Costner has never been known for his acting abilities, and frustratingly the rest of the cast follows suit with panto-style delivery which is cringe-worthy at best. Coupled with this, is the sloppy editing reminds me of soap-operas, where delivery is followed by an infinite pause, stunting the suspension of disbelief (of a natural conversation). The dialogue is often so bad that it is not even funny. Anger is expressed by Thriller style glary eyes and raising your voice. Remember this, young actors.

The Boss of It All (2006)

Ups and downs. A sneak preview from the Copenhagen Film Festival.

[5/10 · 22 September 2006]

Well, The film presents itself in a usual unfinished and poorly edited manner, on-camera Mic (with no sound perspective), bad framing, blown out lighting, and no continuity. However this is not enough for me to say that it is a bad film: I almost wish that I could. But Von Trier's dark-grey comedic script is absolutely fantastic, with a lovely (maybe predictable, but lovely none the less) twist, and this was delivered by very competent and expressive acting.

My initial thought as the credits rolled, which I stand by the morning after, is that it would have been better suited as a radio drama; and the only way that I could imagine that kind of camera work looking justified would be if it were filmed on Super 8, which would have made it an excellent film.

"The Boss Of It All" had its world premiere on the 21st of September 2006 at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.