This is not the kind of movie that I would've expected from J.
Campion. This is good. I'm happy to see directors stretch. The film
has an interesting visual style in that it was shot very much like a
slow-pace, episode of NYPD BLUE in soft-focus. The performances were god but actions and motives of the characters
were negative and no one seemed to thriving for anything.
Everyone seemed to be wallowing in their own egos and I couldn't
find anything I liked about any of them so why should I care if they
lived or died. Lots of whining and psuedo-new-age, Mamet-like
psycho-babble. I couldn't even enjoy seeing Ms. Ryan naked for all
the moping and dreariness. The young man that played Ms.
Ryan's pupil was interesting but just seemed to be a plot
distraction. The climax was interesting but such bold behavior
would have been useful earlier in the film to keep my interest.
Campion. This is good. I'm happy to see directors stretch. The film
has an interesting visual style in that it was shot very much like a
slow-pace, episode of NYPD BLUE in soft-focus. The performances were god but actions and motives of the characters
were negative and no one seemed to thriving for anything.
Everyone seemed to be wallowing in their own egos and I couldn't
find anything I liked about any of them so why should I care if they
lived or died. Lots of whining and psuedo-new-age, Mamet-like
psycho-babble. I couldn't even enjoy seeing Ms. Ryan naked for all
the moping and dreariness. The young man that played Ms.
Ryan's pupil was interesting but just seemed to be a plot
distraction. The climax was interesting but such bold behavior
would have been useful earlier in the film to keep my interest.