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jackI went to see Night Watch with CUSFS. It was a bit odd but pretty engaging.
The subtitles had some effort put in, eg. subtitles for someone reading from the computer had a pseudo typing/cursor effect; emphasised phrases sometimes appeared called out; they occasionally were wiped by people walking or falling past. They seemed to me more harbingers of footnotes to come: it makes sense for a film with a significant market abroad to put some, indeed, much, effort in, rather than have someone in an dingy office transcribe things badly onto low-contrast parts of the screen, and this did waaay more than most, but seemed mainly to make me think of other tricks you could do.
The whole good/evil supernatural beings never makes sense. Though was a bit different to the complete cliche.
It had a lovely dingy feel, that these groups were doing the best they can in a slightly run down city, rather than being the be-all and end-all of shiny.
It had a nice wry sense of humour.
There were two nearly unrelated armageddon plots.
I liked all the characters, there were quite a few, and all interesting and distinct.
The gloom was in interesting concept, but could have done with being explained a bit earlier and more.
The subtitles had some effort put in, eg. subtitles for someone reading from the computer had a pseudo typing/cursor effect; emphasised phrases sometimes appeared called out; they occasionally were wiped by people walking or falling past. They seemed to me more harbingers of footnotes to come: it makes sense for a film with a significant market abroad to put some, indeed, much, effort in, rather than have someone in an dingy office transcribe things badly onto low-contrast parts of the screen, and this did waaay more than most, but seemed mainly to make me think of other tricks you could do.
The whole good/evil supernatural beings never makes sense. Though was a bit different to the complete cliche.
It had a lovely dingy feel, that these groups were doing the best they can in a slightly run down city, rather than being the be-all and end-all of shiny.
It had a nice wry sense of humour.
There were two nearly unrelated armageddon plots.
I liked all the characters, there were quite a few, and all interesting and distinct.
The gloom was in interesting concept, but could have done with being explained a bit earlier and more.
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Date: 2005-10-21 03:55 pm (UTC)