tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9469928.post3947387957759512322..comments2023-11-15T08:38:13.974-08:00Comments on itsamadmadblog: Favorites of 2011Joe Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10160822944514723178noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9469928.post-5459028263695855992012-01-10T22:01:45.477-08:002012-01-10T22:01:45.477-08:00Bob, I definitely see the opposition to "Driv...Bob, I definitely see the opposition to "Drive"- i.e. all style and no substance- but I just loved it. As for "Road To Nowhere", its hard to explain. I've seen it twice now and still don't quite understand all the plot mechanisms, but I'm a total fool for "meta films" like that and the mood of it just excites me.<br /><br />Yes, I wish more people appreciated the DTV films of Christopher Smith. "Black Death" was so overlooked.Joe Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160822944514723178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9469928.post-39319411382651251472012-01-09T12:41:41.453-08:002012-01-09T12:41:41.453-08:00Nice to see Black Death on your list. I really lik...Nice to see Black Death on your list. I really liked it when I saw it at a genre film fest a few years ago, but there weren't many others who were overly thrilled with it. I guess that dampened my enthusiasm a bit, but as more people have seen it this year, I've seen some high praise. I wonder if some of the religious aspects (and anti-religious aspects) of it prevented a wider embrace...<br /><br />I've heard some good stuff about The Robber, so I'm getting excited to see it. You have me keen to see Buck now as well - it's on NetFlix in Canada, so I may give it a watch tonight (since I can't see Senna yet as I missed my chance at last year's Hot Docs - I need to see it on DVD).<br /><br />I liked Insidious, but I think they kept going back to the standard formula a bit too much. They would change things up and then fall back and I found that made it a bit messy overall. I have to say I'm curious to see it again as it's been over a year now.<br /><br />I didn't quite get to where you got with Road To Nowhere. I appreciated its layers and it kept me guessing, but it never completely pulled me in. I seem to remember feeling quite engaged early on, but something threw me off about 30-40 minutes in. I can' recall what it was though...<br /><br />The way you describe Drive certainly makes it sound like a masterpiece, but that's not quite the film I wound up with. I loved many of its parts, but it never coalesced into a whole for me. Again, I really do think I need to see it again - not just because I feel a bit out of step with so many people on it, but because I feel like I approached it wrong. Still, I am a bit baffled by the amount of true love it has received.Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.com