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re: Trouble The Water
Posted on 4/30/09 at 10:43 am to tigerdup07
Posted on 4/30/09 at 10:43 am to tigerdup07
Setting aside their character deficiencies, or how you feel about Nola ghetto peeps, WHAT about that documentary would make you recommend it to a documentary fan ?
Was it a gripping story? I mean the storm camcorder footage was cool but, hell I have seen that three dozen times...
Was it what happened to them post-Katrina? Because nothing happened.
Was it the simplistic bush-bashing? Because so many others have done that much more convincingly.
Was it some technical aspect of the film?
Because it looked like shite.
Was it the compelling people?
Seriously, none of them offered a SINGLE original insight.
Seriously, It's not that I didn't like it..it's that i can't understand why anybody liked it.
It was like watching paint dry. It was about one of the most dramatic events of our lives, yet it bored me.
Spike Lee's agit-prop documentary, by contrast, was gripping. It gave us tremendous insight into people and events. Even if it made you want to throw a shoe at the tv, it went somewhere, and it moved you to strong emotion. And it was technically brilliant to boot.
Was it a gripping story? I mean the storm camcorder footage was cool but, hell I have seen that three dozen times...
Was it what happened to them post-Katrina? Because nothing happened.
Was it the simplistic bush-bashing? Because so many others have done that much more convincingly.
Was it some technical aspect of the film?
Because it looked like shite.
Was it the compelling people?
Seriously, none of them offered a SINGLE original insight.
Seriously, It's not that I didn't like it..it's that i can't understand why anybody liked it.
It was like watching paint dry. It was about one of the most dramatic events of our lives, yet it bored me.
Spike Lee's agit-prop documentary, by contrast, was gripping. It gave us tremendous insight into people and events. Even if it made you want to throw a shoe at the tv, it went somewhere, and it moved you to strong emotion. And it was technically brilliant to boot.
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Posted on 4/30/09 at 11:52 am to Lsupimp
It was the home-movie within a movie aspect, the Cloverfield aspect kept me thinking of what I would do in the situation. Sure, they didn't convey an overwhelming message, and I'm sure most whiteys can't keep up with jive for an 1 1/2 hours but it felt like one of the realer documentary situations I've ever been put it. Of course they stole a boat and a car, that's the beauty of it. Spike Lee was anti-Bush, this just gave you the reality of the delay, the unresponsiveness, but also how real life people were affected. I've been in OPP, that place was torn to pieces inside. I've been to the Coliseum in Alexandria, as if it wasn't a POS before...
I've just never seen anything like that before. My disaster management teacher showed up an hour long home video of some guy in Metarie or Mandeville that stayed in his home and filmed the entire thing. TTW was in the 9th ward, son. Thats real.
I've just never seen anything like that before. My disaster management teacher showed up an hour long home video of some guy in Metarie or Mandeville that stayed in his home and filmed the entire thing. TTW was in the 9th ward, son. Thats real.
This post was edited on 4/30/09 at 11:56 am
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