Jeunet, The French Michael Bay?
Who the hell cares if he is the French Michael Bay, He makes a damn good film.
I make this comparison due to the large outcry from most of the other post-ers. Their points are legitimate and noted. Doesn’t mean i agree. I mean the plot can be considered drawn out, characters unbelievable, actions contrived, whatever. I liked it. Color me dazzled by cinematography and other stylistic elements, but I liked it. One more tidbit worth noting: this is also my first viewing of the film.
First off: The National Representation of said film.
Granted, I dont have a substantial mental french library of films to fall back on as most people qualified to make these accusations. Ok. So its a french director not really paying homage to his roots. Does it matter? Its a good movie. Its not like Jeunet has been a hardcore new wave director for his entire life. It seems that some people are outraged at this movie. WHY?! It ran a little long? Some events were unrealistic? Its kind of a miracle that a movie like this has emerged despite the american dollars backing it. HAVE YOU SEEN THE SHIT BEING MADE OVER HERE?! (im assuming youre at least aware of it.)
The art direction is, for all intents and purposes, flawless. Its great. Hands down. Sure its not all chopped up, non contin-u-itous, shot hand held, and improvised (im not hating on the connotation of french cinema, im just trying to prove a point). I mean Im not a Frenchman, but most of the art direction looks pretty damn french. whether or not it was designed to look this way to convey a more accessible “french” image to american viewers, i dont know.
What I do know is, I’ll take the french Michael Bay over the real Michael Bay any day.
