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Adam_S · 12-23-2004, 02:51 AM

The Door in the Floor -

1/2
This is a damned strong film with a good script and great performances all around. However, as with so many stories about writers, it easily drops into the pretentious from time to time. There’s a lot of great material here, and it’s got some strong and interesting ideas, too many I think, and not focused enough. This is very unsatisfying because it is all text, there’s no subtext. There’s no meat to the film to dig into, to find any thing in. And in that respect it’s committing the same 'crime' as so many action/adventure/thrillride genre pics that are often accused of being vacuous or mind numbing. The door in the floor falls firmly in that category of vacuous and mind numbing but you don’t see people calling it that simply because the text of the film is sex and relationships instead of quests and explosions. But that doesn’t change the fact there is nothing else, at all, to the film. Still it’s worth recommending because the performances are so damned good—but try not to laugh when the titular story is read in the film, it’s about as convincing a children’s story as the ‘not really a bat’ ink blot is of a rorshach in batman forever.

12-23-2004, 02:51 AM	#250 of 298
Adam_S *Adam_S* Member Location: Marina del Rey, CA Join Date: Feb 2001 Local Time: 08:46 PM Local Date: 10-06-2008 Posts: 5,026	The Door in the Floor - 1/2 This is a damned strong film with a good script and great performances all around. However, as with so many stories about writers, it easily drops into the pretentious from time to time. There’s a lot of great material here, and it’s got some strong and interesting ideas, too many I think, and not focused enough. This is very unsatisfying because it is all text, there’s no subtext. There’s no meat to the film to dig into, to find any thing in. And in that respect it’s committing the same 'crime' as so many action/adventure/thrillride genre pics that are often accused of being vacuous or mind numbing. The door in the floor falls firmly in that category of vacuous and mind numbing but you don’t see people calling it that simply because the text of the film is sex and relationships instead of quests and explosions. But that doesn’t change the fact there is nothing else, at all, to the film. Still it’s worth recommending because the performances are so damned good—but try not to laugh when the titular story is read in the film, it’s about as convincing a children’s story as the ‘not really a bat’ ink blot is of a rorshach in batman forever. top 20 films 2008 film list My DVDs; S&S List 62...212 AFI lists: - DONE!