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Edwin-S · 04-19-2008, 06:16 PM

I saw this film just a little while ago. I disagree with the comment about losing the musical numbers. The musical numbers just added to the whole surreal effect that this film had. The Timberlake scene with "The Killers" song was bizarre. This film was a total mess and constantly left yoiu saying "WTF" as you struggled to figure out what the hell was going on, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Most films go in one eye and out the other. I watch them and then go on to the next one. I rarely think about the happenings in a film that I watched two weeks ago; however, thoughts about this film have cropped up, even at this late date.

The acting isn't spectacular, but there is something humourous about watching a guy, whose entire career is built around being a tough guy, play a "pansy" who panics and starts twiddling his fingers during any stressful situation.

I still think the graphic novel "DMZ" is a better precursor of a possible future USA, but this film has a lot to say about the Western civilization obsession with vacuous celebrity and its incremental slide into Fascist police state.

04-19-2008, 06:16 PM	#7 of 9
Edwin-S Member Location: BritCol. North of a Black Hole and West of The Centre of the Universe Join Date: Aug 2000 Local Time: 05:57 AM Local Date: 10-13-2008 Posts: 3,554	Re: Thoughts on Southland Tales I saw this film just a little while ago. I disagree with the comment about losing the musical numbers. The musical numbers just added to the whole surreal effect that this film had. The Timberlake scene with "The Killers" song was bizarre. This film was a total mess and constantly left yoiu saying "WTF" as you struggled to figure out what the hell was going on, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Most films go in one eye and out the other. I watch them and then go on to the next one. I rarely think about the happenings in a film that I watched two weeks ago; however, thoughts about this film have cropped up, even at this late date. The acting isn't spectacular, but there is something humourous about watching a guy, whose entire career is built around being a tough guy, play a "pansy" who panics and starts twiddling his fingers during any stressful situation. I still think the graphic novel "DMZ" is a better precursor of a possible future USA, but this film has a lot to say about the Western civilization obsession with vacuous celebrity and its incremental slide into Fascist police state. When you have to shoot...shoot. Don't talk!