Posted August 15, 200620 yr Watched Angel-A last night will give it 4/5 So how good is is to have Luc Besson back directing films? Do you think he's got another Leon in him?
August 16, 200620 yr I thought Angel-A was a very pretty film to look at, nicely shot and it used its Paris locale quite wonderfully, but frankly didn't come anywhere near to matching Wim Wenders' excellent "Wings of Desire" which deals with similar themes; where Wenders was profound and really went into the metaphysics of the whole thing, Besson is rather shallow and trite.. I mean, this six-foot tall blonde angel telling the little guy that all he had to do was "love himself" (PUH-LEEEEEZE :lol: :lol: ) was not only barf-inducing but about as 'deep and meaningful' as the film actually got.... 5/10 from me and that's mainly for the location shooting, the black and white photography and the direction... I would really like to think that Mr Besson has another Leon or Nikita in him, but I've found just about every film he's done since Leon to be, at best, nicely shot, but rather shallow (Angel-A); or at worst, completely misconceived (Joan of Arc)....
August 20, 200620 yr Author I thought Angel-A was a very pretty film to look at, nicely shot and it used its Paris locale quite wonderfully, but frankly didn't come anywhere near to matching Wim Wenders' excellent "Wings of Desire" which deals with similar themes; where Wenders was profound and really went into the metaphysics of the whole thing, [/img] you cant compare it with that (even though its a similar idea), in a totally different league (you know being one of the greatest films of the 1980s - 1987 #1 wasnt it?), maybe it should be compared to Faraway, So Close! have you seen this one? its supposed to be so-so, but at least better than the million $ hotel http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Don't_Come_Knocking_film.jpg have a lot of time for Sarah Polley has done some good leftfield roles, will be interesting to see how her direcing feature fares. I would really like to think that Mr Besson has another Leon or Nikita in him, then again i suppose he's got a few more of these in him :lol: then again i dont mind them, you got to have some cheesy fun sometimes (12 midnight rather than 9pm channel 4 take note :lol:) http://www.axelmusic.com/resources/covers/4/4988126201579.jpg
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