Watched Chicago with the commentary by director Rob Marshall and writer Bill Condon and have no idea why this won best picture over Gangs of New York and LOTR the Two Towers. I usually like musicals and have to admit the songs were in my head after watching this but for some reason I just don't like Renee Zellweger. Marshal and Condon talk about the enormous task of keeping the movie moving at such a quick pace and how he really wanted to use editing techniques to mirror actions in separate scenes like a slap on the ass or knee lift between two characters to kind of join the performance throughout. I liked his explanation that instead of breaking into songs that stopped the narrative that they tried to move the plot along and tell a story while the characters were dancing and singing. Richard Gere does a great job as the sleazeball lawyer and Catherine Zeta Jones and Queen Latifah are fun as the criminals vying for the spotlight but I just didn't think the girls were hot enough in this to be lusting over them. The costumes and integration of dance being edited with the courtroom scenes felt forced and never really had time to breathe before they move onto the next set. I'm more looking forward to Rob Marshall's Nine coming out this fall which should have a little more sex and integrity over just rehashing "All That Jazz".
Monday, June 15, 2009
Chicago (2003) - 7/10
Watched Chicago with the commentary by director Rob Marshall and writer Bill Condon and have no idea why this won best picture over Gangs of New York and LOTR the Two Towers. I usually like musicals and have to admit the songs were in my head after watching this but for some reason I just don't like Renee Zellweger. Marshal and Condon talk about the enormous task of keeping the movie moving at such a quick pace and how he really wanted to use editing techniques to mirror actions in separate scenes like a slap on the ass or knee lift between two characters to kind of join the performance throughout. I liked his explanation that instead of breaking into songs that stopped the narrative that they tried to move the plot along and tell a story while the characters were dancing and singing. Richard Gere does a great job as the sleazeball lawyer and Catherine Zeta Jones and Queen Latifah are fun as the criminals vying for the spotlight but I just didn't think the girls were hot enough in this to be lusting over them. The costumes and integration of dance being edited with the courtroom scenes felt forced and never really had time to breathe before they move onto the next set. I'm more looking forward to Rob Marshall's Nine coming out this fall which should have a little more sex and integrity over just rehashing "All That Jazz".
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