Musings of an Idiot

Miami Vice

Another week gone and the feeling of loss of time sometimes racks me up but on the positive side it has been eventful. Today had a long meeting with Richard over the script direction of 'Nowhere' and after that had a one on one catch up session with Tom Strudwick before he flew back to UK. Again - the session was extremely beneficial and it gave us more food for thought. It is always great to have an outsiders perspective to a project as one does get too attached to a project and can't tell the different trees in the woods but the trick is to find someone who knows what they are doing.

Watched 'Miami Vice' yesterday evening and it was an interesting experience. On one hand you have brilliant cinematography and on the other hand you have some dodgy edit decisions combined with an unlikeable lead in Colin Farrell - the result was a mildly satisfying movie. Technically the movie rocks and again uses the strength of the Viper HD camera to look straight out into the night and capture some really cool images. Colin Farrell just took himself too seriously in that character and that meant that there was no point of sympathy for his character and badly enough the decision to focus on his story doesn't pay off satisfactorily. The violence is brutal and definitely shakes you up every single time there is some of it on-screen. Overall as a movie I would say that it was a mixed bag and compared to Michael Mann's previous movie, Collateral - it feels a little bland. It is still a really interesting watch because of it's cinematography.

I will be sitting my driving license exam next weekend -to get my Indian license converted to a NZ driving license. It was a long time due and I think I really had to do something about it since my international license which was supposed to come from India never got into the system as the agent we were dealing with jumped ships without any notice. So I am happy that LTSA has agreed to accept my current Indian license for conversion and I have been quitely chugging away at the Road Code book, which is essential to pass the theory exam.

Anyway - it should be a quite weekend and I am looking forward to it.
For now,
Amit

Labels: Movies, Nowhere to Love

posted by Amit @ 11:00 PM