{"id":1125,"date":"2007-11-19T03:41:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T02:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/11\/19\/the-reel-geezers\/"},"modified":"2009-12-13T05:19:56","modified_gmt":"2009-12-13T05:19:56","slug":"the-reel-geezers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/11\/19\/the-reel-geezers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reel Geezers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Reel<\/a>Some of the laziest criticisms<\/a> of sites like YouTube<\/a> are that it is full of idiotic videos of people’s cats<\/a> and kids messing around<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Given the sheer amount of videos on the site, there is bound to be a lot of rubbish. But there is also some great lo-fi stuff worth checking out.<\/p>\n

The web in general is a rich source for movie reviews (especially review hubs like Metacritic<\/a> and Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>) but a couple of reviewers who caught my eye on YouTube recently were The Reel Geezers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is a video review posted on the site by veteran screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jnr<\/a> (who wrote The Parallax View<\/a> and Papillion<\/a>) and producer Marcia Nasatir<\/a> (whose credits include The Big Chill<\/a> and Hamburger Hill<\/a>) and produced by Heather Finnegan.<\/p>\n

What I like about this kind of content is that you have two very experienced people doing something very simple – in this case, talking about recent movies they’ve seen.<\/p>\n

Whilst they often disagree both have interesting takes on current cinema releases. Plus, it is also funny to see them squabble about things like the use of the F-word<\/a> in Superbad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out their review of Michael Clayton<\/strong><\/a> here:<\/p>\n

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Not only do I agree with both of them but they bring up some interesting points: how it resembles a smart 70s thriller like Three Days of the Condor<\/a> (which Lorenzo wrote and Sydney Pollack<\/a> directed); how Warner Brothers messed up up the marketing and distribution<\/a>; why George Clooney<\/a> is particularly good in it; why the opening scene is brilliant; the refreshing lack (yes, lack<\/em>) of exposition<\/a>; the satisfying ending and the simple fact that (in Lorenzo’s words) you should “go see it”.<\/p>\n

When it comes to a choice between some slickly produced red carpet puff piece on E!<\/a> or something like this, I’ll choose this every time.<\/p>\n

> Check out The Reel Geezers on YouTube<\/a>
\n> Lorenzo Semple Jnr<\/a> and Marcia Nasatir<\/a> at the IMDb
\n<\/a>> Check out the trailer for Michael Clayton<\/a>
\n> Read more reviews of Michael Clayton at Metacritic<\/a>
\n> An AICN interview<\/a> with Wes Anderson<\/a> and Jason Schwarztman<\/a> where they mention The Reel Geezers review of The Darjeeling Limited<\/a><\/p>\n

[Link<\/a> via Anne Thompson<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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