Southland Tales
UPDATE: Remember how I was smitten with Carina Chocano like 2 weeks ago for her sort of neo-feminist Hollywood commentary in the LA Times? Her ‘review’ of Southland Tales is so lame, I’m going to have to retract my statement. Not like she gives it a thumbs up or anything, but it’s just so unimpressive. Try and say something meaningful…or at least try to be funny.
Southland Tales is Richard Kelly‘s follow up to the cult favorite Donnie Darko.
I spent all of the 3+hours of Southland Tales thinking one or all of the following:
a) Wait, what?
b) Why isn’t this over yet?
c) Mandy Moore is adorable!
d) The Rock should never wear shirt, ever.
e) Seriously, how is this not over?
There was a Q&A with Kelly following this screening. Boy is that guy dumb and untalented.
Dwayne Johnson and J.Timberlake are surprisingly talented actors; but i’m still trying to figure out what Southland Tales was about… maybe it’s really obvious, i.e. life in Los Angeles is blurred, cluttered, flashy and not always meaningful.