This is a movie ultimately about teenage disaffection and alienation, but does nothing with the concept. It just drifts along, pensive, with no real conflict and no real resolution.
Um, exactly. I think it's driftiness represents alienation. I liked it.
Though having seen the deleted scenes, I wish they'd put most of them in. There are some ghost scenes that were well cut--they would have slowed the pace down even more--but there were bits and pieces that would have connected better what the detectives were doing and how they made their decisions. And I agree it would have been better to know more about Brian's and Annie's relationship.
In the shallow end, I totally read Brian's bemusement at bathingsuit!girl as "You're so barking up the wrong tree--gay, here." Though I'm sure it's equally "You're a kid," and "I'm a professional on duty." :D
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Date: 2009-02-27 03:41 pm (UTC)This is a movie ultimately about teenage disaffection and alienation, but does nothing with the concept. It just drifts along, pensive, with no real conflict and no real resolution.
Um, exactly. I think it's driftiness represents alienation. I liked it.
Though having seen the deleted scenes, I wish they'd put most of them in. There are some ghost scenes that were well cut--they would have slowed the pace down even more--but there were bits and pieces that would have connected better what the detectives were doing and how they made their decisions. And I agree it would have been better to know more about Brian's and Annie's relationship.
In the shallow end, I totally read Brian's bemusement at bathingsuit!girl as "You're so barking up the wrong tree--gay, here." Though I'm sure it's equally "You're a kid," and "I'm a professional on duty." :D