tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post2195770759842767639..comments2023-10-24T01:19:24.492-04:00Comments on Little Worlds : Sin NombreRichard Bellamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-34383626792048321542009-05-04T11:50:00.000-04:002009-05-04T11:50:00.000-04:00Fox - thanks for the comment. Yes, the train journ...Fox - thanks for the comment. Yes, the train journey was relatively new and refreshing - and the gang scenes, including the pursuit of Willy, got too much into familiar territory. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm glad I saw this movie. I had seen <I>Obsessed</I> that weekend and I felt I had to see a decent movie that same weekend to expunge the bad taste in my mouth. And that's where my reaction to the "chic factor" - which you discussed in your post and to which a number of people responded very extensively - comes in. I wasn't bothered by the "chic factor" when I saw <I>Sin Nombre</I> - because when you come from seeing a movie like <I>Obsessed</I> - you'll lap up the chic factor like cream.<br /><br />I was glad, though, that the chic factor was not accompanied by another irritating indie element: the mournful twang of the electic guitar - which seems to be the central tune of many indie musical scores. Have you ever noticed that?<br /><br />Now, having seen <I>Wolverine</I> this past weekend, I'm ready to be tolerant of the chic factor again.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-74129917568051752222009-05-04T00:02:00.000-04:002009-05-04T00:02:00.000-04:00Hokahey-
We've already talked about this movie a ...Hokahey-<br /><br />We've already talked about this movie a bit, but reading your review, I agree with you even more that Sin Nombre would have benefited from "<I>stay(ing) with the desperate vagabonds and the lumbering, unfeeling vehicle of their dubious destinies</I>." I wish the whole film would have been the train and nothing else. I think it would have narrowed things down but been more wide-reaching.Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067136509248849744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-25152110658241213952009-04-30T08:00:00.000-04:002009-04-30T08:00:00.000-04:00FilmDr - Thanks. I agree. I've contemplated doing ...FilmDr - Thanks. I agree. I've contemplated doing a post on trains in cinema, but if you get there before me, I'll be happy to provide comments. I love trains in movies. You mentioned some great ones - and I'm so glad I embraced <I>The General</I> after much inexplicable resistance. It's a great movie. Trains in Westerns are especially thrilling - <I>The Wild Bunch</I> - any movie about Jesse James - and the best sequence in <I>How the West Was Won</I>. I loved the train travel in <I>The Darjeeling Express</I>. Of course, I hope you've seen Frankenheimer's <I>The Train</I>. What a beautiful war movie!Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-42574966850575258472009-04-29T21:46:00.000-04:002009-04-29T21:46:00.000-04:00Nice review. Along the same track, so to speak, m...Nice review. Along the same track, so to speak, my film class has been enjoying Buster Keaton's <I>The General</I>, and your description of <I>Sin Nombre</I> also brings to mind the train travels in <I>Slumdog Millionaire</I>. My favorite Bond film is the train-heavy <I>From Russia with Love</I>. When one thinks of Hitchcock's <I>Strangers on a Train</I> and <I>The Lady Vanishes</I>, one could say trains and cinema do go together well.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com