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The Ice Harvest (2005)
boring and predictable
The microphone boom is in as many scenes as the leading man. You can see the shadows of movie making equipment other times. It really breaks the spell movies are supposed to have. I am surprised Harold Ramis let this one get released with all the bone headed technical mistakes that are so obvious.
Even worse, the movie is nothing but a series of cliché criminals double crossing each other. I predict it will be in the video stores pretty soon. Don't rent it.
Billy Bob Thornton, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt and John Cusack should be ashamed of themselves and at least one of them should have told Harold Ramis this was a bad thing. Did anyone evaluate the script or the story before spending so much on this pitiful production.
Mule Skinner Blues (2001)
not as bad as other reviewers think
I stumbled across this movie while channel surfing late one night last week on one of the Sundance Channels. I was taken with the hope, as misplaced as it seems to be, demonstrated by the residents of the trailer park. All of them seem to believe that they are only one short step shy of being discovered as talented writers, musicians and/or actors. What is wrong with that? They all may be delusional to think that they are really talented enough to make it as professional entertainers, but that kind of dream seems to keep them going. More power to them. Drugs and alcohol may blur their dreams, but allow them to keep pretending as well. On the other hand, if you really believe it, are you pretending? I know a lot of people not unlike these folks. Here in Southern Appalachia, there are plenty of characters who need to believe that they will rise above the grinding poverty of their lives and become rich, famous or celebrated for their art. These are real people, existing on the underbelly of society, one short step away from abject poverty. Yet they continue to believe that something really good will happen to them in the long run. It may be sad, but it is also touching. This movie made me feel something for the subjects of the documentary. We are surrounded by these characters. Just look around sometime.