http://ambival.net/movies/the-good-german Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/the-good-german#comment-2495 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » 2007 Oscar Predictions Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:41:15 +0000 http://ambival.net/movies/the-good-german#comment-2495 [...] Blood Diamond (James Newton Howard) The Good German [...] [...] Blood Diamond (James Newton Howard) The Good German [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/the-good-german#comment-1502 Ambival.net » Movies » 2006 Movies Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:46:18 +0000 http://ambival.net/movies/the-good-german#comment-1502 [...] The Good German Steven Soderbergh [...] [...] The Good German Steven Soderbergh [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/the-good-german#comment-1417 Ambival.net » Movies » Full Frontal Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:02:21 +0000 http://ambival.net/movies/the-good-german#comment-1417 [...] I gave Steven Soderbergh’s most recent experiment, The Good German, partial credit purely for its experimental nature. Not happening here. While this movie is completely watchable – I’d recommend it as background only, though – it’s really going nowhere. It reminds me most immediately of Mike Figgis’ Timecode, also an experiment, a far more successful one at that; with maybe a dash of Richard Linklater’s Tape – gee, another experiment, perhaps not as good as Timecode but again much more interesting than this. I’ve got to give kudos to Julia Roberts (again? I hear you ask) and David Hyde Pierce, though … really nice subdued performances, nothing like what I’m used to from either of them. [...] [...] I gave Steven Soderbergh’s most recent experiment, The Good German, partial credit purely for its experimental nature. Not happening here. While this movie is completely watchable – I’d recommend it as background only, though – it’s really going nowhere. It reminds me most immediately of Mike Figgis’ Timecode, also an experiment, a far more successful one at that; with maybe a dash of Richard Linklater’s Tape – gee, another experiment, perhaps not as good as Timecode but again much more interesting than this. I’ve got to give kudos to Julia Roberts (again? I hear you ask) and David Hyde Pierce, though … really nice subdued performances, nothing like what I’m used to from either of them. [...]

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