Thank You For Smoking July 7, 2009

This is a tiny, super-itsy bitsy clip, but it’s what makes me want to watch the movie over and over. In fact, I love the first ten minutes of “Thank You For Smoking”- probably more than the rest of whatever plot or characterization comes along afterwards. Come 4:19, when slomo is used as a device [...]

Funny Face January 27, 2009

Despite this movie being horribly directed (it’s as if an art director thought “hey, I should direct!) This opening intro is pretty entertaining…Especially the pretty pink ladies dancing in slow motion.

The movie was pretty much downhill after that.

Summer Storm. Great, Gay, and Seriously Good Looking. September 24, 2008

So German flick Summer Storm (or Sommersturm) was actually a bit too gay and campy for my taste, but that’s okay, because the best 10 minutes of the film are the opening credits. With two lithe, young, muscular male bodies exercising to Nada Surf’s Blonde on Blonde, you’ve got yourself an ocular orgy. Throw in [...]

Russian Dolls: The Street of Ideal Proportions August 17, 2008

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. What is Romain Duris doing, messing up this beautiful shot? I wish they didn’t show his cut-away. I may be straight, but the slow motion on this woman is so gorgeous that for her, I’d reconsider.

Cashback August 16, 2008

While I didn’t particularly like this film (Sean Biggerstaff’s acting, mostly), I must admit that the movie’s relationship to time is mouth-wateringly gorgeous. Here’s a clip that I think is a good sampler of all the time changes used.