tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post7883188908956717634..comments2024-03-14T07:23:42.959-05:00Comments on Eternal Sunshine Of The Logical Mind: Hot Docs 2010 - Short Cuts #5Bob Turnbullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-73332160490497092492010-05-09T09:45:44.476-05:002010-05-09T09:45:44.476-05:00Shannon, I think you might still like Kings Of Pas...Shannon, I think you might still like Kings Of Pastry - it's still entertaining and the food looks phenomenal, but it just didn't quite capture great characters or dive into the secrets of being a pastry chef.<br /><br />Hatter, I think you're right...I was trying to put my finger on why I wasn't overly into the film and rested it upon Klein, but yours is probably a better explanation. Again, it wasn't bad by any stretch, but a different way of telling the story may have helped.Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-77177857538408316762010-05-08T21:19:49.550-05:002010-05-08T21:19:49.550-05:00For CANDYMAN, what was lacking for me was a little...For CANDYMAN, what was lacking for me was a little bit of vision. I mean here we have the story of something that makes people the world-over very happy, and at the heart of its story is a very quirky dude...yet the doc is very dry and straight-forwards. I have to wonder how much more we would have liked it with a more creative sense of storytelling.Ryan McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440134802928893661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-75186418888203598482010-05-08T09:48:27.249-05:002010-05-08T09:48:27.249-05:00Oh wow, sounds like a series of near hits there! ...Oh wow, sounds like a series of near hits there! I was *this* close to going to King of Pastry yesterday and now I don't feel quite so bad about missing it. The competition-based doc is a popular format now and can really hit it out of the park at times but I guess not always.<br /><br />Your review of We Don't Care About the Music Anyway has got me interested in it again though, at a curiosity level at the very least.<br /><br />Only 2 days left - I'm sad :(Shannon the Movie Moxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882101582835293159noreply@blogger.com