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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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10 September 2006 - 12:13 pm
I saw "Hollywoodland" on Friday night. You would be well advised to wait for the DVD before seeing it. It isn't particularly bad, just not very good.
For those of you who haven't heard, "Hollywoodland" is a period piece set in 1950s Hollywood. Ben Affleck plays George Reeves, the actor who played Superman on TV and later killed himself. Adrian Brody plays a headline-obsessed detective investigating Reeves' death. In many ways, "Hollywoodland" owes a lot to "LA Confidential."
However, in one very important aspect, the two movies are quite different. Unlike "LA Confidential," "Hollywoodland" never actually solves the mystery of how Reeves died. The movie offers up three or four different hypotheses, but never lands on one. As more evidence is introduced, it opens up the door to other possibilities, but it never closes the door on an old theory. Mysteries with no solution are quite disappointing, so I'd advise you to avoid "Hollywoodland."
Posted by on 10 September 2006 at 12:02 PM
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