I love my co-workers.
Posted On Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 By Jay
Below is an email conversation I’m having with a co-worker about the movie Daybreakers. I am overall “meh” about the movie. I enjoyed some aspects; setting, Ethan Hawke and Sam Neill. And tried to forget the rest. He hasn’t seen any of the Simon Pegg movies and his responses are in bold. My replies are in italic.
I could make arrangements to lend them to you if you like. I have Hot Fuzz, but not Shaun of the Dead . Oh that would be cool if you don’t mind. I’ve seen parts of SHAUN OF THE DEAD but nothing from HOT FUZZ.
I’ll get Hot Fuzz to you. We’ll figure out how to get Shaun of the Dead to you as well.
On another note, Daybreakers was interesting. The ambience and world were setup very nicely. One of the first times where I actually felt uncomfortable watching the opening silent review of the world. It was uncomfortable for its setting, not its delivery.
Unfortunately despite the artful representation of the world, the script was poorly written and unfortunately for the actors, poorly directed. I don’t blame actors if the script and direction sucks unless the actors are horrible, which they aren’t. It seemed Continue Reading
