Comments on: Jeunet | Micmacs | Trailer | Rejoice

By: old person

old person — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:38:27 +0000

Went to see MICMAC preview yesterday and it blew an old persons socks off. Wow, I laughed OUT LOUD in many places, probably looked like a lunatic that had come off the streets to keep warm. It is better than other Jeunet films, bit like an animation in plot but cinematography is dazzling, satire is genuinely hysterical. I love it!!

By: Kurt Halfyard

Kurt Halfyard — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:32:04 +0000

“It may be somewhat of a greatest hits collection Kurt, but that just means there’s no duff tracks…”

touche! I actually agree with that, I enjoyed Micmac’s a whole helluvalot while watching it, even if it is about the safest possible movie that Jeunet could have made. I would like to see him to push the epic romance angle that he started with A Very Long Engagement, instead of the pleasant doodling on hand here. If this lets Jeunet re-charge his batteries while entertaining us in the process, yea, I can live with that.

By: Bob Turnbull

Bob Turnbull — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:09:36 +0000

I loved “Micmacs”. It may be somewhat of a greatest hits collection Kurt, but that just means there’s no duff tracks…Granted, there isn’t the same kind of strong characters that you feel for as in “Amelie” or even “Delicatessen”, but I had so much fun through all the extraordinary Rube Goldbergian devices and beautiful machines that I didn’t have a single problem with that. His other works may be stronger complete films, but you’d be hard pressed to find something more entertaining.

The trailer is a bit messy – someone when a bit kooky with the edits.

By: Marina Antunes

Marina Antunes — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:44:59 +0000

“Alien 4 Kick Ass.”

Andrew and I are on the same page there. I don’t love that movie but do enjoy it. Lots.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:15:22 +0000

He now makes hollywood (vintage hollywood) movies in France, well, at least A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is a modern take on old-school hollywood.

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:10:14 +0000

I blame Joss Whedon and the studio.

Didn’t Jeunet say he’d never make a Hollywood movie again after his experience on it?

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:04:27 +0000

see link in comment 3

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:02:18 +0000

We had this conversation at length in the Movie Club podcast, but it is the ‘comic-book-ification’ that makes Alien4 such a pile of doggie do-do.

Micmacs is fun and light and fluffy, but it feels like just putting out a greatest hits CD instead of a new album. This thing is little more than a collection of sketches. Think one of the pranks in Amelie stretched out to feature length. Distracting and amusing, but barely a snack and a far cry from a meal. (How many more metaphors can I squeeze into this paragraph?)

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:38:17 +0000

“Must be a chick thing.”

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:18:28 +0000

You and you Alien: Resurrection praise. Maybe if the script wasn’t so goddamn awful. I mean, Ripley and the basketball… my god…!

I did enjoy it quite a bit when it first came out though. Granted, I was eleven years old then.

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:13:27 +0000

On Marc Caro, Dante 01 was pretty lackluster. Alien 4 kicks ass though.

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:42:19 +0000

This looks great and I’d expect nothing less. He’s always been one of my favorites. The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Amélie, A Very Long Engagement – all 9 or 10s from me. Alien: Resurrection, of course, was a disaster, but that wasn’t entirely his fault and it was at least pretty to look at.

It’s a shame that Marc Caro hasn’t had much success after splitting from their duo.

By: Jandy Stone

Jandy Stone — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:50:22 +0000

This looks great. I’ve yet to see a Jeunet film that wasn’t absolutely charming, and this one looks to keep up that record.