vieenblue Reviews

Shottas (2002)

would a better version help?

[26 January 2004]

A bit uneven, Shottas suffers from low quality transfers that just add to the film's problems. My dvd copy would sometimes cut to a black screen that would say: Insert more robbery scenes here. Technical problems aside: the meaningful dialogue is quite slim- character development seems aimed at an increase in robberies, the direction is lop-sided and meandering, never really wanting to show you much more than hot chicks and nice whips(would have made for a nice extended music video). While I did like the music, it's over-used and just sort of "there"- didn't do much for the film other than elicit some head-nodding on my part. The Anderson character is a joke-he's a political-bad guy cut-out. And how about that "tongue-in-cheek" joke about Wyclef's character banking on a music career? Horrible. Did I care what happened at the end of the film to the main characters? Not really, they were bad people who did bad things, a sentiment I held regarding Cess Silvera's directing effort.

The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003 Video)

shabbynot

[22 January 2004]

an excellent time. doesn't have commentaries on all the videos, but the offering is enough to satisfy hard-core dvd fanatics..of note: chemical brothers, fatlip, the pharcyde. great disc as background atmosphere around the house...