Post by Vits on Jan 22, 2018 18:54:59 GMT
Please, ignore the horror/adventure movie title. This is a comedy. During his act, a magician named VOLTAN hypnotizes 2 employees from an insurance company: C.W. BRIGGS (an investigator) and BETTY ANN FITZGERALD (an efficiency expert who's having an affair with her boss). He makes them think they're in love (they actually hate each other) in order to entertain the audience. However, the subsequent nights, VOLTAN calls them, hypnotizes them and orders them to steal jewels for him.
The performances are good, but the actors are given the wrong direction during banters. You see, this is a tribute to the old screwball comedies where characters would always talk incredibly fast. It didn't really work back then and it doesn't work now. No, I'm not saying they should always talk incredibly slow. The problem is always talking at the same speed and also with the same entonation. Even if the dialogue is clever, banters need rhythm. How can something be dynamic without variety? How can a punchline or a funny insult make an impact if they're treated like any other line?
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You can read the full review in my blog (in English, in Spanish or in Italian) and/or watch the video review:
The performances are good, but the actors are given the wrong direction during banters. You see, this is a tribute to the old screwball comedies where characters would always talk incredibly fast. It didn't really work back then and it doesn't work now. No, I'm not saying they should always talk incredibly slow. The problem is always talking at the same speed and also with the same entonation. Even if the dialogue is clever, banters need rhythm. How can something be dynamic without variety? How can a punchline or a funny insult make an impact if they're treated like any other line?
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You can read the full review in my blog (in English, in Spanish or in Italian) and/or watch the video review: