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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Did you like Bob Roberts?
I'm the first to insist that a movie is worthwhile based solely on having a beautiful look, and think "realism" is hugely overrated (in both design and acting), but there are a number of faux-doc films that I thought were quite good, often because of (not in spite of) their attempted realism.
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Didn't see Bob Roberts. If it's a mockumentary or satire, it doesn't fall in the same category in my opinion.
About Schmidt was one of those "take a look inside the life of an ordinary guy" movies, where the only real goal seemed to be to make it look as real as possible. The problem is, if you knew the main character in real life, you would ignore him. If someone told you any of the stories shown in the movie, you would yawn and change the subject. If that's the case, why the hell would anyone want to sit through it? Seeing how "real" the director can make the story seem is pointless if there is no story.
Have you seen it?
