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Sister of the Bride (2019)
What happened to the photographer?
We have a scene where they hire a photographer. However, the photographer is nowhere to be seen at the wedding, especially at the ceremony.
Buffalo Soldiers (1997)
Not Soundtrack Listing/Cedits - Contains Kothbiro
This entry contains no soundtrack listing and neither are there any acknowledgments in the end titles/credits. About halfway or so in the film I heard the song "Kothbiro" - the exact same track that is played and listed in "The Constant Gardner". I had thought this 1993 song first appeared in that 2005 film. Apparently it was used in this film first.
Undercover Bridesmaid (2012)
TV Style Quality Sometimes Leaving Out Real Life Details
Watched it on Hallmark channel last night with my wife. She immediately mentioned the actress seemed to be a take off on Sandra Bullock's Miss Congeniality.
Otherwise, my interest for feedback here is purely to talk about how this film and other similar films don't pay full attention to details when depicting weddings. I come from the orientation of a professional in the wedding industry (I am a wedding videographer). The wedding depicted in this film is what I would consider a 'high end' wedding and at a very expensive mansion with many very rich guests attending. It is therefore inconceivable to me that at such a wedding, one would skimp on any wedding services. I have worked at weddings in small motel facilities, small halls and backyards as well as high end facilities like the Omni Hotel and country clubs. And I would say that in 95%+ of them there are one and perhaps multiple photographers who are taking pictures not only at the ceremony but before and after. There is no photographer is in this film at all.
The wedding also does not any live music/band or videographer (which I would have expected at a wedding this size). And finally, the officiating person had a collar. Now I am not Christian, but in my experiences, a collared officiator would be Catholic and this did not appear to me to be a Catholic ceremony. Though I am told the officiator could be Episcopalian/Anglican and I am not familiar with the ceremony at their weddings.
My guess is the filmmakers/producers felt all the details left out of the wedding were not necessary to promote and convey the plot/action and hence did not want to spend the money adding it. However, in my opinion, doing so makes a wedding feel less 'real world'.
Einayim Pekukhoth (2009)
A Chassidic Brokeback But Weak From A Film Perspective
While I am not involved in Hollywood film production, I am involved in independent film production in Texas. I found the topic very interesting and powerful, though I did find it difficult to sit through the film. More than half the film past before I began to feel a dramatic development in the action of the film. There were subplots like the other unacceptable relationship which were a big stretch to understand how it was connected to the film. Many scenes had slow pan shots and took too long and left me waiting for what is next. And as a composer myself, I was surprised by the little original music used in the film - especially since there were so many scenes with little to no dialog. A few spots of seemingly pure synthesized music that had no dramatic sound or direction to it. It is not until the end titles we even get to hear a piano. Perhaps directors in Israel (or at least this one) do not fully understand the benefits of music and sound effects. I can understand at least the total lack of Israeli commercial music as perhaps a shoestring budget but there are so many starving artists in Israel (I have a cousin who writes and performs in Israel) who would do it for just credit.
All in all, as a film watching experience, this may be what viewers in Israel expect, but here, at least in Texas, this is the sort of film I would perhaps expect from a new Indie filmmaker - not a full fledged theatrical release.
September Dawn (2007)
A powerful tear jerker - highly recommended
Saw the a preview showing tonight. This is one powerful film - regardless of whether you believe the events. The producer/ director seem to want to follow that formula used in Titanic of lovers meet and fall in love with the backdrop of a pending disaster. Its a definite tearjerker. The scenes prior to the massacre remind me of Schindler list and the people being led to their death. As a composer, I paid attention to the music and it was well scored and very enjoyable. The Lee Ann Womack song at the end end worked well with the titles. About the only thing I wondered about without giving away the storyline was how back in 1857 someone could be shot and killed from that far a distance - guns were not that accurate back then. The audience gave a shiver when the date of the massacre was flashed on the screen - Sept. 11th. Shame the financial incentives were such that it was filmed in Alberta and not Utah -- I have hiked in both locations and both are equally beautiful.
Cinematography is sometime wonder and sometime the cameras seem to be moving all over the place and got me a bit dizzy - perhaps they were on a lower budget and could afford the extra equipment.
Bottom line - possibly one of the top dramas I have seen this year. Believable acting, well directed and edited and excellent score.