Saturday, September 8, 2012

Like Crazy


      I enjoy independent movies. I really like something out of the norm.  I love to see something new that challenges the Hollywood blockbusters.  I wasn’t crazy about Like Crazy (2011) but I can appreciate it as art. It was beautifully filmed and the score was amazing.

     Dustin O’Halloran (Remember the Daze, An American Affair, Now Is Good) is the composer for Like Crazy.  I haven’t seen, or should I said heard, any of his other movies. But I really liked the music he composed for Like Crazy.  Drake Doremus (Spooner, Moonpie) was the director, he hasn’t done a lot. He is also a writer and wrote the screenplay for Like Crazy.  I really like his directing style and this movie made me want to watch more of his stuff.  His way of telling a story through images was wonderful. I loved the match dissolves and jump shots to show the passage of time. He also used motion control shots and skip dissolves so well.  This movie moves quickly over a long period of time and he uses all of these techniques so well to help move it along and show passage of time in a beautiful way.

      While I didn’t like the story line the acting is superb and as I have stated the directing makes it enjoyable to watch.