{"id":5443,"date":"2013-09-15T09:46:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T16:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2013-09-15T09:46:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T16:46:27","slug":"blu-raydvd-watch-the-we-and-the-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=5443","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray\/DVD Watch: THE WE AND THE I"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMichel Gondry is a cinematic madman. He hits it at many angles and the results grossly vary.<\/p>\n

To illustrate the scope:<\/span>
\nHe has brought us a wide variety of documentaries from Dave Chappelle\u2019s home grown concert film \u201cBlock Party\u201d to an intimate portrait of Gondry\u2019s own personal family in \u201cThe Thorn in the Heart\u201d. All interesting stuff that illustrates the filmmaker\u2019s versatility.
\nHe is best known (and most effective) as a visionary movie maker that places wondrous images from dreams directly on the screen. His \u201cScience of Sleep\u201d and \u201cEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind\u201d are the best at capturing the essence of Gondry and act as a direct visual pipeline straight into his Technicolor brain.
\nSad thing is that Gondry has all but abandoned what sets him apart from the rest of the class for the last few years. The glowing example of his current missteps is Seth Rogan\u2019s \u201cThe Green Hornet,\u201d a horrid attempt at a Big, Dumb Hollywood tent pole flick that is just as Big and Dumb as the rest of them. Why employ a director with a unique point-of-view only to limit that view to mesh in with the rest of the generic?
\nHis latest project is a return to the experimental and is a welcomed shift after \u201cHornet\u201d. In fact it is so far removed from the Hollywood norm that it\u2019s as if Gondry is apologizing for his indiscretions. \u201cThe We and the I\u201d uses only non-actors to tell the story of a group of inner city high school riding the bus home on the last day of school. While the concept is interesting, the end product is a disappointment and \u201cThe We and the I\u201d doesn\u2019t tell a strong enough story to overcome the amateur element of the acting.<\/span>
\nThis is because Gondry\u2019s signature is the Visual, not the Story. Here, words is all we have and they are presented in a stiff, stilted manner that never eases into any sort of rhythm. The tone is reminiscent of the early works of Richard Linklater like \u201cSlacker\u201d or \u201cWaking Life\u201d. But Linklater was smart enough to work in short vignettes in those films to deal with the weak acting. Gondry soaks in it. At one hour and 45 minutes, \u201cThe We and the I\u201d becomes too bogged down to work.
\nWhile I appreciate ideas behind this film, the end product is a disappointment. Fans of Gondry must seek this out but that is about all who should care.<\/p>\n

The We and the I is available on Blu-ray\/DVD September 17th 2013<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michel Gondry is a cinematic madman. He hits it at many angles and the results grossly vary. To illustrate the scope: He has brought us a wide variety of documentaries from Dave Chappelle\u2019s home grown concert film \u201cBlock Party\u201d to an intimate portrait of Gondry\u2019s own personal family in \u201cThe Thorn in the Heart\u201d. All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13854,22595],"class_list":["post-5443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dvdblu-ray-reviews","tag-michel-gondry","tag-the-we-and-the-i"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}