Five to one

Thank You For Smoking: 5/5. Witty, smart, hilarious. See it.
Pierre Huyghe at the Tate: 4/5. Witty, smart, gorgeous. See it. (And I'm not even a Pierre Huyghe fan.)
The Rem Koolhaas pavilion at the Serpentine: 3/5. Smart, gorgeous, pointless. Worth seeing.
740 Park: 2/5. Pointless, overlong, boring. Avoid.
The Matador: 1/5. Pointless, boring, forgettable. Avoid.

Posted by Felix at 16:52 EST

Comments

funny, I just saw the Matador on Sunday. The perfect movie to have on the TV while you're doing something else.

Posted by: mike d at 16:56 EST, July 18, 2006

well, "The Matador" won quite some acclaimed awards, so you might be wrong on that...

Posted by: franzstehrn at 14:10 EST, July 20, 2006

Two nominations, no awards, according to this page.

Posted by: Felix at 15:45 EST, July 20, 2006

fyi:

awards: http://www.richardshepard.com/thematador.htm

even 'aint it cool news' gave it a top review (http://www.richardshepard.com/thematador.htm) as did ebert (which I cannot find right now).

Posted by: franzstehrn at 10:34 EST, July 25, 2006

I do apologise. The Matador won the Audience Award at the San Diego Film Festival in 2005, while its director won Best Director at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival in 2005. That's it. What are these "acclaimed awards" of which you speak?

As for ain't it cool news, well, I just rest my case.

Posted by: Felix at 10:53 EST, July 25, 2006