Where did I leave off yesterday? Right, the second film which was, fuck how do you spell it? Something like 'Synechdeche'...let me check...it's 'Synecdoche, New York', I was pretty close. Anyways, it's the new Charlie Kaufman film and it's his directorial debut. I didn't much care for it. I think directing it himself was a mistake as it was an over-indulgent mess. I liked the first hour but it lost me in the second half -- it went on way too long and it went up it's own ass. The premise is cool but it needed a Director to reign it in and make it coherent. It's too bad cause there are some funny parts and Philip Seymour Hoffman was great.
Next up was 'Gigantic' starring Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel. A small film by a first time director that we almost loved. I say almost loved because we loved everything about the film except for one really out of place recurring thing that made no sense and was totally out place amongst the rest of the movie. It's too bad cause if you take those scenes out it's a great film. Despite that I still recommend it.
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