Director's Chair #6: Day Three


LAMBs in the Director's Chair
Event #6 co-starring
Jane Campion and
Kathryn Bigelow
March 16th to 18th of 2010

Well, I hope everyone is recovering from either his or her hardcore holiday celebrations yesterday or at least a mid-week grind in the work week. The third day of our event has been posted intentionally late as a general courtesy for those who probably been tied up at work today or slept in late from an all night party. Anyway, yesterday it was been promised to everyone that I would have nineteen film reviews to be shared today. Honestly, would it be worth the time to spend describing each individual review? The nineteen reviews are distributed between three separate films and I would not even know if you could guess which film has won the majority of the reviews. I am sure that you would be able to guess which film it is based upon the list of credited films from Kathryn Bigelow and Jane Campion. No, it is not The Piano since I have previously included the reviews for that film.

Let me begin with a film from Kathryn Bigelow, who appears to be the most popular director for the current series. Previously, this film was listed with an editorial from a LAMB blogger who wanted to express a personal connection he had with the film, but I thought now would be a good time to list a few cinematic reviews for Point Break (1991). The film stars Patrick Swayze, may he rest in peace, and Keanu Reeves, who will forever battle Joey Russo in a contest for the best Whoa utterance. In no particular order here are the reviews for the film.
It would be rude of me to forget about the co-star of the event, Jane Campion. Sure, she has placed a strong impression upon the movie making industry with her early nineties film The Piano, but she is still directing high quality films with a strong female lead. Why should her most recent film, Bright Star, be any different from the other films that she has directed? With a bit of honest admission I have not yet seen Bright Star. It is my Netflix queue, but I ran out of time to produce a decent review for the series. The following film reviews have been submitted by a few of our more active Director’s Chair participants, which I am highly thankful for their hard work and dedication in their contributions to the series.
Okay, so here we are waiting for the grand announcement of the film that has received the highest number of submitted reviews. At this point as we are facing the end of our three-day series I would like to know if you have correctly guessed which film has received the most attention in comparison to all of the other stories that could have been given an equal amount of attention. The grand prize winner for the most submitted reviews is also the winner of the best picture category for the 82nd annual Academy Awards. I am talking about The Hurt Locker (2009). Here are the eleven articles about the film that have been sent in for your reading pleasure.
Oh boy, what a large amount of reading material for all of us to sift through over the last three days, I am hopeful that you were not overwhelmed with the reading material that I have offered to you. For those of you who were unable to participate in the latest installment of the LAMBs in the Director’s Chair series I am hoping that you will be able to participate in the next round of fun, which has been slated for the end of April. I will be announcing the candidate for event number seven as soon as I can garner a promotional banner or two for it. Also, I am planning on releasing the official rules of the event as a separate post pretty soon as a list of guidelines for anyone who would like to know what the series is all about and how they could participate in the event. If you have any questions or concerns about the latest installment of the series it would be highly suggested to send an e-mail to DJ Heinlein at mattehavoc@gmail.com with any thoughts that you may have to share.
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