Friday, September 02, 2005
Siega Genesis
I believe I have a new favorite film-maker. You probably don't know the name Marcos Siega, but you will soon. Today Siega, the prolific music video director turned filmmaker, sees his first two movies released simultaneously. Now, I'm no cinema historian, but this could be a first (sorry, Jonathan Lynn, but I don't think Clue A, B, and C counts). The hilarious Nick Cannon comedy Underclassmen and the scathing satire Pretty Persuasion are both unleashed upon the American public today, an American public no doubt ready to block out the sorrows of the real world with horrible and ineffective cinema. Yes, a shared release date is not the only trait common to these two movies; both are, apparently, awful. Underclassmen and Pretty Persuasion combined for two-and-a-half stars in today's Boston Globe; their total Metacritic score is 64. Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum gave Persuasion a D- in one of her periodic smackdown reviews, whereas Underclassmen received a comparatively sanguine D. Yes, Siega is truly a special and gifted artist; not only are his first two movies being released on the same day, they also both might wind up on many a critic's worst of the year list.
I believe I have a new favorite film-maker. You probably don't know the name Marcos Siega, but you will soon. Today Siega, the prolific music video director turned filmmaker, sees his first two movies released simultaneously. Now, I'm no cinema historian, but this could be a first (sorry, Jonathan Lynn, but I don't think Clue A, B, and C counts). The hilarious Nick Cannon comedy Underclassmen and the scathing satire Pretty Persuasion are both unleashed upon the American public today, an American public no doubt ready to block out the sorrows of the real world with horrible and ineffective cinema. Yes, a shared release date is not the only trait common to these two movies; both are, apparently, awful. Underclassmen and Pretty Persuasion combined for two-and-a-half stars in today's Boston Globe; their total Metacritic score is 64. Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum gave Persuasion a D- in one of her periodic smackdown reviews, whereas Underclassmen received a comparatively sanguine D. Yes, Siega is truly a special and gifted artist; not only are his first two movies being released on the same day, they also both might wind up on many a critic's worst of the year list.
