Comments on: DVD Review: “Rocket Science” http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/04/30/dvd-review-rocket-science/ The Oklahoman's George Lang Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: kev http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/04/30/dvd-review-rocket-science/comment-page-1/#comment-2938 kev Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:09:05 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/04/30/dvd-review-rocket-science/#comment-2938 I got this as a free screener, and I’m glad I did, because I don’t think I would have checked it out otherwise. My worst expectations were correct; the movie suffered from far too much Wes Anderson worship (down to the near impression of Alec Baldwin’s Tennenbaums narration) and camera work right out of the Napoleon Dynamite playbook.

That said, I liked this movie far more than I expected to. There was a really sweet story there, and the leads were great. I just wish it wasn’t muddied up by the attempts to be “indie cool.” I’m not sure about Blitz as a director; hopefully with his next film he will trust the material and not rely so much on the tricks of other indie gods.

]]> By: Chase http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/04/30/dvd-review-rocket-science/comment-page-1/#comment-2934 Chase Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:48:48 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/04/30/dvd-review-rocket-science/#comment-2934 Hey, high school debate! What a fertile ground for raucous comedy and teen pathos !

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