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8 thursday, October 30,2008 ATOP THE THRONE fy g ai\ . % #if h *jyk A^fiMj^^nnKinw^ iff ill jgsp '^illl^ v |i§r ' V •• -By.:- -'^^^ff^ffffp^|MJ| m vv bk ~ iii miji 11 1 I -, "' . A Aug., ; 'p l lpl&jj|* f/j v'/-; pj||| - ' ■★gjfcffp* ’*£ '* w ' J JM -‘4m 9Bf f .All -•> ; ' .. ‘ . ; • ••■' ■’ ’. ' DTH/JORDAN LAWRENCE ead singer Shayne O’Neill of Durham’s regal “acousti core” champs The Future Kings of Nowhere spits out his lines at machine-gun pace during a performance at Local 506 last Wednesday. O’Neill and the rest of the trio opened the show before a set from Knoxville’s Tenderhooks. THE SOLEIL BOOKBINPERY ®§OMD* November tst 8 2nd. Bth 8 9th • Handbound Leather Journals J 304 W. 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B presented by: Carolina union activities board film committee fit GRAND OPENING October 27th 1125 W.NC Highway 54 Hope Valley Commons Shopping Center Durham, NC ¥ TEL 919.489.6900 \ \ $ iSfflSiltt B Jordan \/q I Hope Valley Commons V. 1 Harris Teeter , swr Hamburger Steaks ¥ Fries ¥ Shakes ¥ Pepsi Diversions MOVIESHORTS PRIDE AND GLORY ★★★&☆ In an interview, Declan Quinn, cinematographer for “Pride and Glory,” talked about the difficulties of making the film unique, and not like “something we’ve seen a hun dred times before.” Unfortunately, “Pride and Glory” is indistinguishable from all the subpar police thrillers already in existence. Edward Norton stars as Ray Tierney, a top detective who is assigned to investigate the shooting of four officers following an attempt ed raid on a drug house. He runs into trouble when he discovers that the officers, under the command of his brother Francis (Noah Emmerich), might have been corrupt. Cue the basic cop movie cliches: moral codes are tested, family ties are strained, and Norton smolders with generic intensity. The dialogue is laughable and the action is over the top. There are no fewer than three accidentally hilari ous scenes in which characters have emotionally-charged arguments in public bathrooms, flinging accusa tions and knocking things over. The usually-reliable Norton sleep walks through his performance, as if defeated by the hammy lines he’s forced to spout Jon Voight and Colin Farrell aren’t bad, but fail to turn in outstanding performances. The best turn comes from Emmerich, who emerges as perhaps the only likeable character, certainly the only one who is fun to watch. “Pride and Glory” isn’t a taut drama, but it refuses to descend entirely into the realm of camp cin ema. Instead it hovers in some sort of entertainment purgatory, disap pointing those looking for dramatic thrills as well as those just hoping for some flashy shootouts. -Mark Niegelsky {imlhoj} offer .Abortion Not all people struggle after an abortion, but if you do we are here to help. • Do you find yourself trying to turn off feeling associated with pregnancy and abortion? • Have you experienced an increase in drugs, alcohol, or depression? • Are you unable to talk to about your experience? Do you feel alone? • Do you experience bad dreams, sleeplessness, or flashbacks? Pregnancy Support Services 919-942-7318, HffjHHflinSHßjMMHlflHlflftHHHtMi Tickets are still available for the incomparable Kirov Orchestra jf* In its first area appearance, the Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky ,i. Theater, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, performs beloved /fcfc ;F§ fe; Russian works of Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. Don't miss this id|l once-in-a-lifetime experience. Performing two programs: NOVEMBER 11 Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy - 1 Overture, Prokofiev's Cinderella Suite, Chout Symphonic Suite. Le Pus d'ncier Suite NOVEMBER 12 A. Prokofiev's Cinderella Suite. vT",'' Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet. Beethoven's Piano Concerto Mm * ■CAROLINA PERFORMING ■ARTS A GIRL CUT IN TWO ★★★☆☆ With “A Girl Cut n Two” French director Claude Chabrol uses the talents ofFrangois Berleand and the looks of Ludivine Sagnier in a some what successful attempt to bring a dark, saucy drama to the screen. Sagnier plays Gabrielle Deneige, a young TV weather girl caught in a love triangle with a famous author, who’s older than the girl’s mother, and a young aristocrat who spends his time wasting the family fortune. What has made Chabrol so suc cessful in previous films is his com mitment to suspense. “A Girl Cut in Two,” however, can’t decide if it’s a suspenseful drama or a soap opera. Chabrol does well portraying Deneige’s painful loss of innocence, and Sagnier carries herself well. But the vastly important support ing roles in the film oscillate between caricatures and question marks. Rather than creating suspense, Charbrol often fails to instill nec essary characterization in some of the film’s most critical roles. While “A Girl Cut in Two” is intriguing and often satisfyingly shocking, the lack of strong charac ters makes it difficult to come away with any consistent understanding of anyone in the film. After all, if you’re going to watch a soap opera, the point is to love or hate each character, or at least know enough about them so that you can decide between the two. -David Bemgartt HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR It goes without saying: as a Disney production, the third and final installation of the High School Musical trilogy engages in wholesale fantasy about what it means to be a high schooler. No one watches these things for documentary value any way, though, so no big deal. Right? Unfortunately, “Senior Year” just happens to fantasize about the most cliched and cinematically misun derstood time in high school. “Tweenyboppers” will eat it up, of course, but anyone who has actually been a high school senior will have a hard time stomaching the mood of melancholy running through the whole movie. If senior year is “the last chance to get it right,” as one of the many mediocre musical numbers says, then why are most real high school seniors less interested in getting it right, and more interested in get ting it over with? As always, the real-life circum stances surrounding the production are more interesting than the mon ey-grubbing myth-making going on in the actual song and dance. The possible return of Vanessa Hudgens in the role of Gabriella was complicated for a while after a scandal involving some nude photos she took of herself that were leaked on the Internet last year, a nagging misfortune that’s probably more common to high school life than the problems facing Zac Efron’s charac ter Troy (picking between a basket ball scholarship at a jock school or a music scholarship at Juilliard). The tension that this back ground provides the movie is inter esting enough to merit a star. But unless you’re a middle schooler, that’s about it. -Jonathan Pattishall SAW V ☆☆☆☆☆ There is a list of movies some where, a list of the best pieces of cinema ever produced by man or beast, a list that includes such undeniable classics as “The Godfather,” “Casablanca,” and “A ®lj? latltj ®ar Bwl Streetcar Named Desire.” Let me tell you, “Saw V” belongs on that list, without question. This is, quite simply, a stun ning and inspired piece of film making. The level of nuance dis played by both the director and the young men and women that ... I’m sorry. There are bad movies, and then there are really bad movies, and then there’s “Gigli.” Only after you get past that one do you arrive at “Saw V.” And “Saw I-IV.” My god. I’m not going to discuss the actors, or the director, or any of the other things that people read movie reviews for, because they don’t matter. Chances are, if you want to see “Saw V” what I say about it won’t matter to you. This movie is so bad that I couldn’t finish it. This movie is so bad that Dick Cheney tried to use it against suspected terror ists. This movie is so bad it made the entire A-Team cry, including Mr. T. In a nutshell, this is a snuff film. It’s the kind of movie you see when you want your date to cling to you extra tight or if you’re so supreme ly bored that watching people get torn asunder by ridiculously complicated death traps actually sounds like fun. A bit of advice: Save your time and your money. Go eat a sandwich or something. -Evan Hughes SIfiiRSYSTEM •k POOR ★★ FAIR ★★★ good ★★★★excellent ★★★★★ CLASSIC DIVE STAFF Jamie Williams, Editor 843-45291 dive@unc.edu Jordan Lawrence, Assistant Editor David Berngartt, Rachel Arnett, Cassie Perez, Mark Niegelsky, Mike Henson, Evan Hughes, Jonathan Pattishall, staff writers Jillian Nadell, Molly Jamison, Design Co-Editors Cover Design: Sarah Neal Simpson
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