Sunday, January 30, 2011

The best (and the worst) of Sundance

In breaking with tradition, we only saw 4 movies during this year's Sundance Film Festival. The best was a documentary about the puppeteer behind Sesame Street's Elmo and the worst was a bad “B” movie about the adventures of five teenage girls; so bad in fact that we stayed less than 20 minutes inside the theater.

This movie however had received the audience award in its category, which made us wonder who got it right; us or the audience? The way we receive movies never change; it's a reflection of our tastes, values and style, but given that our time is increasingly the most valuable commodity we have on our hands, we can't afford to spoil it with watching something unworthy of it. That's this simple!

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