I'll say it right now. I don't understand you, mister and misses film goer. Looking at the numbers so far, you virtually ignored Steven Soderberghs' newest thriller called Haywire over the weekend. Critics have labeled it as an arty action flick so I guess that's why you stayed away. Or maybe it's that label that Soderbergh has an "arty" director. Maybe you simply read all of the negative pub that said that Soderbergh was trying to look smarter than everyone else by trying to reinvent the action film genre. That's fine but let me say this mister and misses film goer. You and countless others flocked to see Quantum Of Solace and Quantum Of Solace was an arty action flick that wasn't actually a Bond film. Again, I'm stumped. In the interest of full disclosure, I enjoy Steven Soderberghs work a lot. I was one of the handful of film goers that saw his experimental film with porn star Sasha Grey, The Girlfriend Experience. Anyway.... I'm calling you out mister and misses film goer. You gave Soderbergh's politically ham handed infection film, Contagion, almost eighty million bucks but you ignored Haywire. What is wrong with you people? You poured out greenbacks by the truckload to give to Michael Bay and the Transformers franchise and Michael Bay's only skill is to blow stuff up. LOUDLY. You paid eleven bucks to see a bunch of indistinguishable CGI bots fighting but you won't see a smart action flick like Haywire? What am I missing here? What has left you cold about Haywire mister and misses film goer? Is it the fact that Soderbergh makes films that actually have, oh I don't know, brainpower. You shun Haywire and yet..... you filled the box office coffers for Alvin and the friggin Chipmunks. What am I missing here? Help me, please. I don't want to be a film elitist here, but this is an intervention mister and misses film goer. I want you to see The Girlfriend Experience. And once you get that mainstream blech out of your system, I urge you to rent... say... Out of Sight or Solaris. OK, even Solaris kind of lost me..... but that's beside the point. I want you to embrace this visionary director named Steven Soderbergh. I want you to notice how his characters have brains, how the dialogue isn't merely throw away filler for yet another gaudy special effects sequence. For god sake, just say no when Transformers 4 comes out. Just say no to hacks like Michael Bay and say YES... to visionaries like Steven Soderbergh. I have faith in you my fellow film goers, I know that you have taste and I know that you want to be challenged. Please, don't let my faith in you be in vain. Strike a blow for this wonderful medium known as film, for craftsman like Steven Soderbergh. Hell, don't only strike a blow for Soderbergh; strike a blow for directors like Lea Pool and little seen indies like Lost and Delirious. Strike a blow for directors like Steven Soderbergh and indie gems like Guinevere. I know you've never heard of it, only three people saw it before it left town. That's my point Please, tear up that ticket to Sherlock Holmes. Run past that god awful mess known as Alvin and The Chipmunks. I know it's hard but you can say no to cinematic schlock mister and misses film goer. When it's late at night, stop and give that small little indie film a chance before you flip through the channels in search of that banal mega hit you missed in the theaters. And don't tell me you've see Juno because Juno is a mainstream indie and that's another story for another time. I believe in you mister and misses film goer, I know you can change.
Sincerely,
Mister Film
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