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This auditorium was having a whole lot of projection problems, including the framing (because of a bad splice between the AMC policy and the first reel of the movie), which I swore when they finally "fixed" it was still about a hair off -- just enough to bug me (a projectionist and movie critic who would notice such a thing) but shouldn't have been enough to bother most people...
...except for the damn boom mikes, which EVERYBODY noticed.
Now this brings up an interesting question: why would anybody film a movie such that boom mikes would appear in the frame at all? Why count on a projectionist to have it in frame (such that the very top and very bottom are cut off, as is typically the case)? Now, I don't sit down and watch every movie I start from beginning to end, but in more than a thousand threadings (maybe many more) I don't recall seeing a boom mike or having a customer complaining about a boom mike once in any other film. Maybe I'm just 100 % perfect when it comes to framing (close but not perfect) but, really, it just makes absolutely no sense to film a movie such that a boom mike might appear in any portion of the film and I don't believe any good directors do that.
That said, based on Critico's information, I believe there's a possibility that those who watch "Bagger Vance" in frame may not see the boom mikes -- therefore I will probably alter my review enough that I won't make a big deal out of that (as I had done). I would go to one of its screenings next week -- but boom mike or no boom mike, this film is still so wretched that I couldn't bare to sit through it again just to check on something like that. Charlize Theron's accent is BEYOND horrific and got to say fantastic stuff like "make me melt like butter on a muffin," the little boy actually made me yearn for Jake Lloyd's "talents," Will Smith spent the whole movie spewing messages that amounted to nothing, Matt Damon looked like he wanted to be somewhere else really badly, and the whole story amounted to nothing more than a PGA promo as none of the characters were really examined. It's just baffling this much talent could make something so bad.
Throwing Muses: When I said "proper filmmaking," I meant "Horse Whisperer's" technical aspects weren't flawed, as in boom mikes appearing in shots. I didn't mean the story was good.
Coaster: Honestly, I know nothing about those rumors...
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I'm actually looking forward to "Charlie's Angels" tonight after this. At least in this case, I'm expecting the worst, so I'll probably end up giving it a 8/10 because it's not the worst film on the planet, then kick myself for being so stupid 8 days later when I see the POS again.
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