Hit and Miss

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2004)

I went to the screening of this tonight in a university cinema (not my first time to this venue I might add) and was very wary of the fact that I would be surrounded by film students who, as with several previous occasions, would most likely find the slightest comical thing the funniest thing in the world. I know, I shouldn't go there if I despise it so much, but this was the only place showing the film.
Anyways, I was interested to see Jarmusch's C&C trilogy put together into one lump. The film consists of pretty much the usual pointless conversations you would have with a friend or someone you had to meet for some reason in a coffee shop.
Things I liked: Dialogue repeated by different actors in different stories, the link with the checkered coffee table in each story, the interesting paradox with Molina/Coogan discussing making a movie, "Those Thingsll Kill Ya", "Delerium", Steve Buscemi and Bill Murray. I also enjoyed this idea of letting us be a part of these conversations - to take us into the world we already know albeit through film.
Things I didn't like: "Renee" - a boring, unfunny and pointless waste of eye strain (maybe it wasn't supposed to be funny, but even so I couldn't bring myself to like it), the length of some of the stories (eg. "Cousins?"), the general pointlessness of most of it and the irritating film students.
Good to see all these famous actors in such a low-key film, and an interesting way to pass some time, but it was in the end a hit and miss affair in this reviewer's opinion.