Every week, Kristopher Pollard from Milwaukee Film and Radio Milwaukee’s Dori Zori talk about movies — because that’s what you do when you’re Cinebuds.
Sometimes on the podcast, it takes a while to suss out how our hosts felt about a particular film. Then there are episodes like this one, which takes a grand total of 15 seconds before Dori says the following to Kpolly:
“What did you make me watch this week?”
Because Dori is a seasoned media professional, you can pay close attention to things like phrasing and sentence structure, and you’ll get a pretty good idea of what she’s driving at. This case is very similar to one parent asking the other, “Did you see what your son did?” There’s a subtle accusatory tone coupled with a not-so-subtle shirking of responsibility.
The other way you can tell that the verdict on a film might fall toward the negative side of things is that this description goes on for a little bit before we actually say the name of the film. In this case, it’s Trap from M. Night Shyamalan, whose career has been fascinating if not always entertaining.
It turns out “fascinating if not always entertainment” is an apt description for Trap, which has a lot of interesting facets. M. Night enlists his daughter to fill the role of pop star in the film (almost certainly as a backdoor jumpstart to her real-life musical aspirations), beloved actor Josh Hartnett plays a prominent role, and the premise has a hint of intrigue — as noted in the movie’s tagline: “30,000 fans. 300 cops. 1 serial killer. No escape.”
Unfortunately, as our Cinebuds note, the plot kinda takes a backseat to the whole “let’s make my daughter a pop star” thing. So, did the film succeed on that (or any other) front? Find out by hitting the “Listen” button at the top of the page or tracking down Cinebuds wherever you listen to podcasts.
