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AGGIELIFE
Friday, February 9,2
THE BATTALION
Saving Silverman
Starring Jason Biggs and Amanda Peet
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Saving Silverman is a lighthearted farce that fails to
demonstrate why any of its characters are worth an audi
ence’s time. However, it fills that time with a steady bom
bardment of gags and jokes, a la Dumb and Dumber.
Loud and never subtle, this film manages to contain sev
eral side-splitting comedic scenes, but because the film
lacks depth, the laughs wear thin by the movie’s end.
Wayne (Steve Zahn), J.D. (Jack Black) and Darren
Silverman (Biggs) have been best friends all their lives.
That is, until Judith (Peet) comes along. Once she be
gins dating Silverman, it is not long before she forbids
him to see his old friends or even be his old self. Wayne
and J.D. are determined not to lose their friend, so they
devise a scheme to kidnap Judith and set Silverman up
with his high school love Sandy (Amanda Detmer).
Their conflict is the basis of the film’s humor.
Sounds kind of complicated, right? Don’t worry,
one thing this film never is — deep. This film mainly
consists of Black acting stupid, Zahn acting marginal
ly less stupid and Biggs acting like the dorky guy he
has played in every movie he has ever been in. The
only really nice job acting job is done by Peet, who
makes acting like a world class b—ch seem easy.
The pace is fast, and the jokes are plentiful. This
movie gives the audience plenty of opportunity to
laugh by being heavy on the slapstick physical come
dy that has been selling recently. Neil Diamond’s
PHOTO COURTESY COLUMBIA
cameo in this movie as himself is one of the film’s
funniest moments.
Saving Silverman is not rocket science, but fora
midnight showing when most of the audience is ate;
intoxicated, it has just the right intelligence level.
(Grade: C-)
—Matt McCon
Hannibal
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore
Directed by Ridley Scott
It is extremely difficult to make a sequel to a movie
like Silence of the Lambs which is acknowledged as
one of the best American films produced in the last 20
years. It is especially difficult when the novel upon
which the sequel is based should have never been writ
ten in the first place, and half the star power from
Lambs (Jodie Foster) chose to pass on the project. It
should have been obvious to everypne involved that
this project would turn out exactly‘jjie way it has —
flashy, commercially viable and cr^ppletely lacking in
quality entertainment. j ^
That description is Hannibal in a nutshell, a film
whose sole purpose seems to be great cinematogra
phy and a story built around blood. Blood is not a bad
thing, especially when it furthers the story. But no
one expects a film from legendary director Scott
{Gladiator, Alien) and star Hopkins to be entirely fo
cused on blood and gore.
Taken from a nearly cartoonish novel, this film
centers around the only of Hannibal's survivors and
Hannibal's fascination with revenge. This fascia
leads to a chain of events that bring “Hannibal the
Cannibal” and FBI agent Clarice Starling, (Moore)
together again.
The story is just plain silly. It more closely resemble
something found in a comic book than an intense psy- ;
chological journey into the heart of evil. The focus see®
to be off, as much of the movie lacks an underlying
meaning. In this film, what you see is what you get. 1
Stylishly shot and edited, this film seems to have
quality. Unfortunately, there is no substance. The .
whole movie crumbles under its own flashiness.
Looking at a sequel based solely on its own merits
as a film is difficult. It is even more difficult when its
predecessor, Silence of the Lambs, was so magnifi
cent. To speak plainly, Hannibal would be a disap
pointing movie in any respect. When will direcm
learn that all the incredible visuals in the worldith-
out something to engage the audience are just pat
terns of light displayed on a wall? This film neverbe-
comes a real world for the audience to enter,
the film is all bark and no bite. (Grade: C-) T
—Matt McCon
2001-2002 UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM
CALL FOR STUDENT RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Outstanding juniors who will have completed nine hours of honors coursework before the fall semester
and who have at least a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 are invited to apply for participation in the
University Undergraduate Research Fellows Program during their senior year. The Fellows Program
offers a two-semester independent research experience that culminates in a senior honors thesis. It is the
most prestigious research opportunity available to undergraduates at Texas A&M and provides
participants with opportunities usually extended only to students pursuing graduate degrees. Over the last
several years, 40 to 70 students have been selected annually as Fellows based upon faculty review of
.research proposals submitted to the University Honors Program. The Fellows Program features a close,
master-apprentice relationship between student researcher and faculty advisor and involves both students
and advisors in periodic interdisciplinary group meetings to encourage the development of a scholarly
community.
Faculty acquainted with capable juniors who meet the criteria for participation in the Undergraduate
Fellows Program may wish to (encourage them to consider preparing a proposal. An informational meet
ing concerning the 2001-2002 Fellows Program, open to faculty as well as students, has been scheduled
for 4:00 PM on Thursday, 15 February, in 292B MSC. Research proposals will be due on Thursday, 22
March. Students will know whether they have been admitted to the program in early April. For
additional information, contact Dr, Donald R. Dickson, Fellows Coordinator, d-dickson@tamu.edu or
visit the Honors website at httpt/^onors.tamu.edu. t
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