West Wing -- February 23

[Longhorn]

I love The West Wing but this one totally baffled my husband and me -- the spinning camera during the party scene was really annoying. A little of that goes a long way! There was nothing that dramatic going on to warrant such out-of-the-blue direction. The director was Alex Graves, who has done several West Wing episodes before. I've never been so bothered by direction that I actually went back to the beginning to see who the director was and then looked him up on IMDB.com.

And while I usually don't mind the flashback episodes, this one was a little harder for us to reconcile as to what was going on. :shrug:

[Goblinmonger]

1. I liked it

Though, admittedly, I like postmodernism. I like the way that it abandoned the traditional time narrative to focus on theme/concept. I realize it isn't for everyone; I liked that it actually made you think. Then again, I'm an English teacher :crazy:

[truebrit71]

2. I must confess that I was almost at a complete loss as to what the hell

was going on?

And I agree with you on the rotating camera angle thing...very cool the first two times, dizzying and annoying after that...

This was the worst episode so far, in an altogether lack-lustre and uninspiring season....

[dr.strangelove]

3. Another wasted hour

I am gettign tired of this. The Toby Josh fight was very powerful and I enjoyed seeing two men in pressure packed situations explode on one another.

I long for the election to get here. This concept of trying to run two series at the same time sucks.