September 02, 2006

The Video for "The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars

Okay, I might be rather late to this party. I didn't even know until this week that Jared Leto had a band. But having been made aware of that fact and having finally seen this video, I have the following question. Should some execs or maybe a video director get some special award for this? I ask because how do you take a man who's one of the best looking guys in the country (ok used to be - but he could be again) outfit him with a band and obviously spend a fair bit of cash on an homage to Stanley Kubrick's brilliant The Shining ... and come up with something so stultifying and dull? It's a neat trick - if a most unfortunate one. OK, true, the oh-so average song can be "awarded" for doing half the work. But still you'd think given all the visual possibilities, well you'd think they could have easily come up with something at least slightly more interesting.

I don't hate this by any means. I'm always in favor of honoring The Shining. But would a little originality have killed them?

Posted by armand at September 2, 2006 08:14 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Music


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