Comments on: Gotham season 3 episode 16: Ben McKenzie talks directorial debut https://cartermatt.com/252071/gotham-season-3-episode-16-ben-mckenzie-talks-directorial-debut/ TV News, Interviews, and Reviews Thu, 04 May 2017 02:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Valen https://cartermatt.com/252071/gotham-season-3-episode-16-ben-mckenzie-talks-directorial-debut/#comment-158993 Thu, 04 May 2017 02:16:00 +0000 http://cartermatt.com/?p=252071#comment-158993 Ben did a good job as Director, as did the actors and writers. Solid episode. There was a lot going on. Sad to lose Uncle Frank so soon.

]]> By: or27 https://cartermatt.com/252071/gotham-season-3-episode-16-ben-mckenzie-talks-directorial-debut/#comment-158952 Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:20:00 +0000 http://cartermatt.com/?p=252071#comment-158952 I’m really anticipating Ben’s double role as he debuts as director along with being series star/lead. I realize that he had to be greatly minimized in last week’s episode to allow for the preparation work, so that means I’m already making up for that lost time on screen and the whole hiatus since January. As far as acting, I hope he has substance in terms of content, that having a family member, finally, not in a flashback, will mean a good personal, character-driven story. Last week was like a tease and just much too little. I read another interview about this where Ben mentioned how with all of the action and complex lighting, he feels like they run out of time for real acting, so I hope to see that. The quieter, more developed, slower paced scenes and stories, like the prison and right after arcs were like that.

As a director, I’m sure he’ll make smart choices from what he’s learned in front of the TV or film camera or on stage as an actor and from working with many skilled directors. He knows how he wants the characters to appear and how he’d like the story to be told as much as he can influence. He’s not writing, but he can leave his mark as an intelligent, insightful, set of eyes and ears.

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