"Ditto. Its one of the most moving films I've ever seen. I'm not sure I even completely understand why.
Check out Lou Luminicks review in the NY post for the answer. In short he said: The producers are showing a great faith in the attention spans of movie-goers in that there is a lot of dialog. They got the guy who wrote "Ordinary People" to write Spiderman II. Think about that for a minute. The guy who wrote Ordinary People to write an FX wet dream like Spidey II
Dialog, at least since Speilberg, is the biggest sin a writer can make--as far as the copycats in H'wood understand. Speilbergs SUBJECTS don't require much of it BUT what the copycats don't notice is that whenever he needs it it is there.
Any storyteller WILL need it to manipulate an audience in the fullest possible way but for some reason (well, I know the reason: it's because so many in the industry are no talents who don't know WHY certain tools are used at any given time)"Dialog" has become out of genere. You know: for stage or books etc, not a visual thing like Film.
Dialog. Telling a story. Good points. This story speaks of an painfully ordinary geek, possessing talents largely unvalued today (intelligence, respect for the strong parental figures in his life, morality in depth) and faced with a Great Choice. In a time of manufactured reality and high voltage video games, an ageless tale that whispers directly to the soul is a rarity. Books are uncool and only a handful appreciate the stage. Hollywood producers in general would love to be able to deliver the "entertainment" that is really the main character in Strange Days. "Just jack it straight into my brain, please."