The movie is GREAT but...
I really can't stand w/ the music :( :(
shareI found the film to be really average. Perhaps it was different at the time it was released but there are hundreds of very similar films (and plots on TV shows). I don't get why everyone says it's Harrison Fords greatest role... He just seemed like himself. It wasn't bad, just really average.
sharePerhaps it was different at the time it was released but there are hundreds of very similar films (and plots on TV shows).
Really? Name one.
You can't appreciate great acting or storytelling because you're a tasteless heathen. There's a reason this script is taught in scriptwriting schools as an example of perfect pacing and craftsmanship.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness. share
Really? Name one.
I assume you're being a troll but I will:
* The Juror
* Pineapple Express
* Did you hear about the Morgans?
* Sister Act
There are obviously variations on the finer details but the general idea is the same.. someone witnesses a crime, goes into hiding, gets found and then goes on the run. Practically every TV show has done a similar storyline too.
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Well not only did all of those come out *after Witness, but most of those are pretty terrible.
Sister Act is a pretty good comedy, but is itself a remake of Some Like It Hot. So if you were going to accuse Witness of un-originality, you would have done better to use that film as an example.
However, the big difference is that the Billy Wilder film is a comedy, whereas Witness is a thriller-drama, and revolves around a policeman protecting a witness, and not a witness evading criminals.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.
Well not only did all of those come out *after Witness, but most of those are pretty terrible.
If you read my original post, I think you'll see that I recognised it may have been different at the time but now there are hundreds of films/TV shows using the same premise and so to me, watching the film for the first time now, it seems over-done and boring. I knew how the story was going to end. If it's been done so many times, that is probably an indication that it's a popular storyline and that people enjoy it, but I didn't and so I found the film to be average. It may have been pioneering, but I didn't feel there was anything that set it apart for me to make it different/interesting. share
Ok fair enough, but all I'm saying is that just because a film has been copied and redone so many times, doesn't make the original any less valid. We all know how Romeo and Juliet ends, but that doesn't make the actual experience of it any less enjoyable.
I appreciate Witness for the wonderful filmmaking, music score, thematic subtext, as well as the wonderful acting by Harrison Ford and the rest of the cast. And it is after all quite an original film. It didn't win best original screenplay for nothing you know.
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Ok fair enough, but all I'm saying is that just because a film has been copied and redone so many times, doesn't make the original any less valid. We all know how Romeo and Juliet ends, but that doesn't make the actual experience of it any less enjoyable.
I appreciate Witness for the wonderful filmmaking, music score, thematic subtext, as well as the wonderful acting by Harrison Ford and the rest of the cast. And it is after all quite an original film. It didn't win best original screenplay for nothing you know.
Perhaps it's just because I'm not really a fan of Harrison Ford but I didn't find his acting to be wonderful... Maybe he just takes on the role too easily and becomes the person, but it just seemed like he was being himself in a different life. I'm glad people like it, I just don't 'get it'. share