GREAT MOVIE!!Great concept!!!!!!!!!!!! - The Final Cut (2004) Discussion

[–] redexus 19 years ago

I totally agree, story is compelling and thrilling and the ending is surprisingly good - in contrary to most american-made films. I guess that's why people here dont appreciate much this film.

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[–] hcapers 18 years ago

Ditto. I enjoyed this movie and Robin Williams was excellent. The ending was surprisingly good.

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[–] Good_Bad_And_DeadDude 19 years ago

This film was excellent. In fact, I'd have to say that it's probably one of the best films to be shot outside of the US that I've seen in my life. The way that they edited it so that the view would cut back and forth between what Alan saw and what everyone else saw was pure genius, especially with the graveyard scene. But what's also so great about this film is that it really makes you stop and think about the role that technology is playing in our lives and may play in the future.

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[–] 666Night999 19 years ago

Where was the character depth? I expected a lot more from this movie. I said before that it is a passable movie, but it seemed to turn into thriller mode before we could really get to know these charcters. A similar movie about identity and lies is GATTACA. Much better movie than this passable one. Robin Williams was much better in INSOMNIA, don't you think?

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[–] SetPhasersToMalky 19 years ago

its suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks soooooo much its the worst movie ever i hated it how could you like it was completely unthriling and made little sense the ending was awful i hated everything about this movie

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[–] silviutza_85 19 years ago

Can't you just accept that people have different pov's? Ok, i got your point, you say it suck, but please stop whining about it like a little baby!!!
you ask "how could you like it"... well, my dear, it's called different perspective and relativisation... maybe you've never heard of it.
I am extremely tired of you people who don't have the power to give valid arguments and resume to "oh, i sucks, how can you watch it"...
So please, throw us some REAL arguments, not the ones of a 13 year old, ok?

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[–] SetPhasersToMalky 19 years ago

uh ok "dear" yeah dont call me that secondly i'm 14 idiot so 13 year old opinions are sort of in my range, but what did this movie have? there was no actual plot it was stupid, the concept was good but they totally wasted it

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[–] lathe-of-heaven 19 years ago

Heh heh..., GOOD answer! Actually, I fully agree with your 14 YEAR OLD opinion! : ) Excellent concept, done fairly well, but the opportunity to do THIS kind of story was TOTALLY wasted. Good issues about rights, truth in memory, etc., but where really did it go...?

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The ending (especially HOW he died - gee, were we all supposed to be SO shocked when his 'friend' couldn't kill him but the BIG BAD COLD killer guy did??? Oooooh...) Honestly, I think the fault was the direction; a LOT of directors coulda taken the exact same material and done a LOT more with it. He had at least THREE primary areas that could easily have been deepened or expanded, 1) The whole guy and his daughter thing; barely touched... 2)MUCH more detail and development with the boyhood friend who 'died', although this was done fairly well. And 3) DEFINITELY more development and SOME friggin' satisfying resolution with the relationship between Williams and Sorvino (preferably with LOTS of rampant nudity [just kidding : ]

Anyway, MUCH more coulda been done; but, what little was done was done moderately well.

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[–] rengam 18 years ago

Honestly, I think the fault was the direction;

Why do you say that the "fault was the direction" and then support this by listing problems with the screenplay?

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[–] k3psw 15 years ago

How could anyone like a movie that had no explosions and car crashes? Maybe I liked it because it contained some ideas that were novel. Maybe it was interesting because it followed these ideas and developed a plot illustrating the consequences. I thought it to be quite good sience fiction.

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[–] k3psw 15 years ago

How could anyone like a movie that had no explosions and car crashes? Maybe I liked it because it contained some ideas that were novel. Maybe it was interesting because it followed these ideas and developed a plot illustrating the consequences. I thought it to be quite good sience fiction.

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[–] stefannej13 18 years ago

I didn't really like the movie either, but couldn't you think of a better way to express it?

I did enjoy it right until the end. That's what ruined it for me. I guess I expected more out of it... I kind of felt like I was left hanging. So was the whole point that Robin William's charcter didn't really have a life so the bad guy was making his life mean more than it ever would? If so, I missed something in the middle. I guess I didn't feel for his character as much as I was supposed to.

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[–] patoneal 18 years ago

yeah, I agree. I was pleasantly suprised with this flick. I think people will start looking at a movie like this 40 years from now. I think it's way ahead of the times for the average person to "get into it". I also digs Williams low affect and low-key acting role.

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[–] taijiquan12 15 years ago

It's true that the concept was better than the whole of the movie, however the movie wasn't mediocre to me. If you look at what is mediocre or average, there are far worse works than this in that rung of the movie ladder.

To me, the very fact that this movie did have a truly great concept was one of the things that made it so good. Better than average. It wasn't a concept I had exactly seen before, and is some of the best kind of sci-fi: the thought provoking kind.
Coming across a movie with a concept that will truly stick with you is rare when it comes to most movies nowadays, so I do believe that the fact that I will be thinking about this movie for a little bit after having seen it instead of mentally throwing it out makes it better than average.

Sci-fi really isn't a genre to me, or rather it's a genre that needs sub-classifications, because this wasn't a sci-fi action movie, it was a very believable and emotional movie that used sci-fi elements in a subtle way.
I think that sci-fi would have more respect if it was treated like this more often and less as an excuse to make action movies with a futuristic flare.

I'd also like to remark that Robin William's performance was fantastic and the way the movie was shot was really great.

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[–] hansenmv2002 10 years ago

Im getting it - every round of this flick i see abit more - the last line "your death will mean something" - i presume refers to the revolt against this memory tech

Bruce Campbell:[When asked what he would want with him if stuck on a deserted island] A continent.

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[–] kairingler 11 years ago

well it looks to me as if you and I are about the only people on this board who actually like this movie,, I like the recently creepy roles that Robin Williams has played over the years. growing up watching Mork and Mindy plus seeing all his wonderful standup,, this is quite a change, I was thouroughly happy with the movie.
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[–] CameronWalker01 10 years ago

The concept was great, but I was left feeling a bit disappointed. It was a good movie for sure, but I felt it didn't live up to its potential. It could have been so much more.

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[–] Eve_of_Destruction 11 years ago

I very much liked it.

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[–] LorcaGonzalez 10 years ago

I also loved this movie.
Wonder why it is so underrated! I loved its really calm pacing, since most of the movies that are this style tent to be hectic. It really had me glued to the TV

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