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He also demonstrated surprising amounts of fear and desperation at certain points.
I love that the movie is listed here under PTA's preferred title.
Ah, right, I suppose.
That's fair. I docked it a point for this reason but still gave it 8/10.
For me, because I wanted the verisimilitude to continue.
I don't think he was shot, or gravely injured. I would have preferred to see more (it felt like a 9/10 up to that point but dropped to 8/10). But I think the gist is that he is in a very perilous and stressful position yet cannot call the police because of the negative publicity it would create that he was with a call girl. A real pickle.
The credits were in French and it was a French co-pro (not sure why). I liked it a lot (8/10), but I don't blame anyone who was bored by it.
Good point.
Right?
But it should make sense in retrospect. Like “Ohhh okay, I see what you did there.”
LOL
This is more accurate. Some of the shots near the end, in the building they were working on, looked very cool.
For real?
I enjoy your evocative phrase about guys and mudpuddles!
But in any case, this movie wouldn’t work for me even with more ideal casting. The writing, directing, and cinematography are not to my taste. It kind of reminds me of that whole candy-colored “But I’m a Cheerleader” type of movie. Garish look, everything is underlined, nothing is subtle. The scene with the lawyer is particularly embarrassing. And that’s an actor I have liked in literally everything else I’ve ever seen him in.
I respect the argument that she doesn’t need to be that hot for this to work. But I can’t agree with you that she’s an 8. When she was in DRIVE she was an 8, but she has aged badly and is now a 6 at best. (BTW, I don’t only make these kinds of judgements about women: I watched the premiere of the new season of SURVIVOR this week and commented to everyone I know that Jeff Probst looks like he has aged a decade or more since the last season. I may be mean, but not in a gendered way.)
Glad it’s not just me!
Exactly.
Huh, weird. The More You Know…
I respect that you used evolutionary psychology to support your case.
Good idea. It’s dumb that everyone wants to retire the character who has been around for 60 years, just because of the bad luck of Chadwick Boseman dying young.
Yeah, I was wondering what was up with that weird cinematography.