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I learned that just because the movie credits list a writer doesn't mean there was a script.
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Just want to comment- yes it may be a short film stretched, but is it glorious. Why so critical? Should it be made to meet your criteria then it'd be too long. And a premise this novel merit its own movie.
Owens moves into the firstrank of male leads with this role: brilliantly underplayed yet strong and forceful when needed.
I don't know about those that complain about the action dominating: it didn't. It was, after all, about an escape and most of the film... well, the characters were engaged in it. That one stunt with the motorcycle should become a classic.
In fact, all the action sequences were extremely well done, believable, and not overlong which is the bane of films like Blood Diamond and the lastest Bond thing.
A very good action film with intelligence, pacing, and very good performances: what more do yo want?
Only Julianne Moore was lacking. Her voice, appearance, and carriage seemed very weak, almost as if she were ill or recuperating.
The scene where central character is being carried through and out the bombed out building is as emotional and hard-hitting as any I can remember without being oversentimentalized or melodramatic.
Cuaron has made the best of the "message" films of the recent past. "Constant Gardener," "Traffick," "Syriana," all are very good films but C of G is superior.
Note: I felt it necessary to go to extras and have deaf texting as I found the Brit accents, especially Michael Caine's, almost unintelligible.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Messages should be subtle. In CoM, it was painted all over it. Grittiness was novel in the 70s. Its overdone now, and in this film was a serious distraction. The dank trash-strewn set "design" was overpowering. The thick accents blunted what little dialogue there was (we agree). The story was so undercooked that it was undigestable. Its potential power was squandered the maker's insistance that we "get" it. Good editing and camera work were defeated by the flat lighting and too-grim sets.Anytime a film makes me more aware of its gimmicky manipulations and technical failings than the story and characters, the film maker has really blown it. I am thankful, though, that they never went ahead with that smellivision idea for movies.
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quite subtle, leaving the major "message" to be the reaction of the fighters in and outside of the building.
I think in this case, the future accurately was portrayed, given the condition of the world.
I thought the film was extremely character and storyline based: no gratuitous violence, no extended chase scenes or battles. Yes, it had all of those elements but they were plot driven, not vice-versa.
I thought the story was carried to term... I don't know what you felt was undeveloped?
Person found, something occurs, hero attempts to preserve lives.
Anyhow, I have seen so many films your comments apply to but I'm really surprised you'd think they fit this film.
Oh, did I mention how much I liked the collateral actors, too? The midwife, the gypsy, the dread-locked attacker and, of course, the Caine character which was subtly over the top, not too much to be a cartoon but enough to provide a little lightness.
So a story about a "semi-post-apolyptic" world mired in something akin to a civil war should have looked like...oh I don't know...'The Wizard of Oz'? Interesting take, I guess. To each his own.Emmanuel Lubezski's (sp.) cinematography (and as an extension his "flat lighting") was awarded the ASC award for excellence in cinematography (by his peers) as well as an academy award nomination, and IMHO; it was technically one of the most stunning pieces of work in a long time, thanks in part to it's simplicity and primitive grittiness.
I for one kind of relished in and enjoyed the "What if this thing keeps on going the way it is going" message that was part of it's core.
Again, to each his own.
We rented the film, mostly because of all the glowing comments here.I've gotta say that it was a letdown for me. Sure, it was very, very well shot. It was worth watching IMO, and I enjoyed it. The music (especially the King Crimson) was fun to hear.
A certain character was killed off too soon.
The movie was considerably more action and less thought/drama than I was expecting/hoping.
Rod
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I know, I know; awards are.....
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