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In Reply to: "The Pledge" posted by rico on March 20, 2005 at 09:06:40:
gruesome scenes, unnecessarily so from any reasonable perspective.
No directorial skill whatsoever is shown, and all humans are shown to be scum: Penn's vision of the human condition is depressing. He provides no "Sisyphus-ian" triumph of man over adversity. Instead, we are shown people that sink to the lowest point and keep digging.
Hell, he doesn't even give us the satisfaction of having the killer dealt with by Nicholson. Sorry, but this is a movie. You want a story this negative, read a newspaper or see a documentary.
Penn needs to realize the glass is half full, at least sometimes.
I mean, who could give a fuck about a character as lost as Nicholson?
Too bad, because Nicholson's performance, and Benicio del Toro's in a cameo, are excellent.
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Follow Ups
- Another pointless movie about a serial killer with - tinear 13:56:20 03/20/05 (8)
- Re: "...all humans are shown to be scum." - rico 05:46:05 03/21/05 (1)
- Re: Shakespearean tradegy... - Jeff Starrs 08:09:33 03/21/05 (0)
- Re: Another pointless movie about a serial killer with - patrickU 01:19:58 03/21/05 (0)
- Re: Another pointless movie about a serial killer with - jamesgarvin 16:08:27 03/20/05 (4)
- Ok, an honest disagreement. There is a reason - tinear 16:18:51 03/20/05 (3)
- Re: "...the murderer 'won' " - rico 05:48:23 03/21/05 (2)
- He won as far as he avoided punishment for his - tinear 07:04:15 03/21/05 (1)
- Re: He won as far as he avoided punishment for his - rico 09:18:30 03/21/05 (0)
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