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In Reply to: "Memory of a Killer." Rubbish. posted by tinear on April 17, 2007 at 12:33:08:
"You've seen all this before but with more style."Examples.
"they look more like grad students than tough cops."
Having dealt with several police investigators, they more than look the part. Perhaps your experiences with police investigators comes from watching the tele.
"The only thing here worthwhile could have been a story of the hitman's relationship with his completely debilitated brother, suffering from the same illness"
You missed the point of introducing the brother into the film. Most of us have no personal knowledge of Alzheimers. Brother, in the early throes of Alzheimers, sees first hand the fate that is his, and realizes that his time on this earth free of the disease are very limited. Had the director spent more film time on Alzheimers, the film would have been about alzheimers, not about the hitman, which I am not sure would have made an more interesting film. You have never seen a film about Alzheimers?
"See the "Bourne" series if you want something far better with style."
The Bourne films are mostly about style. Which is fine. I enjoyed them. But this is not a film about a hitman, as opposed to the Bourne films. Our hero could have been a used car salesman. An attorney. A doctor. Maybe even a bum sitting on a beach somewhere. The film is about a strong, independent man who has spent his life running his life, exercising control over other people's lives, and now must come to grips with the fact that he is falling prey to a disease that he knows will take everything important to him, and which he can do nothing about. The only thing he has left is to try to make things right.
Your comment that this was a "revenge" film amply demontrates that you simply did not understand the film.
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Follow Ups
- Re: "Memory of a Killer." Rubbish. - jamesgarvin 14:52:19 04/17/07 (15)
- "this is not a film about a hitman." Huh? What film did you watch? - tinear 17:00:10 04/17/07 (9)
- Re: "this is not a film about a hitman." Huh? What film did you watch? - jamesgarvin 10:45:40 04/18/07 (8)
- You're the one praising the hero, not the film. He's a creep with Alzheimers. - tinear 16:06:49 04/18/07 (6)
- Re: You're the one praising the hero, not the film. He's a creep with Alzheimers. - jamesgarvin 08:13:57 04/19/07 (5)
- You think they were "real cops?" No, no, no Jimmy. - tinear 16:19:53 04/19/07 (4)
- Re: You think they were "real cops?" No, no, no Jimmy. - jamesgarvin 10:38:44 04/20/07 (3)
- One man's crap is another's cake. Boring, predicatable, with - tinear 14:48:27 04/20/07 (2)
- Re: One man's crap is another's cake. Boring, predicatable, with - jamesgarvin 16:34:45 04/20/07 (1)
- You do mischaracterize, Jimmy. - tinear 05:31:08 04/21/07 (0)
- Huh? Yes, and it could have been a medical documentary. "Could" - tinear 16:03:36 04/18/07 (0)
- He's revenging the girl's killing. You ask for "style" examples in your - tinear 15:20:34 04/17/07 (4)
- Stop inhaling sand... - jamesgarvin 16:25:27 04/17/07 (3)
- Both films feature killers for hire. Both set out to revenge themselves - tinear 16:56:47 04/17/07 (2)
- Re: Both films feature killers for hire. Both set out to revenge themselves - jamesgarvin 10:48:39 04/18/07 (1)
- Compare it to "Memento." Now THAT'S a brilliant film about memory loss. - tinear 16:09:11 04/18/07 (0)
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