In Reply to: This was very much a TV production in its scripting and production quality..... posted by mr grits on November 24, 2007 at 10:03:45:
i.e. the country hic, the city slicker, the "fixer," the loner, the individualist, etc. In this film, the characters were shown with both faults and virtues; in other words, they're human. Also, each officer had a singular personality with no clichés we've come to expect in our military films.
I must also disagree with your assessment of the production values: they were excellent! No phony digital effects. An explosion was an explosion. An airplane... was an airplane.
But this film possessed a dimension of tension and danger which was totally original: the terror of the KGB which seemingly had its own agenda.
We'll just have to agree to disagree about this film!
It's the best thing I've seen for a long time and all the more remarkable considering its length.
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Follow Ups
- Actually... no. I found no stereotypes as is so common in American GI films, - tinear 14:16:59 11/24/07 (2)
- RE: Actually... no. I found no stereotypes as is so common in American GI films, - Victor Khomenko 14:35:23 11/24/07 (1)
- It was the overall humanity and the complexity of the characters - tinear 05:01:23 11/26/07 (0)