Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on February 04, 2007 at 05:05:19

In Reply to: Agree completely, but would add... posted by semuta on February 3, 2007 at 20:10:28:

novel which form their basis, strive to be... deeeeeep.
"This is a microcosm of America!"
Not.
These are thugs with no redeeming virtues who the director attempts to make noble by placing in dangerous circumstances. Yes, a brilliant and clever job of manipulation. Notice how in that early scene Luca is strangled so cowardly? Well, he did the same to many others. We should feel he deserves his fate. Yet, from the earlier scene showing such a hulk being boyishly shy, we are all but compelled to feel a certain... affection.
Great films, like all great art, must be more than the surface... they must be more than the sum of their parts.
Read Puzo's novel. It is better than the films. Is it a great novel?