Went to see this tonight. Enjoyed it, despite initial accessibility issues and some ultimate problems with the film's message. (Late End Capitalism is a shared delusion? And everything the film was saying about moral culpability struck me as strange and inaccurate).
Everyone's pretty good, but I found myself drifting off during the Patterson/Giamatti scenes. Perhaps it was the pacing, perhaps it was Giamatti struggling with the Thorton Wilderesque dialogue. (There's more than a few of the actors who don't acquit themselves that strongly in the opening). That said, once the women enter the picture, I started to enjoy the film significantly more — the sequence with the theoretical analyst was spectacular.
And the film's Cronebergian, without the signature B-movie touches. Take that as you will.
Pity the Twi Hards who don't know what they're getting into.
edited 12th Aug '12 5:00:06 AM by Nicknacks
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Went to see this tonight. Enjoyed it, despite initial accessibility issues and some ultimate problems with the film's message. (Late End Capitalism is a shared delusion? And everything the film was saying about moral culpability struck me as strange and inaccurate).
Everyone's pretty good, but I found myself drifting off during the Patterson/Giamatti scenes. Perhaps it was the pacing, perhaps it was Giamatti struggling with the Thorton Wilderesque dialogue. (There's more than a few of the actors who don't acquit themselves that strongly in the opening). That said, once the women enter the picture, I started to enjoy the film significantly more — the sequence with the theoretical analyst was spectacular.
And the film's Cronebergian, without the signature B-movie touches. Take that as you will.
Pity the Twi Hards who don't know what they're getting into.
edited 12th Aug '12 5:00:06 AM by Nicknacks
This post has been powered by avenging fury and a balanced diet.