Thread: Revolver (2005)
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Old 23 Jan 2006, 14:09   #11
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"And God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends! God help you! That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character."
Brian Cox as Robert McKee in Adaptation

Replica asta (ma rog, in forma ei aproximativa din memorie) mi se invirtea in cap in primele 15 minute ale revolverului lui Guy Ritchie (indreptat de data asta fix catre timpla regizorala), un film care incearca so hard sa fie stylish (si aproape reuseste) incit uita cit de gaunos, pompos, fitsos ii e scenariul (demn de altfel de un Donald Kaufman).
(alta paranteza: spre lauda lui, Ritchie l-a mai periat, scapind de scamele kabbalistice care-l cotropeau, la un moment dat avea monoloage despre ce e materia, un intro cu intrarea camerei in piatra pina la nivel subatomic si indepartarea ei la nivel cosmic, tot felul de gretosenii filozoficesti pe care nevasta i le serveste la five o'clock tea). Dar tot au mai ramas destule. Q: why is there a twelve on the back of a ten dollar bill? see your local Kabbala club for an answer (or several).
Lock Stock si Snatch erau funny (Vinnie Jones : "I see replica written on the side of you gun", Statham: before ze germans get 'ere, Pitt: d'yer like dags, a caravan, etc), fast paced mindless pleasures with mockneys. Noul "Guy does Vegas" (nu fara momente sclipitoare: cazutul pe scari, asiatica asasina cu gitul perforat, the Sorter killing spree) isi ia intr-atit in serios misiunea de fake-brow "psihologic" (care se rezuma in fapt la citeva poncife despre you&me, the enemy, the smarter opponent virite in ciorbita si mestecate bine, voua Statham in lift nu v-a amintit de Gollum reflectat in apa?) si o lalaieste repetitiv pina te face sa-ti pui miinile in cap.
brain-teaser? puhleeease (vezi Donald Kaufman). teza de psihologie? double puhleease. influente irecognoscibile? say what? ciorbita de Tarantino cu crutoane de Fincher, presarata cu un pic de Lynch, si pe unde mai incape costita de Ritchie. Let's call a spade a spade, this movie sucks.
La plusuri, mustata lui Statham care-l face sa arate ca un porn star from the seventies, Liotta in briefs, cuplul pasabil de imaginary friends, si faptul ca Ritchie mai stie cum sa faca un "shoot-out". Cam atit
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