Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (49 Viewers)
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Do you rate it highly?
I think it remains, to this day, alongside The Machinist and The Fighter, one of Bale's top three performances. Bale is one of the better mainstream actors out there, today. That little monologue on Huey Lewis' music before he axes Jared Leto, such a brilliant scene. It's not a brilliant film, but it's a good one. Have you read the book? It's one of those rare cases of an adaptation that really doesn't suffer too much alongside the book. Interesting, that the director, Mary Harron (Canadian!) has pretty much vanished after such a promising start to her career, with I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho, and The Notorious Bettie Page all being pretty good films, and she has done almost nothing on the silver screen since.
I think it remains, to this day, alongside The Machinist and The Fighter, one of Bale's top three performances. Bale is one of the better mainstream actors out there, today. That little monologue on Huey Lewis' music before he axes Jared Leto, such a brilliant scene. It's not a brilliant film, but it's a good one. Have you read the book? It's one of those rare cases of an adaptation that really doesn't suffer too much alongside the book. Interesting, that the director, Mary Harron (Canadian!) has pretty much vanished after such a promising start to her career, with I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho, and The Notorious Bettie Page all being pretty good films, and she has done almost nothing on the silver screen since.
It was misleading indeed. If anything it was different from most horror movies out there, that alone makes it a little bit interesting, just a little.
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Seeing as you like the good stuff. I take you praise Fritz Lang just as much as i do?
Seeing as you like the good stuff. I take you praise Fritz Lang just as much as i do?
From Harakiri to Die Nibelungen to Dr Mabuse to Metropolis to M to Hangmen Also Die to The Blue Gardenia to his Indian Epic. The man was a genius. I mean moving seamlessly from German Expressionism in the silent era to Noirs and Westerns... Beyond impressive.
I go through phases though and every couple years, a good marathon of Fritz Lang films seems to occur.
I adore Fritz Lang!
From Harakiri to Die Nibelungen to Dr Mabuse to Metropolis to M to Hangmen Also Die to The Blue Gardenia to his Indian Epic. The man was a genius. I mean moving seamlessly from German Expressionism in the silent era to Noirs and Westerns... Beyond impressive.
I go through phases though and every couples years, a good marathon of Fritz Lang films seems to occur.
From Harakiri to Die Nibelungen to Dr Mabuse to Metropolis to M to Hangmen Also Die to The Blue Gardenia to his Indian Epic. The man was a genius. I mean moving seamlessly from German Expressionism in the silent era to Noirs and Westerns... Beyond impressive.
I go through phases though and every couples years, a good marathon of Fritz Lang films seems to occur.
my man! I happen to be the same way. Fritz Lang deserves a marathon every 2 to 5 years. Dr Mabuse is one of the scariest characters ever, he gives me nightmares to this day.
Fritz Lang was absolutely brilliant, a genius ahead of his time.
German expressionism had some of the most brilliant horror films/scary characters. Dr Mabuse, Dr Caligari, Count Orlok, The Golem, and so on. There was something so subtle and nuanced in those seminal films that gave birth to the horror genre, something that is unfortunately lacking in most modern horror films that leave so little to the imagination. Brilliant era. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari remains one of my favourite films ever made. The sets and the atmosphere of that film. 