Cammy-3
Joined Sep 1999
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Finally saw the uncut version of this on a premium channel. First, the movie was based on a novel by Ira Levin, who wrote "Rosemary's Baby" years ago, about a bunch of weird witches in a kinky New York apartment building and several unexpected deaths in the building. This is about a bunch of perverts in a kinky New York apartment building and several unexpected deaths in the building. So there's an odd feeling of familiarity.
Next, the script, by Joe Ezterhaus, is "Basic Instinct" meets "Jagged Edge." The film starts out like a classic woman in peril film, except the woman is Sharon Stone and the camera lingers on her obsessively. It's soft porn in some shots and hard core in the shower scenes where we get to imagine her masturbating. The scenes with her in them just go on and on. (Yes, she is/was beautiful, but a fabulous face can't carry this sorry mess.)Its a mish-mash of a bad plot, bad dialogue, uneven acting and we've seen it all before. Twice. Nothing new is added to the film to make it interesting except the concept of voyeurism and it's not enough.
Next, the script, by Joe Ezterhaus, is "Basic Instinct" meets "Jagged Edge." The film starts out like a classic woman in peril film, except the woman is Sharon Stone and the camera lingers on her obsessively. It's soft porn in some shots and hard core in the shower scenes where we get to imagine her masturbating. The scenes with her in them just go on and on. (Yes, she is/was beautiful, but a fabulous face can't carry this sorry mess.)Its a mish-mash of a bad plot, bad dialogue, uneven acting and we've seen it all before. Twice. Nothing new is added to the film to make it interesting except the concept of voyeurism and it's not enough.
Really.
I agree with so much of what the others who love this movie are saying: go see it.
From the opening shots of the guard towers and the sound of distant clapping at Folsom Prison, this film had me.
Joaquin Phoenix is amazing; he eats up the screen. Powerful and incredibly convincing performance. (And yes, it's him singing. Nobody is faking this. It's really him and it's really her.) And by the way, while I knew Reese Witherspoon was a really good actress, I didn't know she was THIS good... A fabulous, nuanced performance on her part.
The music takes you through their lives and through a lot of the musical history of the 50's and 60's. Worth seeing in the theater for the cinematography and sound.
I agree with so much of what the others who love this movie are saying: go see it.
From the opening shots of the guard towers and the sound of distant clapping at Folsom Prison, this film had me.
Joaquin Phoenix is amazing; he eats up the screen. Powerful and incredibly convincing performance. (And yes, it's him singing. Nobody is faking this. It's really him and it's really her.) And by the way, while I knew Reese Witherspoon was a really good actress, I didn't know she was THIS good... A fabulous, nuanced performance on her part.
The music takes you through their lives and through a lot of the musical history of the 50's and 60's. Worth seeing in the theater for the cinematography and sound.