dopefishie
Joined Mar 2004
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Off Balance (AKA: Phantom of Death):
The highlight of this one, by far, is the kills. There are a couple of good kills here, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest. It's truly a classic kill for the ages!
The special effects around a character's aging were impressive.
The score was quite good.
However, the rest of the film was rather disappointing. A lot of wasted potential. Donald Pleasence and Edwige Fenech both act well, but neither of them is amazing here. Michael York is hit or miss. Some of his scenes he really nails, and some of them are a bit out of his range. There's a soapy melodrama feeling to many of the scenes in the first half of the film.
They give away the identity of the killer rather early on. At first, the film appears to want to say something deep about aging and death, but it never gets around to saying anything interesting.
The ending was disappointing. Instead of going out with a bang, it goes out with a whimper.
The highlight of this one, by far, is the kills. There are a couple of good kills here, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest. It's truly a classic kill for the ages!
The special effects around a character's aging were impressive.
The score was quite good.
However, the rest of the film was rather disappointing. A lot of wasted potential. Donald Pleasence and Edwige Fenech both act well, but neither of them is amazing here. Michael York is hit or miss. Some of his scenes he really nails, and some of them are a bit out of his range. There's a soapy melodrama feeling to many of the scenes in the first half of the film.
They give away the identity of the killer rather early on. At first, the film appears to want to say something deep about aging and death, but it never gets around to saying anything interesting.
The ending was disappointing. Instead of going out with a bang, it goes out with a whimper.
La capilla ardiente AKA: The Burning Chapel (1981).
This was a tough one to get through. The filmmaking is pretty bad here. The directing and the editing are both awful. The cheesy tunnel cut is used multiple times.
The acting is not terrible. But it is below average.
The best part of the film was actually the story (minus the ending). The story was actually interesting with multiple supernatural elements that kept me guessing about who had supernatural powers and who was truly malevolent. But there was no payoff at the end. Such a waste.
At the end of the day, you should avoid this one.
This was a tough one to get through. The filmmaking is pretty bad here. The directing and the editing are both awful. The cheesy tunnel cut is used multiple times.
The acting is not terrible. But it is below average.
The best part of the film was actually the story (minus the ending). The story was actually interesting with multiple supernatural elements that kept me guessing about who had supernatural powers and who was truly malevolent. But there was no payoff at the end. Such a waste.
At the end of the day, you should avoid this one.
Another seminal work by Michelangelo Antonioni on the nature of meaning and reality. This one stars David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Veruschka von Lehndorff, and the Yardbirds.
It's a slow film. It takes about halfway through before it introduces the main storyline/mystery of the film. Much of the film is just David Hemmings acting like a jerk to women. He is a successful fashion photographer. He also takes pictures for a book he wants published. While reviewing his photos, he stumbles upon a possible crime. This leads him through a series of events that make him question everything about how people construct reality and make sense of life experiences.
It's an impressive philosophical work.
It's a slow film. It takes about halfway through before it introduces the main storyline/mystery of the film. Much of the film is just David Hemmings acting like a jerk to women. He is a successful fashion photographer. He also takes pictures for a book he wants published. While reviewing his photos, he stumbles upon a possible crime. This leads him through a series of events that make him question everything about how people construct reality and make sense of life experiences.
It's an impressive philosophical work.