Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 29, 2008 17:58:42 GMT
Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer 2000This film's got great energy. Intentionally slows to a near stop during the hacienda segments, reflecting character mindset, and switches to a frantic and jittery style upon Kingsley's intrusion into Winstone's spanish paradise. Glazer pulls out every trick in the book, many with great effectiveness. I had always considered him the cinematic equivalent of a one hit wonder, but perhaps I should see Birth.
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RNL
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Post by RNL on Apr 29, 2008 18:09:14 GMT
Birth is excellent. See it. It's a much better film than this one.
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Capo
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Post by Capo on Apr 29, 2008 18:11:41 GMT
If Birth is much better than this, I need to see it soon as. Review (of this) is forthcoming.
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Capo
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Post by Capo on May 2, 2008 16:24:42 GMT
Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer 2000 | UK
A retired thief now living in Spain is visited by a vicious gangster who wants him to do one last job.
Stylishly made character study comprising two contrasting sides of what was once the same coin. Primarily of interest as a lesson in acting, and the ways in which Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley subvert their previous expectations to create two contrasting characters; the first a man whose past comes back to haunt him, and who is no longer interested in the life he left behind, the second a disturbed, violent psychopath obsessed with his own pride and reputation. As an exploration of male egos clashing, it might not offer anything you can't find in, say, Scorsese's work, but there is much to be dug out of these characters, and whereas Scorsese's masculinity is measured only by its implosive self, here we have two female characters which lend weight, and happiness, to the retired men who no longer live for crime.
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Post by Blib on Sept 29, 2009 2:13:53 GMT
Ben Kingsley makes this whole movie! I kept trying to think of an equal performance and many of Al Pacino's roles keep coming to mind. The difference is that Pacino always seems to be overacting while Kingsley seems completely real, crazy and intimidating. Paired with a completely calm Ray Winstone makes it even better.
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