jo
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Post by jo on Oct 2, 2013 11:06:26 GMT -5
Great review! It's on in the UK, can't wait to see it this week! And it's top of the UK charts, go Jake go! Get that Oscar!
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Post by mermon on Oct 4, 2013 10:59:38 GMT -5
Official premiere is in Poland today. I will go to see it again this weekend or shortly after. I can not wait to see it while knowing the story. Jake Gyllenhaal Is the Perfect Gumshoe in ‘Prisoners’By James Franco [/spoiler] He is the perfect engine for this contemporary noir where each turn (well, almost each turn) in the narrative is believable and gripping. But more than that, he embodies the “complex simplicity” that Thoreau speaks of. He tells little with words but tells so much with presence and clues. Clock my man’s crazy tattoos and the erratic blinking he does whenever he is thinking hard about something. Scope his shirts buttoned esse-style, all the way to the top. These are the signals of a confident and searching actor and they signify to viewers that Detective Loki is a force to be reckoned with in his world. Even though Loki has a shadowy backstory, these little clues are all we need to fall in love with him. And just in case it isn’t clear: I LOVE this film. It is so dense with atmosphere and full of questions about who we are and what we believe in. It is so rich that it feels like a novel. I kept asking myself as I watched it: How did the screenwriter and director jump straight past conventional literature and create literature for the screen? Maybe someone will just have to do a book adaptation of this film. It’s that good. Because it is so good, I want to ruminate on some things I found troubling. Think of this pondering as coming from your friend whom you saw the film with; you’re both in the car together on the way home and you’re just discussing what you liked and didn’t like about the film. It isn’t straight criticism, but rather a little detective work on the detective film itself.....[/quote] The rest is full of spoilers, for those who saw the movie. Interesting comments underneath the text, also with spoilers www.vice.com/read/some-impressions-prisoners
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evie
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Post by evie on Oct 4, 2013 16:05:05 GMT -5
Official premiere is in Poland today. I will go to see it again this weekend or shortly after. I can not wait to see it while knowing the story. Jake Gyllenhaal Is the Perfect Gumshoe in ‘Prisoners’By James Franco [/spoiler] He is the perfect engine for this contemporary noir where each turn (well, almost each turn) in the narrative is believable and gripping. But more than that, he embodies the “complex simplicity” that Thoreau speaks of. He tells little with words but tells so much with presence and clues. Clock my man’s crazy tattoos and the erratic blinking he does whenever he is thinking hard about something. Scope his shirts buttoned esse-style, all the way to the top. These are the signals of a confident and searching actor and they signify to viewers that Detective Loki is a force to be reckoned with in his world. Even though Loki has a shadowy backstory, these little clues are all we need to fall in love with him. And just in case it isn’t clear: I LOVE this film. It is so dense with atmosphere and full of questions about who we are and what we believe in. It is so rich that it feels like a novel. I kept asking myself as I watched it: How did the screenwriter and director jump straight past conventional literature and create literature for the screen? Maybe someone will just have to do a book adaptation of this film. It’s that good. Because it is so good, I want to ruminate on some things I found troubling. Think of this pondering as coming from your friend whom you saw the film with; you’re both in the car together on the way home and you’re just discussing what you liked and didn’t like about the film. It isn’t straight criticism, but rather a little detective work on the detective film itself.....[/quote] The rest is full of spoilers, for those who saw the movie. Interesting comments underneath the text, also with spoilers www.vice.com/read/some-impressions-prisoners[/quote] Thanks for sharing this, Mermon. I read all of Franco's review, and I totally disagree with the second part of it. Won't discuss b/c others might read a spoiler. If anybody's reading IHJ anymore, that is...
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Post by mermon on Oct 12, 2013 13:47:34 GMT -5
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Post by greeneyedwitch1103 on Oct 13, 2013 5:54:18 GMT -5
AaAh....I want to see it- but my boyfriend has to work this weekend. Hope, tomorrow he's in the mood for cinema. We both like Jake an Hugh Jackman
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