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Posted by moviePig on 10/04/40 11:35
Goro wrote:
> moviePig wrote:
>
>>Goro wrote:
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>>>Ralph Grossi wrote:
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>>>>"Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:1135359593.625968.174190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>>I just watched the RED EYE dvd. It was a decent movie; the first half
>>>>>was very good, the latter half, quite awful. One thing is that I found
>>>>>myself rooting for Cillian Murphy throuhgout. SInce there's little if
>>>>>any substantial character development, there wasn't anything really
>>>>>pressing me to care about Rachel McAdam's char or the senator target.
>>>>>I did find Cillian Murphy really engagingl, though, and wanted him to
>>>>>succeed and off McAdams and Brian Cox, too.
>>>>>
>>>>>-goro-
>>>>
>>>>Nice double bagger, spoilers on an unreleased DVD (Jan 10). Well done!
>>>>
>>>
>>>WHoops. sorry about that, but to be fair, it's very obvious fromt he
>>>beginning what the outcome is going to be. I guess i should have put
>>>some sppoiler space, though, for people who have avoided the trailers
>>>of this.
>>
>>I, who crusade against spoilers, have occasionally committed worse. I
>>usually just wear a hair shirt for a couple of days. I can loan you mine...
>>
>>What's a bitch is that, e.g., the *trailer* (iirc) gives away who the
>>villain is. Sure, so does the movie within 5 minutes... but it does at
>>first pay a little lip-service to some low-level misdirection. I figure
>>the studio said, "We want clips. Screw the plot." Typical, to be
>>sure... but that means that few screenwriters should ever consider using
>>an early far-reaching surprise.
>
>
> I'm not sure there's any way to make a reasonable trailer for this
> movie that doesn't give away who the baddie is. I suppose there could
> be a teaser-type trailer that shows Cillian and Rachel together and
> then shows some of the amped up thriller moments, trying to keep
> protagonoists hidden, but i'm not sure that would work well.
>
> One thing i was HOPING would be part of the 3rd act was that Cillian
> Murphy was a good guy trying to kill a Bad Guy. I was hoping that the
> Senator would be some corrupt, treasonous guy or something and that
> Cillian Murphy was some sort of riteous freedom fighter or something
> like that.
I don't think Craven does twists. (Hell, he even gave Cillian's game
away by casting Cillian...)
>>(In answer to your subject-header... yes, anyone who ever wants to see
>>Brian Cox killed is a very bad person...)
>
> Even in L.I.E.?
Especially L.I.E. His character was "deep down" good, don'tcha know...
(More seriously, that was a truly memorable performance/character,
imo. One of those movies that I wish I'd known more people I could
safely recommend it to.)
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