"We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in the sense of identifying with the characters, although that is an important part of it, but by seeing the world as another person sees it."
-- Roger Ebert
So, I love Se7evn. I thinks it's one of the best movies of the past 30 years.
Zodiac is an amazing movie and like Memories of a Murder, it's a procedural that ends with the perpetrator never being caught.:
So, The Killer has:
Director: Fincher
Lead Actor: Fassbender
Supporting Actors: Swinton, Parnell, Howard (among many)
It's about a hitman.
I'm a huge fan of Le Samourai and when reviews compared The Killer to Le Samourai I was very excited.
What a huge let down.
This is a very well done movie (cinematography, acting, etc.) but it goes absolutely nowhere. It's so forgettable that I can't really wrap my head around why it was made, and...basically the point of the movie.
The protagonist has a mantra that he repeats throughout the flick that he rejects in the end, which I guess is some sort of character arc.
I'm sure Fincher fanboys will go crazy for it, and I was really hoping it would be a new twist on an old formula, but it isn't.
For those that want a great hitman flick checkout Le Samourai or Ghost Dog because The Killer certainly isn't one.
So, I love Se7evn. I thinks it's one of the best movies of the past 30 years.
Zodiac is an amazing movie and like Memories of a Murder, it's a procedural that ends with the perpetrator never being caught.:
So, The Killer has:
Director: Fincher
Lead Actor: Fassbender
Supporting Actors: Swinton, Parnell, Howard (among many)
It's about a hitman.
I'm a huge fan of Le Samourai and when reviews compared The Killer to Le Samourai I was very excited.
What a huge let down.
This is a very well done movie (cinematography, acting, etc.) but it goes absolutely nowhere. It's so forgettable that I can't really wrap my head around why it was made, and...basically the point of the movie.
The protagonist has a mantra that he repeats throughout the flick that he rejects in the end, which I guess is some sort of character arc.
I'm sure Fincher fanboys will go crazy for it, and I was really hoping it would be a new twist on an old formula, but it isn't.
For those that want a great hitman flick checkout Le Samourai or Ghost Dog because The Killer certainly isn't one.
/rant