1). Fincher at his most deliciously cynical
2). Well-crafted entertainment
3). I Got Drugged And Left For Dead In Mexico And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
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By Lloyd Scott September 25, 2012 08:55 PM
I saw this in Oakland, the new theater was bare with only about 5 of us in there. I think the trailer did not warrant the masses to come and see this film but I did and I was not disappointed. I love the scenes filmed in SF because I lived there for years and know the locations. The casting was great, Sean Penn was his usual creepy self and this movie made me more paranoid than I already am. I am glad that it got the Criterion treatment but surprised since the movie was not a hit, but it was a hit to those of us who saw the film and enjoyed it to the max. Seeing the late Daniel Schorr talk to Michael Douglas on his television gave me goosbumps and made me wonder who is watching us. Hmm...
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By MARK GEORGEFF September 25, 2012 10:59 PM
I love this movie. Everything about it. Every time I watch it...I feel for my own Dad who's gone too soon and younger brother, who left this world too early at 21 years. And I don't see anything I'd have done differently if I had made it. Fincher's work first got to me with SEVEN on an emotional level I still can't explain. And it was good that he championed, and trusted first time / unknown screenwriter Walker, who had no contact to the business at all when he submitted SEVEN cold. What else can I say. Always a big fan of this influence on my work called Fincher.
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By Sam September 27, 2012 05:27 PM
The Game is Fincher directing a film about directing someone's life. It's a representation of the power of the author... It is a movie about ultimate power and the complete lack thereof. It is an exercise in suspension of disbelief for the audience.
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By Mark October 11, 2012 02:57 PM
1. The chemistry between Douglas and Unger is electric.
2. Howard Shore's relentlessly ominous and dark film music. I still listen to this.
3. Astute cinematography by Savides.
“Having just revisited this peculiar but stupendously worthy film, I have to express a contrary opinion to the effect that I found Steiger's magnificently fleshed-out and characterized villain to . . .”
“I don't see why this shouldn't get made. Back in the early days Criterion released another Ivan Reitman film. Laserdisc edition of Ghostbusters. Both combine humor and action to make a different . . .”
“"Benjamin Button" is one of the least gratuitous movies I've ever seen, it's so well-constructed. I felt as if the whole movie was 'ephemeral', not just the Cape Canaveral scene. ”
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