08-12-2006, 10:51 AM
Ok, I finally bought a copy of The Machinist. I must say that it was more of a film that I expected & I was very pleased by it.
I also got around to buying a copy of American Psycho (also starring Bale). I had heard of how grusome the book was & that the movie itself was a watered down masterpiece. It sounded quite interesting, but in the end fell to very short. I've heard people argue about the ending to the film, and they've said that you must read the book to fully comprehend it, but I disagree. I understand what was happening, or I believe that I do because this movie tries so hard to be like every other great movie I've enjoyed. It tries to make you think about the results & what's happened, but the direction was horrible. First of all there was no character development, no real background information.
We're excepted to believe all of the history based off maybe 2 statements made by Batemen. The greatest piece of development is "I usaed to kill people at night, now I want to kill them during the daylight hours." That statement alone would explain the ending to the film.
The thing which I loved the most about the Machinist was the entire time I was watching it I felt that the movie wanted me to guess what was happening. This is missleading, becasue the question that is answered in a more suprizing & more satisfying manner is why is this happening.
Anyone have some movie suggestions, or just opinions you would like to share oon a few good movies?
I also got around to buying a copy of American Psycho (also starring Bale). I had heard of how grusome the book was & that the movie itself was a watered down masterpiece. It sounded quite interesting, but in the end fell to very short. I've heard people argue about the ending to the film, and they've said that you must read the book to fully comprehend it, but I disagree. I understand what was happening, or I believe that I do because this movie tries so hard to be like every other great movie I've enjoyed. It tries to make you think about the results & what's happened, but the direction was horrible. First of all there was no character development, no real background information.
We're excepted to believe all of the history based off maybe 2 statements made by Batemen. The greatest piece of development is "I usaed to kill people at night, now I want to kill them during the daylight hours." That statement alone would explain the ending to the film.
The thing which I loved the most about the Machinist was the entire time I was watching it I felt that the movie wanted me to guess what was happening. This is missleading, becasue the question that is answered in a more suprizing & more satisfying manner is why is this happening.
Anyone have some movie suggestions, or just opinions you would like to share oon a few good movies?
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If Max Collins, Matt Skiba, Jimmy Urine, & Mark Phillips had a child it would be one fu*ked up mofo, but 'it' would be the God of music.
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