not until the van falls of the bridge that the audience is presented with the rest of the stages. I cannot imagine how hard it had to be for Nolan to narrate the story concisely and smoothly at the same time. Roger Ebert commented on his review for the film that “we have to trust him (Nolan) that he can lead us through, because much of the time we are lost and disoriented.” I, personally, did not feel that way. Of course, a lot of credit has to be given to the cinematographer too. Wally Pfister used subtle but effective techniques to simplify a little the complex nature of the story. In order to prove my point, let me give an example.
In order to help the audience to seamlessly identify the dream levels where the different stages of the plan were takin g place, Pfister gave each level a particular color tone. The first level, where the abduction takes place, has a fairly neutral tone to it; everything looks normal. The second level, most of the action develops in the hotel hallway, the lighting and furniture provide a warmth tone; and the third level, where they penetrate the mountain fortress, has a cool tone to enhance its already sterile ambient.
Pfister certainly contributed to the beauty and creativeness of the film. It is no surprise his work on Inception earned him the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Among many of the scenes that
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Well-known film reviewer Roger Ebert gave the film a 4/4 rating. I had the same opinion until I looked at some of the negative criticism of the film and changed my mind. I believe the film deserves a 3.8/4 rating instead. In order to defend my position, I need to talk about certain details from the movie, but I do not want to spoil the movie for you; therefore I will address this point of view as a post review comment. I recommend you to watch the movie first, and then come back to read the rest of the review. It is a film worth watching. It is well made, interesting, intelligent, and
The way the film was presented was partially effective for the fact that the message of the story, for me, was not easily or instantly understood. This is a humongous deal as a result of if I was not able to understand it at an age of 15 then a great deal of children would not be able to understand that message. When I first saw this shot my reaction was “look an insane decrepit man” which is a great deal of people's reaction to the film, I'm guessing.
At the time of its release many critics had written this film off considering as an average film with an average story. Chicago Sun-Times labeled it as an attempt to divert away from the traditional cinema, with a new concept silent film and it failed to make an impression on the audience because of lack of creativity in the story. The film had no surprise element in it for the audience.
In my opinion, I feel that this movie, compared to today’s standards, is poor quality. From the 1980’s to the current time, the Hollywood industries and other movie producers have made astronomical improvements with every film released, and ever since
My final rating of the movie is three out of five stars because the sound effects were pretty good. The camera movements were good. The fight scenes were realistic and the characters didn’t fit their description but played their part
The lighting is also something that was exceptionally well done. The designers used a large amount of light with soft yellow and orange tones to give an overall feeling of warmth to the setting. The day moves from morning to night with the most drastic change at nightfall where the tones switch to blues and the star light shine across the cyclorama.
Review: This movie is one of the best comic movies I had ever watched because even though its comedy but it also holds a lot of meanings of life between the lines of the script of that movie first of all the main plot of the movie which is deciding to stay at the mental institution instead of the prison thinking that it is easier, then we discover that the mental institution is way more
Betsy Sharkey is the author of this article and does an extremely wonderful job at describing the plot and characters of the movie. Readers are able to tell that Sharkey really enjoyed the movie and its “massive collision of subversive humor, hyper-kinetic energy, mind-jangling design, spinning colors and about 15 million Legos,” (Sharkey 2014). Everything that Sharkey had to say about the movie was in favor of it rather than anything critical. The tone that Sharkey uses throughout the article is casual but enticing! She uses very vivid descriptions of the storyline that make it extremely compelling. The tone is quite persuasive in regards to supporting the fact that you should see the movie. The overall detail from this review was well above what’s expected in my opinion. Sharkey not only points out the major joys of this movie, but also the tiny parts that make it so enjoyable, “Sometimes it's the simplest things that bring such pleasure -- Neeson's Bad Cop/Good Cop, for example. With a quick spin of his head, he goes from fearsome to friendly and becomes a more arresting character for it,” (Sharkey 2014). The level of detail used in this review adds to the strong urgency to see it! I believe this review is extremely useful if you are looking into seeing the movie as a teenager or adult. Instead of having an appeal to parents like the Amazon review, this review is meant for younger and older adults who still let their inner child
It makes you think about your personal high school and how we all treat each other. I would easily rate this film a strong 9/10. The movies dives right into showing each of the students getting out of their parents cars and almost immediately you know which stereotype each of them are representing. None of them know
Overall, I enjoyed the film. My biggest issue was the formatting of the film and the medium that it was available. It would have been more enjoyable had the film not been broken up into segments that needed to load. Had the movie been available on DVD or in one longer segment, it would have been easier to watch. The continuous breaks in the action of
Cinematic perception can be understood using the metaphor of cinema as a window and frame. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is an concrete example of this metaphor from both a critical viewpoint as an audience member, and from the perspective of the protagonist, L.B. Jefferies. Thomas Elsaesser believes that the cinema of the window offers a “special, ocular access to an event” and the screen is transformed from a two dimensional narrative into a three-dimensional environment within which the audience is absorbed (14). Because the plot contains an actual window and also involves L.B Jefferies looking through a window, Rear Window is an exemplary illustration of this metaphor. The two observation points are similar in that they are both ocular-specular,
I did not like the film because the plot was uninteresting to me and it was a dark film. The opening was very unclear, there was no dialogue, and the viewer was made to guess what was happening. People who like drama would probably enjoy the movie for the ending and the acting of Daniel Day-Lewis. I would not go see the movie in theaters. I would only watch this movie if I was bored at
Overall I found the movie to be quite interesting and exciting at times but a bit slow in others. The story itself was very clear to me and didn’t cause any confusion. It had a good flow also, just as you were on the verge of falling into boredom with a scene they switched it up on you to keep you
Comment: I found this film very tough going- it is undoubtedly a well made film and has some clever and quirky moments. However I lost interest around halfway through the film and could not engage with the film and its clunky style. A lighter touch would have made a huge difference to the viewing experience. Perhaps as an artistic statement it deserves more than three stars but as a movie going experience it was only a little bit better than average.
There always seems to be something off. Always something that makes your chest tighten up, and your hands shake. This is achieved, I think, because Edgerton uses staging incredibly, even though he pushes it a little far. The film is over-staged, but it somewhat works to it's benefit. Edgerton doesn't just want you to see the characters; he wants you to see the whole frame. He wants you to see what's in the background, and the way it's all staged means that you notice that. These small details in the background then link to other details, and so on, and so forth. It's really satisfying when you realize that something small that you noticed earlier pays off in a big way, and it makes the film seem all the more rich. Richness that the film needs to counterweight the somewhat implausible proceedings, as well as the fact that it's all a little over staged. The details also make the film pretty scary. There are two jump scares in this movie, but they feel earned because there is truly something to be scared of on the other end of them; one song's use is so scary I almost cried when it came blasting
This movie received 31 percent out of 100 percent by metacritic.com, even though I cannot fathom why. I give it one banana rat, because honestly it was horrible, predictable and just plain