Game6Conley
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it had some moments but you are truly overrating it. A number of scenes were long winded inane drivel of little to no meaning. Although Tom Cruise was remunerated handsomely for it no doubt i'd hazard a guess.
I don't really care to needle you, but i'd love to connect the dots on whichever parts u find to have no meaning tho, it's all about infidelity and primal urges, those themes are swiftly and thoroughly beaten like a speedbag.. I know the movie like the back of my hand I've read the original source material too (not in German tho) Traumnovelle....
It's a gestalt of repeating themes and images... Thats why I think that Kubrick liked this film so much, it's his best in that sense, and I think he identified with those type of films more so than lets say his final Project - which turned into the Speilberg Movie A.I. -- Kubrick said that was more of a Speilberg type of film, which is why he took over and completed the project after his death, and EWS was more his type of thing..
Cruise KILLS this movie... Look at the range of emotion on his face...
The shot with him in the cab with the 1000 yard stare after she tells the story. the look of utter dispair and "i don't know what to say" in the pool scene.. thats what they pay the big bucks for... His face at the hookers place twice... and then contrast that with the opening party scene, which has perfect dialogue!!
It;s super easy to espouse how this wasn't received well right away, for one people expected it to be about ****ing, and it's about not ****ing... but also after a 12 year wait from Full Metal Jacket they were probably plenty of people who had no idea what they were walking into..
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