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In Reply to: First reviews on Miami Vice posted by EdM on July 24, 2006 at 09:36:01:
I must be missing something. I *liked* The Insider and Last of the Mohicans. Colateral was OK. Ali stank. The Keep was unwatchable. I don't see the greatness here.
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in years....It was IMO unjustly overlooked at the Oscars....Day-Lewis is another whose talent I find amazing...
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Probably a testament to the crap trying to be passed off on us as cinema these days that Michael Mann is now at the top of the heap. Not that I could do it any better, but it seems that the proverbial bar keeps getting lower and lower.
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There is still plenty of fine film making being done here in our little town.
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Agreed. The one common denominator being that they are not part of said machine, nor do they subscribe to said formula. There is always hope.
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Mann also did Manhunter, the original movie about Hannibal Lector and better than Silence of the lambs, which got great reviews but I agree it does not make him one of the best...
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I thought Silence of the lambs was far superior. Just my opinion
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