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In Reply to: When a keyboard reaches retirement age, the caps are always first to go! posted by Audiophilander on September 22, 2002 at 10:16:42:
Saw Robin Williams yesterday in "One-hour Photoshop" (sic?), mainly due to your recommendation. Sorry, though I agree with a lot of your opinions on other films, this one wasn't worth the matinee entry (I am not asking for a refund...).
ATT: READ NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS FLICK!
First, the ending. Would any cops in their right minds first go to Robin's room and leave the "victims" alone all that time? No. A major mistake!
The darn thing took too long to get going. At least 20 minutes of sloooooow preamble, by which time I was daydreaming a bit.
It didn't help that the husband and wife are really tv-quality hacks. But the main problem, outside of pacing, is the director's lack of skill. It looks like he was assembling a collage of scenes, with no connection between them, either logically or stylistically.
And last, we get no reason for the psychopatholgy. None. I imagine the original script had Robin being a religious lunatic, but this was expunged for political reasons. After all, that level of prudery, carried to an obsession, must have religious roots, especially in our society.
I didn't find Robin's performance especially compelling, either. In eliminating his previous mannerisms, he left himself no palette to work with.
The plot was stolen from an upcoming re-make, anyhow. "The Red Dragon" takes the conceit of a photo shop and uses that as the springboard for a REAL story. If you haven't seen the original movie of the book (this movie had a trailer of the Hopkin's new version), called "Manhunter", I'd recommend it strongly. The Hannibal Lecter interpreter gives Anthony a some real competition.
Now, have you seen "The Interview?" This Australian film, now out on video, is the real deal. Chilling. Unforgettable.
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Follow Ups
- Calling AuPh: - tinear 11:12:31 09/22/02 (6)
- Cannot Recommend "One Hour Photo" - Robertc88 16:52:40 09/22/02 (0)
- Wow! Sorry that you didn't like One Hour Photo. - Audiophilander 15:46:33 09/22/02 (4)
- Speaking of Manhunter.... - Mrs. Piggy 20:11:05 09/23/02 (1)
- Manhunter wasn't bad, but In Dreams didn't work as well for either of us. - Audiophilander 22:16:24 09/23/02 (0)
- Will check out reviews, just one other - tinear 15:56:42 09/22/02 (1)
- I saw Insomnia as well, but felt that Robin William's portrayals were entirely different. - Audiophilander 20:58:08 09/22/02 (0)
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