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In Reply to: RE: Michael Clayton posted by Daryl Zero on October 14, 2007 at 09:04:15
I think the ending may have been a little too tidy, but still a very enjoyable movie. Plot driven; good dialogue, good characters.
On the chief litigator going crazy, I'm not sure why you felt like it was over the top. He was a manic depressive who stopped taking his mood stabilizer. I have worked in psychiatry in the past, and in extreme cases of mania, clothes removal is not unknown. But I digress . . .
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Michael Clayton tried too hard to create the atmosphere and intrigue of The Insider and Erin Brockovich, but failed to achieve the suspense, intensity or plot development of either. I agree with you completely about the believability of the characters and much of the dialogue, but that wasn't where the problems arose, at least for me anyway.
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The best moment in the film, subjectively speaking, was the carefully orchestrated elimination of Michael's troubled colleague, but that was effective in part because it was short and he appeared to be a very fragile, sympathetic figure.
Where the film falls apart is Michael's reason for leaving a poker game after 9 hands, especially since he was addicted to gambling (it wasn't because he received a call on his cell phone because those had been deposited for safe keeping by the game's organizers). The precious coincidence of the not-quite-completed car bomb and then the timely road-side chat with the three horses (obviously an attempt at deep literary symbolism, which doesn't work in a film of this nature IMO).
Overall, I liked the film okay, but both my wife and I were disappointed that it wasn't better considering the hype.
Cheers,
AuPh
PS: BTW, Scott, have you picked up Asia's FANTASIA, Live in ASIA DVD yet? It's AWESOME! :o)
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Asia's Fantasia Live in Tokyo is one of the best live prog-rock concerts so far released on DVD; it's WS anamorphic (I suspect that this will probably be released in HD and/or Blu-ray eventually). If you like Steve Howe's guitar, you'll find that his talents are in full display here; he's given plenty of room to stretch out. In fact, all four musicians are in tip-top form.I'll post a full review over on Rocky Road.
Cheers,
AuPh
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My take was that the litigator did not go crazy but had an attack of conscience. The corporate memo discovery is nothing big or new in these cases. Unfortunately, many lawyers have no problem hiding these things or not feeling responsible when their clients are really bad guys. Additionally, we were given the history that this litigator had spent 6 years making the lives of the plaintiffs difficult making me believe that this guy was not ethical or moral to begin with.
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