roland-sinn
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Tattoo is very beautiful and stylish looking, as is Maud Adams. Below the cinematographic beauty is a core of exploitation.
Maud Adams is not a great actress, but she and her breasts have wonderful personality which comes through on screen. Bruce Dern, a very good actor, lends gravity to his performance and does much more justice to the screenplay than it deserves.
The story of Tattoo is pretty silly, the screenplay amateurish and many scenes are poorly executed. But despite it's many faults, I found Tattoo genuinely engrossing. The film is a visual delight and the music score meshes very nicely.
Be warned that Tattoo is psychologically as well as physically exploitative so sensitives should steer clear, though really it's very mild compared with some more recent flicks.
If you're a hetero guy, you'll love it. 6/10
Maud Adams is not a great actress, but she and her breasts have wonderful personality which comes through on screen. Bruce Dern, a very good actor, lends gravity to his performance and does much more justice to the screenplay than it deserves.
The story of Tattoo is pretty silly, the screenplay amateurish and many scenes are poorly executed. But despite it's many faults, I found Tattoo genuinely engrossing. The film is a visual delight and the music score meshes very nicely.
Be warned that Tattoo is psychologically as well as physically exploitative so sensitives should steer clear, though really it's very mild compared with some more recent flicks.
If you're a hetero guy, you'll love it. 6/10
Judy Dench plays a secretive English lady who observes the chaos of the final days of democratic government in Saigon. The subject matter is uncomfortable to watch; perhaps more so today than when the film was released, as parallels can be drawn between Vietnam and Iraq. The films begs the question: Has the US and it's allies learned anything in 30 years about international relations.
As a film Saigon is solid more so due to the subject matter being strong than the direction and script, which are pretty bland. The story moves at a decent pace and the climax is both powerful and pathetic as bewildered and semi drunk characters are suddenly forced from apathetic complacency to action.
One of the central problems with the film is that it doesn't feel like it has a strong emotional soul. Judy's character feels too detached to her surroundings, and life in general. She's a woman of mysterious yes, but there isn't any real attempt to dig beneath her cool exterior. I also felt like I didn't get a true inside account of what actually happened in the lead up to that fateful day in 1975. I needed more information about what was happening at the time politically and socially to both the Vietnamese and the Americans in and around Saigon.
It's a story that should be re-made with better production values, but it held my interest throughout. 6/10
As a film Saigon is solid more so due to the subject matter being strong than the direction and script, which are pretty bland. The story moves at a decent pace and the climax is both powerful and pathetic as bewildered and semi drunk characters are suddenly forced from apathetic complacency to action.
One of the central problems with the film is that it doesn't feel like it has a strong emotional soul. Judy's character feels too detached to her surroundings, and life in general. She's a woman of mysterious yes, but there isn't any real attempt to dig beneath her cool exterior. I also felt like I didn't get a true inside account of what actually happened in the lead up to that fateful day in 1975. I needed more information about what was happening at the time politically and socially to both the Vietnamese and the Americans in and around Saigon.
It's a story that should be re-made with better production values, but it held my interest throughout. 6/10
I'm not a great fan of Robin Williams in straight roles because I enjoy his humour too much. In Final Cut, he does a very good job with his role, but I just couldn't accept him as the protagonist in this rather down beat drama.
The style and look of Final Cut feels very similar to Gattaca, which is okay because there are few films that have employed that particular style of retro-techno look. But the story itself I found to be rather banal and the science fiction elements too sparse. This is a shame because I think the premise (recordable memory) is certainly fascinating and deserves a lot more exploration as a theme.
The direction of Final Cut feels sharp and clean and the story flows at a comfortable pace. I'm looking forward to seeing Omar Naïm's next venture. For a first feature film, he's done very well.
Not enough sci-fi for this sci-fi fan, but enjoyable enough. 6/10
The style and look of Final Cut feels very similar to Gattaca, which is okay because there are few films that have employed that particular style of retro-techno look. But the story itself I found to be rather banal and the science fiction elements too sparse. This is a shame because I think the premise (recordable memory) is certainly fascinating and deserves a lot more exploration as a theme.
The direction of Final Cut feels sharp and clean and the story flows at a comfortable pace. I'm looking forward to seeing Omar Naïm's next venture. For a first feature film, he's done very well.
Not enough sci-fi for this sci-fi fan, but enjoyable enough. 6/10