i expected it to be utterly useless, but as it ends up it wasn't all that bad. the acting was all right, Adrien Brody is compelling and Keira Knightley almost made me forget she's not from the U.S. the atmosphere was great, as was the sound/score. original music by Brian Eno - i haven't heard anything he's done in the past 20 years, but some of it sounded vaguely Do Make Say Think-ish (only one part though).
the script was such shit though! it started off all fun and disorienting but just got really silly around 30-45 minutes in. i swear to god, i haven't heard as many people stifling laughter in a movie theater ever...
― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:36 (twenty years ago)
― iang, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 06:28 (twenty years ago)
i didn't even recognise Knightley in the trailer. the premise of the film seems absurd but still terrifies me.
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 10:22 (twenty years ago)
― The Yellow Kid, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)
http://www.si.edu/siphotos/tech-history/FONZIE.GIF
― Huk-L, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)
or maybe it isn't ...
― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)
― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)
Keira as a semi-goth by-way-of-Liza-Mineeli's-mascara adds even more value.
Together it spells entertainment.
― iang, Thursday, 3 March 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)
Exactly! This movie would have taken him to the next level.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 March 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)
― Huey (Huey), Thursday, 3 March 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)
― N_Rq, Monday, 6 June 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 6 June 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)
Just watch Summer of Sam.
― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 June 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)
― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 June 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 4 July 2005 13:47 (nineteen years ago)
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 17 July 2005 05:06 (nineteen years ago)
man this sucked
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 25 February 2008 00:00 (seventeen years ago)