Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) Reviews
8. Scott Lang (Ant-Man)
Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 25 May 2022 04:300 comments, Reply to this entry
An average movie
Posted : 3 years, 3 months ago on 21 January 2021 09:20This is another movie that I had been chasing for so many years. Well, I wish I could say it had been worth waiting for so long but, unfortunately, the damned thing turned out to be quite terrible, even borderline unwatchable. Of course, since this movie had a really bad reputation, I can’t say I was really surprised though. Basically, imagine if Lovecraft was born 100 years later and wrote some horror story with some Nazis, add up a really esoteric soundtrack by Tangerine Dream and, surprisingly, it might actually seem appealing. However, Michael Mann had apparently no clue what the hell he was doing and it seems that he had actually regressed as a director after ‘Thief’ which had been a really promising directorial debut. Of course, you could argue that the movie had been butchered by the studio as the original cut of the film ran more than three hours but my guess was that this original cut was already a terrible mess. However, by cutting so much, the whole thing became almost incomprehensible. Indeed, as a result, even though Scott Glenn was given top-billing, he showed up only half way through and it is obvious that many scenes explaining slightly more his mysterious character were now missing. For example, it was rather bewildering to see Glaeken jumping into bed with Eva Cuza 10 secondes after he just met her. There was also the issue that, even though they did hire Wally Veevers, a legend in special effects who also worked on ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, the guy died 2 weeks into post-production so they had to finish up all the special effects without him and the end-result looked just terrible. Eventually, you might wonder if making a fantasy feature taking place during WWII was maybe not misguided but, 20 years later, Guillermo Del Toro did manage to pull it off fairly nicely with ‘El laberinto del fauno‘. Anyway, to conclude, even if I’m glad I finally watched the damned thing, it was still terribly weak and it is not worth a look, even if you are a die-hard fan of Michael Mann’s work.
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The Keep review
Posted : 5 years, 9 months ago on 30 July 2018 10:00The story centers around a Nazi occupied Carpathian village (an air of Stoker's Dracula abounds in the setup) and the soldiers taking refuge in the titular ancient keep that is the source of much superstition among the villagers. They are drawn to it and eventually release a seductive ancient force and thus set a series of events in motion that suggest something far more ominous and beyond the boundaries of human understanding.
Beautiful cinematography, a stellar cast (Ian McKellan, Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, and Jurgen Prochnow), gobsmackingly gorgeous and unique effects, and beautifully authentic set and costume design all further enrich and already engaging and wonderful experience. It breaks my heart to read about the cuts, especially in light of what we know Mann can do and how many hints to further character development we see in the remaining film, but it's a testament to Mann's skill that despite almost an hour and a half of footage missing this movie is still this beautiful and engaging.
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