ThePhasmid Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) 18 hours ago, Dr Loomis baumer said: I honestly don't care what anybody says this movie has been on my radar for months and I cannot wait to see it. Love it. Hate it. It is unlike anything you've ever seen. The first half is very different from the second half in terms of tone. Also, Linus Roache is incredibly underrated when it comes to the reviews. It is a performance so insane that he makes Cage look normal by comparison. It is the craziest character performance I've seen since Tom Hardy in Bronson. I'm just giving you some context as to what he has to say and "show" in this film. He literally went balls out here. Edited September 16, 2018 by ThePhasmid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 6 hours ago, ThePhasmid said: Love it. Hate it. It is unlike anything you've ever seen. The first half is very different from the second half in terms of tone. Also, Linus Roache is incredibly underrated when it comes to the reviews. It is a performance so insane that he makes Cage look normal by comparison. It is the craziest character performance I've seen since Tom Hardy in Bronson. I'm just giving you some context as to what he has to say and "show" in this film. He literally went balls out here. It's unlike any film I've ever seen and I don't think any other actor could have pulled this off. Cage is let loose. He shines here and it's his quirkiness that sells the character. The whole film is like watching a someone's dream. Not a lot makes sense and people just show up out of the blue. I also must say that Bill Duke's small cameo was terrific. He has such presence. And I agree with you...cage went balls for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shayhiri Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Glad to read your (full) review, baumer. No offense, but I thought you mainly liked The Expendables stuff or such - at least that's what I have gotten most from the posts I've read from you so far. So - nice to see you embracing some art stuff. Too bad I will never be able to see this in a cinema - but this movie definitely looks like the once-a-year exception the Shay makes nowadays*. * I see about 100 movies a year in cinemas, some of them many times - anything half-decent they import in my dumb country - and only ONE movie a year I torrent on my computer: because it's not in cinemas, and it's TOO good to miss. Edited September 18, 2018 by shayhiri 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 13 hours ago, shayhiri said: Glad to read your (full) review, baumer. No offense, but I thought you mainly liked The Expendables stuff or such - at least that's what I have gotten most from the posts I've read from you so far. So - nice to see you embracing some art stuff. Too bad I will never be able to see this in a cinema - but this movie definitely looks like the once-a-year exception the Shay makes nowadays*. * I see about 100 movies a year in cinemas, some of them many times - anything half-decent they import in my dumb country - and only ONE movie a year I torrent on my computer: because it's not in cinemas, and it's TOO good to miss. It's going to be on h/V this weekend I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Doesn't look like this coming to my area (shocker) so this will be my first iTunes rental in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhasmid Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 2:09 AM, Dr Loomis baumer said: It's unlike any film I've ever seen and I don't think any other actor could have pulled this off. Cage is let loose. He shines here and it's his quirkiness that sells the character. The whole film is like watching a someone's dream. Not a lot makes sense and people just show up out of the blue. I also must say that Bill Duke's small cameo was terrific. He has such presence. And I agree with you...cage went balls for sure. Fever dream is a term typically tossed around in film reviews. This is the epitome of said term. The second half is essentially the trailer drawn out for nearly an hour. It is absolutely bananas in the most metal way possible. It is a heavy metal song scorched into celluloid form. I really loved it, but it is a hard film to recommend to anyone who isn't into this type of singular vision material. Hard to recommend in the same way it's hard to recommend early Miike films or David Lynch to the uninitiated. You're either all in from the get go, or not at all. But, yeah, definitely Cage's zaniest film since Wild at Heart (he's more reserved and nuanced here until...... Had to edit last part....careful of spoilers. Baumer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
