![]() ![]() The themes that reoccur throughout the movie are definitely conversation worthy and it makes some very thought-provoking statements about society at large, materialism and consumption. On the one hand the storyline is VERY unique- I can guarantee you havn't seen this done before. I am conflicted about to how to review this film. Nicely done except for the notion that what transpires has all or mostly been phantasmic. And the director and her writer/star have contributed informative commentaries to the DVD. When Bale confesses that he's a mass murderer nobody believes him because they mix him up with one or another of his colleagues in "Murders and Executions." The conceit doesn't work. Everybody looks and acts like everybody else. But the writers and the director have added a layer of complexity to a bloody and repulsive story that is more confusing than enlightening. ![]() We get to know Christian Bale's character pretty well, or so we think, from his bath gel to his one-upmanship regarding business cards in a male encounter that resembles a couple of kindergarten boys seeing whose is bigger. It's a brilliantly executed film with a couple of misconceptions built into the story. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |