bertusgeert 1 #1 November 3, 2004 You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit. Now I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that’s searching for existentialism through a haze of bong-smoke or something. No, It's easy to pick apart bad acting, short-sighted directing, and a purely moronic stringing together of words that many of the studios term as prose. No, I'm talking the lack of realism. Realism. Not a pervasive element in today’s modern American cinematic vision. Take Dog Day Afternoon for example. Arguably Pacino's best work, short of Scarface and Godfather, Part I of course. A masterpiece of directing, easily Lumet's best. The cinematography, the acting, the screenplay, all top notch. But...... they didn't push the envelope. Now what if in Dog Day, Sonny really wanted to get away with it? What if, now this is the tricky part. What if he started killing hostages right away? No mercy, no quarter, meet our demands or the pretty blonde in the bell bottoms gets it in the back of the head, bam, splat. What? Still no bus? C’mon… How many innocent victims splattered across the window would it take to have the city reverse its policy on hostage situations? And this is 1976. There’s No C.N.N., there’s no C.N.B.C., there’s no there’s no Internet. Now fast forward to today, present time, same situation. How quickly would the modern media make a frenzy of it. In a matter of hours it would be the biggest story from Boston to Budapest. Ten hostages die, Twenty, Thirty. Relentless, Bam, bim, one after another. All caught in high def, computer enhanced, color corrected. You can practically taste the brain matter. All for what, A bus, a plane, a couple of million dollars that’s federally insured? Just a thought. I mean it’s not, within the realm of conventional cinema but, what if? --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #2 November 3, 2004 lol, you just watched Swordfish... NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #3 November 3, 2004 The portrayel of hackers in Swordfish really sucked. That is why I can't stand that movie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bertusgeert 1 #4 November 3, 2004 Rene Descartes is sitting in some bar in Paris. Bartender says, 'Hey, you want another drink?' Descartes says, 'I think not.' --------------------------------------------- As jy dom is moet jy bloei! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #5 November 3, 2004 Quote Rene Descartes is sitting in some bar in Paris. Bartender says, 'Hey, you want another drink?' Descartes says, 'I think not.' And he disappeared! Right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #6 November 3, 2004 Quote lol, you just watched Swordfish... I got about two-thirds of the way through that before it finally hit me where it was from, then I read your post. Halle Berry has nice boobies.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #7 November 3, 2004 Quote Quote lol, you just watched Swordfish... I got about two-thirds of the way through that before it finally hit me where it was from, then I read your post. Halle Berry has nice boobies.I love how a conversation can be started and then out of now where Halle Berry's boobies attack I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #8 November 3, 2004 And your piont of quoting "Swordfish" would be???Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #9 November 3, 2004 I knew it from the sound track for the movie, that speach is the first track.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
