[闲聊] Collateral

[oread]

Has anyone seen this movie, by Tom Cruise?

 

[butterfly lover]

so so. story line no good. wo no understand par why killer didn't kill taxi driver in the beginning

 

[oread]

That's too bad, I thought this was one of the best action thrillers in the history of moving making. Storyline is tightly nestled, particularly with each vivid yet believable character. My only regret is the director's choice of location for the ending sequence: a train chase. But the end is brilliant, almost like a parable, perfectly in sync with the beginning, just brilliant!

The smart conversations were used extensively to introduce and develop each character, the taxi driver Max who insisted that he's only doing a temp job, for the past 12 year, isn't that something? And Vincent, he's not a killer, that's only what he does, he doesn't think that he's a killer, same way that Max doesn't think that he's a taxi driver. Remember Vincent quoted John Lennon: "Life is what happens while you're making other plans."

Like the first movie Heat, I truly enjoyed yet another masterpiece of director Michael Mann.

 

[kool]

low budget movie, story just ok.

 

[oread]

哈哈，看来你是没看明白。你真的还嫩点。:smokin:

 

[oread]

low budget and Tom Cruise are mutually exclusive.

 

[kool]

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哈哈，看来你是没看明白。你真的还嫩点。:smokin:

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low budget and Tom Cruise are mutually exclusive.

I am not saying low budget for the payroll of the actors, I meant the movie itself. just like a cheap jewellery with big brand name on the cover.

 

[oread]

This is a sophisticated movie, with smart dialogues and direction.

Michael Mann chose high definition video to shoot the movie, thus creating much more realistic LA street scenes, and urgency in actions. One of my favorite scenes is the Jazz club owner excitedly talking about the legendary Miles Davis, and bang, the immediate death! Just brilliant!

You probably prefer thrillers like The Bourne Identity.

 

[胖蹄阿克]

story很多破绽,很一般

 

[oread]

Story is only used to support the characters. This movie is very much like an independent film. Cruise gave an excellent performance, I think, even better than his performance in the late Kubrick's Magnolia. His agility in actions (i.e. shooting the street punks) speaks louder than his words...ah my Tommy.

 

[胡说之]

Why u 2 always fight like wife and husband?

 

[kool]

for those kind of action performance>>> john woo is better.
but I don't really like most of Hollywood movies. i perfer European,Russian and some Chinese movies.

 

[oread]

又来了，一棒子打死。凭您对Collateral的理解恐怕还没资格对好莱坞电影品头论足呢。

p.s. 您看过几部European and Russian movie啊？

 

[wuwei]

我更喜欢一些低成本的好电影

 

[oread]

看过DOGME 95的片吗？