I agree, it sucked, but the marketing (through the praise of esteemed critics?) of it was every bit as good as Blair Witch. I did think Benito Del Toro exuded himself pretty well. And the ending, although hokey, was good because 1. It eventually came, and 2. I think if you could look at that whole movie as an overly realistic reality play (in that it was boring, dull, and sometimes reprehensible), but that in the end with all the various power brokers essentially self-consumed and ineffectual, some kids got a ball park--that's as good an expression of hope as any I've seen.
"I did think Benito Del Toro exuded himself pretty well."
I liked him too, I just wish the whole movie had centered around his charactor.
"in the end with all the various power brokers essentially self-consumed and ineffectual, some kids got a ball park--that's as good an expression of hope as any I've seen."
I liked the ball park too.
So much hokeyness(answering Mike here) I found the innocent wife of the drug kingpin
suddenly becoming a ruthless kingpin herself pretty hard to swallow
And Michael Douglass's daughter becoming a down and out
junkie and (gasp)sleeping with a black man.
That's where dope'll getcha.
And Michael Douglas becoming a vigilante, taking the law into his own hands to save her, why didn't he just call the cops?
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- jimlouis 3-01-2001 2:32 am
"I did think Benito Del Toro exuded himself pretty well."
I liked him too, I just wish the whole movie had centered around his charactor.
"in the end with all the various power brokers essentially self-consumed and ineffectual, some kids got a ball park--that's as good an expression of hope as any I've seen."
I liked the ball park too.
So much hokeyness(answering Mike here) I found the innocent wife of the drug kingpin
suddenly becoming a ruthless kingpin herself pretty hard to swallow
And Michael Douglass's daughter becoming a down and out
junkie and (gasp)sleeping with a black man.
That's where dope'll getcha.
And Michael Douglas becoming a vigilante, taking the law into his own hands to save her, why didn't he just call the cops?
- steve 3-01-2001 8:30 am [3 comments]