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« : May 11, 2009, 02:33:50 PM »

Whoever got idea to translate the famous Von Kleist's tale (read it, if you have the chance) into western got half of the work done. This movie is well-made, with good interpreters and a good  rhythm. Still I think that it would have fared better with 20-30 minutes left-off (f.e., the whole message episode has no narrative importance). 7\10

Question: are John Cusack and Edward Norton the same person or are they twins? 


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« #1 : May 12, 2009, 09:57:47 AM »

I never had the chance to really sit down and watch it calmly, only through bits of it on TV. However, from what I've seen I'd agree with your 7/10 rating. (I didn't much like Goodman to be honest, but Cusack was not bad, as well as the old fox L. Q. Jones.)

This movie has actually become somewhat of a cult classic, I know a lot of people that normally don't dig on Ws talking about it and loving it.

Hopefully I'll re-watch it soon.


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No, not really. They never looked alike to me.

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« #2 : December 13, 2014, 12:15:15 PM »

Yeah I agree with the 7/10, thought it could have been better. There seems to be a certain disbalance between the third act with the machinating and talking taking center stage and what preceded. The ending does seem overstretched, but some of the bits are really good.

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