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88 Minutes (2007)
Another replica...
I finally thought i was going to see another magnificent "Al Pacino" movie...boy, did i make a big mistake. Don't get me wrong, the man is absolutely fantastic an i admire him. But:
Some of the women cast in this movie don' know how to act. Really. In my short opinion: Jack Gramm is mister Jack Bauer from the series "24", i think you all know him. The man's phone is ringing throughout the whole movie. The only difference is Jack Bauer keeps it up for 24 hours because that's what his show is called, and Jack Gramm for 88 minutes because that's what his show is called.
I would have liked this movie 7-8 years ago. So many cliché scenes: the car bomb scene, the car in the underground parking lot scene, the one in the classroom and many many more. But don't let me ruin the movie for you, convince yourselves that it was not worth making.
The only reason i rated it with a 7 is because Al Pacino puts in one of his many good performances, not great but definitely good.
Oh, i forgot, they shouldn't have made Al Pacino run, the man is just too old...
Thank you for your time.
The Illusionist (2006)
Could have been much better!
Unfortunately i didn't like the movie as much i thought i would. I hate when this happens, a movie is built up by everyone, and in the end it's a big disappointment, for me at least. The story is nice, but i didn't like the storytelling, it lacked detail and it was dull. The characters weren't completely defined: for instance, i would have liked to know more about what they had done during the time Eisenheim was away. It would have given me a sense of what he has become.
The casting was awful: Paul Giamatti is NOT cut out to be a badguy, even if in the end we found out that things were completely different. Rufus Sewell lacked the elegance of a prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, don't get me wrong i like him very much (in Tristan + Isolde, for example). Not even Edward Norton, a very very gifted actor, could not make his role work. The only pleasant surprise was from the part of Jessica Biel. I didn't realise how talented and beautiful she was up until this movie.
The twist in the plot at the end wasn't predictable, i admit, but it lacked the eloquence it needed to pull it off. Goof: (in my opinion) the private show for the prince takes place before the two of them decide to run away. But in the end the writers are telling us that the gems from the sword, used to frame the prince, were taken that evening from the sword... COME ON
All this movie accomplished for me is the fact that i got to see Edward Norton one of my favorites, and rediscovered Jessica Biel for the bright, young, talented actress that she has become.
Thank you for your time...
Andrei.