Suitanim
04-24-2006, 06:47 PM
I thought I'd give a review of a quality movie for balance.
"In Cold Blood" is almost 30 years old, but you'd never know it without a young John Forsythe and an even younger Robert Blake reminding you. The narrative is tight, the plot is excellent (reality is always stranger than fiction), and there's even a hint of some manipulation of timeline that later directors definitely cribbed from (Tarantino DEFINITELY saw this movie).
This movie was adapted from a book written by Truman Capote, and the motivation and methods used by Capote to cull information from Perry Smith (One of the real-life villains) was made into the 2005 film "Capote".
I digress.
The way I judge a good movie is how long it keeps me from looking at my watch or thinking "When will this movie ever end?". Most movies give themselves away as a movie at some point (That moment when your suspension of disbelief is broken), but I never experienced that moment during this flick.
It has a little violence and language, but not much by today's standards. I give it an 8.5 out of 10.
"In Cold Blood" is almost 30 years old, but you'd never know it without a young John Forsythe and an even younger Robert Blake reminding you. The narrative is tight, the plot is excellent (reality is always stranger than fiction), and there's even a hint of some manipulation of timeline that later directors definitely cribbed from (Tarantino DEFINITELY saw this movie).
This movie was adapted from a book written by Truman Capote, and the motivation and methods used by Capote to cull information from Perry Smith (One of the real-life villains) was made into the 2005 film "Capote".
I digress.
The way I judge a good movie is how long it keeps me from looking at my watch or thinking "When will this movie ever end?". Most movies give themselves away as a movie at some point (That moment when your suspension of disbelief is broken), but I never experienced that moment during this flick.
It has a little violence and language, but not much by today's standards. I give it an 8.5 out of 10.