Post by pimpinainteasy on Nov 3, 2017 15:28:02 GMT
watched a blu ray print of this. jeez, the stuff they could get away with in the 70s with regard to portrayal of women and violence against them. can this be replicated? the answer is yes. watch THE KILLER INSIDE ME (2010).
but then, GET CARTER is on another level. the film is like an early warning against male feminists.
MICHAEL CAINE is a womanizing prick out to avenge his brother who was found in a car in the sea with alcohol inside him.
he treats women worse than objects of sex, he knows what they want, but when he sees a woman of his own blood in a porno film, getting exploited, it gets his blood boiling and he goes on a killing rampage.
i liked the working class bars, the nudity, the seaside, the ferries and the dingy rooms all of which must characterize the decline of british civilization. the victorians would have had a heart attack if they ever watched this film. JOHN OSBORNE who wrote LOOK BACK IN ANGER - a play about the lack of motivation and wide spread anomie and acedia in post colonial britain, makes an appearance as the villain. he is a lousy actor but what does his presence in the film say about the directors intentions?
the dinghy motel where JACK lives is a bit of a disappointment. it looked like a set. MICHAEL CAINE is fantastic. but the rest of the cast? unremarkable at best. the lady who played the owner at the motel was sexier than BRIT EKLAND and the other robotic looking female.
i am surprised nobody made a TV series based on this film. MIKE HODGES shoule have made a film based on graham greene's BRIGHTON ROCK.
it was damn slow. but there are some terrific one liners. some really moody scenes. i might read the novel.
i watched it on a computer. i might love it if i saw it in a movie hall.
(7/10)
but then, GET CARTER is on another level. the film is like an early warning against male feminists.
MICHAEL CAINE is a womanizing prick out to avenge his brother who was found in a car in the sea with alcohol inside him.
he treats women worse than objects of sex, he knows what they want, but when he sees a woman of his own blood in a porno film, getting exploited, it gets his blood boiling and he goes on a killing rampage.
i liked the working class bars, the nudity, the seaside, the ferries and the dingy rooms all of which must characterize the decline of british civilization. the victorians would have had a heart attack if they ever watched this film. JOHN OSBORNE who wrote LOOK BACK IN ANGER - a play about the lack of motivation and wide spread anomie and acedia in post colonial britain, makes an appearance as the villain. he is a lousy actor but what does his presence in the film say about the directors intentions?
the dinghy motel where JACK lives is a bit of a disappointment. it looked like a set. MICHAEL CAINE is fantastic. but the rest of the cast? unremarkable at best. the lady who played the owner at the motel was sexier than BRIT EKLAND and the other robotic looking female.
i am surprised nobody made a TV series based on this film. MIKE HODGES shoule have made a film based on graham greene's BRIGHTON ROCK.
it was damn slow. but there are some terrific one liners. some really moody scenes. i might read the novel.
i watched it on a computer. i might love it if i saw it in a movie hall.
(7/10)