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Post by janntosh on Aug 21, 2020 4:09:08 GMT
I thought this was a really good and mostly well acted drama/thriller but did anyone else think Maria Bello was awful? She brought the film down a bit. Also, Howard Shore's score sounded very very similar to pats of his Lord of the Rings score
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Post by lowtacks86 on Aug 21, 2020 4:16:02 GMT
Pretty good movie. Interesting trivia, this was the last major movie released on VHS (after that it was all DVD)
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 21, 2020 4:21:13 GMT
Maria Bello is terrific in the movie imo. Probably my favorite performance from her.
William Hurt is the weak link. His performance feels like it is from a different movie entirely. He hams it up while all the other actors are downplaying it.
Howard Shore's filler music has always been redundant and his score here is him on autopilot. It is still effective though.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 21, 2020 4:48:50 GMT
Maria Bello is terrific in the movie imo. Probably my favorite performance from her. William Hurt is the weak link. His performance feels like it is from a different movie entirely. He hams it up while all the other actors are downplaying it. Howard Shore's filler music has always been redundant and his score here is him on autopilot. It is still effective though. I enjoyed him, although I found it weird he got nominated over Harris.
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Post by onethreetwo on Aug 21, 2020 4:50:34 GMT
Love this movie. Everything about it.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 21, 2020 4:54:41 GMT
Maria Bello is terrific in the movie imo. Probably my favorite performance from her. William Hurt is the weak link. His performance feels like it is from a different movie entirely. He hams it up while all the other actors are downplaying it. Howard Shore's filler music has always been redundant and his score here is him on autopilot. It is still effective though. I enjoyed him, although I found it weird he got nominated over Harris. I can't say I didn't enjoy his performance, it just felt out of place imo. I assume he got the nomination because he played against type to the extreme.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 21, 2020 7:16:04 GMT
William Hurt is the weak link. His performance feels like it is from a different movie entirely. He hams it up while all the other actors are downplaying it. Personally I think hes a very dull and overrated actor.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 21, 2020 7:16:26 GMT
4/10 I never really liked it.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 21, 2020 7:35:04 GMT
Personally i did not like that movie
3/10
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 21, 2020 7:39:29 GMT
William Hurt is the weak link. His performance feels like it is from a different movie entirely. He hams it up while all the other actors are downplaying it. Personally I think hes a very dull and overrated actor. I don't agree.
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Post by jcush on Aug 21, 2020 7:48:28 GMT
I liked Maria Bello. Viggo and Ed Harris are really good too. I wasn't much of a fan of William Hurt's performance though. Once his character showed up, the film went downhill for me. I'd like to rewatch it though.
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Post by Vits on Aug 21, 2020 10:44:56 GMT
The atmosphere and themes in A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE are great. By the way, would you like me to tell you a history of violence? Me beating the crap out of Viggo Mortensen. Why? I was mad at his weak performance. Mario Bello and Ed Harris' performances are fine. It's hard to say in regards to William Hurt. His screen time is too small and, during his scenes, he transitions from very subtle to very over-the-top. When it was revealed that TOM was JOEY CUSACK, I was a little disappointed. I mean, I was expecting the movie to continue giving the audience clues and TOM's family to start doubting if he was telling the truth, so that the movie would have an ambiguous end for the audience to debate about it. However, I still kept an open mind to see what was coming next. Well, it dragged too much, specially the scene with RICHIE which was unnecessary. No, I'm not saying it wasn't deep; it was. It showed the world TOM/JOEY came from. I'm just saying that, if it had been cut, the film's messages would've still been delivered. 6/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
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