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Thread: Trance (Danny Boyle)

  1. #26
    An utter fiasco; far from boring, but so devilishly drawn out and silly. I'm still not sure anything of note actually took place (ahem, except for the key RD scene) during the film's entire 101 minute duration. Its inherent looniness is derived from ridiculous images (some unintentionally hilarious) and expository departures that are supposed to aid the mounting emotional tugging towards the end. Nah. Boyle needs to sell crazy somewhere else. The thing looks great though, kudos to Anthony Dod Mantle.
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    Yeah this was just terrible, very much agreed with Baby Doll and Wigwam.
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    Some of the most egregious abuse of orange-and-teal color grading that I've encountered. The movie's lame too, and not terribly convincing as its thematic ambitions escalate into female empowerment over male possessiveness, though I appreciate its attempt to implicate me with full-frontal Rosario Dawson. Color me successfully titillated, you naughty little movie.
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    I really was enjoying the first fourty five minutes. Then, it all went to shit fast. God, what an awful ending.
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    This was woefully bad. Pretty much agree with everything Baby Doll has said.

    There are some nice compositions in here and the film had an interesting color palette and framing choices, and that usually goes a long way for me, but the visual just wasn't functional enough to save this movie from narrative hell.

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    Here are some shots I liked.









    Still - this movie was bad.

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    How did she plan for them to use a hypnotist?
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    Ah, this was a blast. If you start analyzing the plot logically, of course it becomes nonsense, but for all its improbabilities I still think they never jumped the shark dramatically - I always cared about the new situation and its outcome. I like films that start being about one thing but slowly develop a new thematic ambition, like this one does with female empowerement.

    And I more than like Rosario Dawson, with and without her clothes on.

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    And I more than like Rosario Dawson, with and without his clothes on.
    Spoiler. :evil:

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    Thought this was a blast. Pulpy and nonsensical to the extreme, but well-shot and surprising nonetheless. Reminded me of Shattered for some reason.
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    I'll throw my vote on the side of 'this movie is profoundly stupid'. Anthony Dod Mantle can make anything watchable it seems. Early on, the pace was brisk enough for me to find my state of disorientation somewhat enjoyable. But the more the film reveals itself, the more disappointed I became.
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    Beautifully shot and framed, and I was with this up until McAvoy demands to be told the truth (essentially the last thirty minutes). Then the awkward balance between having to root for an abusive person and Dawson's domestically trapped partner comes into play--and so many of her decisions seem to match up not with inner motivation so much as keeping a cast small. And this is one film where indecision in the final frames isn't charming or beneficial, but instead a liability.

    Really great score, though. Immaculate color design and visual motifs, just blase scriptwork.
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    One of the most convoluted, idiotic messes I've ever seen.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    One of the most convoluted, idiotic messes I've ever seen.
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    Con:
    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    One of the most convoluted, idiotic messes I've ever seen.
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    I know, it's great.
    Con: James McAvoy

    Pro: Rosario Dawson

    Con: Danny Boyle since Trainspotting

    Pro: Trainspotting

    I just don't know. Do I watch this movie?
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    Con:

    Pro:

    Con: James McAvoy

    Pro: Rosario Dawson

    Con: Danny Boyle since Trainspotting

    Pro: Trainspotting

    I just don't know. Do I watch this movie?
    If you don't like Boyle post-Trainspotting, I think there's about a zero percent chance you'll like this.

  17. #42
    I liked 127 Hours. And 28 Days Later. I mean, they got the job done.

    Guess he needs a number in the title.
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    The shiny aesthetic and zig-zagging narrative make for an engaging thrill ride. Unfortunately – despite surviving a death defying tonal leap from tongue-in-cheek to gushy sentimentality in the third act – it does not recover from asking us to suddenly hate protagonist McAvoy in the final reel.

    Nevertheless, one wonders if even that would not have been a bridge too far if only Boyle had refrained from switching back to tongue-in-cheek for the epilogue and had given a crucial thematic choice to McAvoy instead of giving it to a supporting character.

    It is hard to detract from the inventive brilliance of Boyle as a genre filmmaker, even if the script does falter at the final hurdle and apparently sacrifice genuine catharsis for a cheap twist.

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    Baby Doll nailed it.

    I enjoyed the pulpy nonsense in a Dark Passage kind of way. But that becomes a drag after the first hour. The visuals are fantastic but eventually overbear. If every goddamn shot is thematic relevant, none of them are. Characters and spaces become a blur.

    Biggest sin: Explaining away the bulk of the story in a dull, idiotic monologue right at the end. That just made yell "Fuuuuuuuuuuuck you" at the screen.

    To Ezee's reference -- I kinda want to see Boyle do something with a a Philip K Dick story now. Maybe Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.

    Also, not to burst anyone's bubble, but I'm pretty sure that full frontal was a CGI composite shot. Ie, not actually Dawson's cooch.

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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)

    Also, not to burst anyone's bubble, but I'm pretty sure that full frontal was a CGI composite shot. Ie, not actually Dawson's cooch.
    I'm not saying that I know definitively. But what evidence do you have to support this assertion?
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    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
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    I'm not saying that I know definitively. But what evidence do you have to support this assertion?
    FBI reports, affidavits my attorneys took from the film crew, sworn testimony from Doyle, plus the photos I took of Dawson while loitering outside her bedroom window.

    You know, the usual.

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