Collateral
Hey to all you night people, sittin there at your comp this late =)
Just got back from the movie theater, saw Collateral with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. I liked it a lot. Pretty good. What made this movie stand out, at least for me and I'm sure for many others is how it was shot in digital video (DV). So, it was like watching something anyone could have filmed. It just looked very different and felt more realistic to me. Michael Mann, the director of another crime thriller Heat (1996) comes back with another thriller. Also set in L.A. both actors, Tom Cruise (Vincent) and Jamie Foxx (Max) deliver great performances, very natural and believable. The story is about a cab driver who picks up a man named Vincent. He says he's a Real Estate person and has to make 5 stops for some business, but when a man falls off a building onto Max's cab, the truth is revealed about Vincent. Yup, that's right folks - he's a contract killer. So, Max is made to drive Vincent to the rest 4 stops where he makes all his kills. Damn this movie is neat. I really liked how Michael Mann chose to shoot the movie in Digital - it's just so cool. The feeling you get, urban realism. His directing is very neat and I'm not the only one who will say this. He kept me interested in every scene...all the angles, cinematography, MUSIC! (really neat score by James Newton Howard) all felt right for this, and the fact that all this takes place in one night. I liked it very much and I would suggest it to people who seek for some suspense or stylish directing, or the good performances. It all has it in there.
I'd give this an 8/10. One scene, I couldn't hear the dialogue cuz it was too quiet and I didn't understand what the scene was about. (Jazz club scene)
Pretty good flick. Can't wait for Alien Vs. Predator coming next week!!!! Wooo, then we'll go eat after that at Perkin's prolly.
Just got back from the movie theater, saw Collateral with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. I liked it a lot. Pretty good. What made this movie stand out, at least for me and I'm sure for many others is how it was shot in digital video (DV). So, it was like watching something anyone could have filmed. It just looked very different and felt more realistic to me. Michael Mann, the director of another crime thriller Heat (1996) comes back with another thriller. Also set in L.A. both actors, Tom Cruise (Vincent) and Jamie Foxx (Max) deliver great performances, very natural and believable. The story is about a cab driver who picks up a man named Vincent. He says he's a Real Estate person and has to make 5 stops for some business, but when a man falls off a building onto Max's cab, the truth is revealed about Vincent. Yup, that's right folks - he's a contract killer. So, Max is made to drive Vincent to the rest 4 stops where he makes all his kills. Damn this movie is neat. I really liked how Michael Mann chose to shoot the movie in Digital - it's just so cool. The feeling you get, urban realism. His directing is very neat and I'm not the only one who will say this. He kept me interested in every scene...all the angles, cinematography, MUSIC! (really neat score by James Newton Howard) all felt right for this, and the fact that all this takes place in one night. I liked it very much and I would suggest it to people who seek for some suspense or stylish directing, or the good performances. It all has it in there.
I'd give this an 8/10. One scene, I couldn't hear the dialogue cuz it was too quiet and I didn't understand what the scene was about. (Jazz club scene)
Pretty good flick. Can't wait for Alien Vs. Predator coming next week!!!! Wooo, then we'll go eat after that at Perkin's prolly.
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