Hotel Noir
Jan 18, 2013 15:24:26 GMT
Post by rueful on Jan 18, 2013 15:24:26 GMT
Rue - agree totally that Eugene and Hannah shouldn't have ended up together. Not only isn't she the same girl who ran off with him, he's not the same man. Plus, if she stayed it would have been out of pity and Eugene is/was way to proud to accept her pity. I just would have liked to see him open up more to her, to tell her the things he told Rosario Dawson. Hannah would have offered to stay, but Eugene would have sent her away. END SPOILER
That would have worked well. They had great chemistry.
An interesting Quentin Tarantino note (being as we both dislike his gory movies): on one of the morning new shows today he was being held up as someone who contributes to the violence culture in this country specifically because, as you pointed out, in his movies killing someone is often a "punchline" to a joke.
Definitely. His films are sometimes like video games.
And to drag this back to film noir, and Hotel Noir, that is one of the things I liked about this movie. The violence was not glorified. Yes, people were killed, violently, yes people got beaten up, badly, but the film did not linger on the killings or the beatings. We got the same jolt seeing Rufus all bruised and bloodied after his beating by the thugs without having to see the thug administer said beating.
I agree. That was well done, and a very mature decision by the director.
About Extreme Ops:
What can you say? The only one of the skiers with any major acting credit was what's-her-name who had a minor role in on "Saved By the Bell" (cheesy American sit-com). I think I checked once and none of the other "actors" had done much since.
Hey, Saved By the Bell was high-quality stuff. That Screech was a comic genius.
As for Rupert, to me this is where Rufus shows what a true pro does - rises above the script and gives a good performance. You don't sleepwalk through the movie like Rupert.
Great point. Even if Rufus has mentioned in interviews about certain roles he didn't enjoy as much, you never see it onscreen.
Head over to the Old Times thread. ;D
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