tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post1882856865084458288..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: Bemused by its own deceptions: a review of Tony Gilroy's DuplicityThe Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-51842349788707632652009-03-24T17:32:00.000-04:002009-03-24T17:32:00.000-04:00I was really expecting something with this film. S...I was really expecting something with this film. Something a bit more snarky. A little more fun. Maybe something like Out of Sight. Or Get Shorty. Or even Barbarians At The Gate. But like you, I was completely underwhelmed with this. And like you, I thought Michael Clayton was excellent.<BR/><BR/>And the opening slo-motion shot of Giamatti and Wilkinson was oh, so promising for something great. <BR/><BR/>But I will say that I found Roberts a tad sexier with age. Maybe that's just me.PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-2183175686666306592009-03-22T16:45:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:45:00.000-04:00Thanks, Anonymous!Sam,Thanks for comparing your an...Thanks, Anonymous!<BR/><BR/>Sam,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for comparing your analysis with mine. I still wonder if I was a bit harsh on the film, in part because as modern-day audience members, we increasingly have difficulty sitting through such a talk-oriented movie. I also wonder if the casting had been slightly different, whether the story would have worked much better.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-21550150553774270512009-03-22T15:48:00.000-04:002009-03-22T15:48:00.000-04:00I was bored stiff by this film (I saw this on Frid...I was bored stiff by this film (I saw this on Friday evening AFTER a screening of the nefarious KNOWING with Nicholas Cage, which was rather an abomination, but at least an 'entertaining abomination.' The 'corporate shenanigans are tedious, and I am never much a fan for Julia Roberts--she cheapens everything she appears in. I must say i am not the fan of MICHAEL CLAYTON that you are Film Dr., but you make excellent points of comparison, and the film has many fans.<BR/> I agree with you on the ineffectiveness of the 'cartoon' constription, as opposed to the sinister element that worked to M.C.'s advantage, and I must say (I know I'm being mischievious!) I loved that slow-motion Giamatti-Wilkinson fight (Wilkinson won) that opened the film.<BR/><BR/>You really got to this film's essence and related why it was such a bore. I looked over at my wife Lucille, at the half way point, and she was fast asleep! LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-37111834093168583662009-03-21T16:49:00.000-04:002009-03-21T16:49:00.000-04:00Excellent review. Good point about the problem wit...Excellent review. Good point about the problem with Roberts and other too recognizable actors.<BR/><BR/>C'daleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com