lauramullen
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I haven't looked at any spoliers.
I sincerely doubt that I'll ever enjoy a villain's portrayal in this genre more than Ledger's. I still find his scenes mesmerizing.
Agreed on the Cox > Hopkins comment.
It's that bad?
Laz has been championing Cox > Hopkins for a while. After seeing Manhunter twice, I'd agree as well.
auctioneer thigh
pheww
I am going to see it on Tuesday night and I want to layoff all reviews and comments (Yet, I'm still here looking at the thread) to try to keep it on the DL with the expectations
I feel that Ledger was operating on a near-Brando level in TDK.
Can no one help me with the questions from my post?
1. I'm planning on seeing Inception again in a couple days, and I'm also showing The Prestige this week to friends. For now I'm ranking The latter as Nolan's best work (as well as Wally Pfister's), but we'll see how I feel after those viewings.
2. Cox >>>> Hopkins. I'm not a fan of the mannered hamminess of Hopkins and I find Cox scarier. But I find Ledger's perf as joker to be more like Cox than Hopkins; it's a pretty naturalistic, albeit showy inhabitation of the character IMO, and I feel that Ledger was operating on a near-Brando level in TDK. With all due respect to DeVito and Pfeiffer, both possibly the best they e ever been, they're not even in the same ballpark as what Ledger pulled off.
3. Cut a hole in the box.
Can no one help me with the questions from my post?
Careful . . . that can either be tremendous praise or a harsh putdown.
Oooh, lookee here, Laz and I are more or less in 100% agreement.
I know you meant vintage Brando
when someone dies on a regular dream level, they run the risk off falling into Limbo. Once you're in Limbo, dying will wake you up. So Watanabe reaching for the gun was likely to shoot DiCaprio and then himself
Wasn't it the case that dying generally wakes you up in any level, but the extreme sedatives were what made dying leading to limbo possible? Weren't Cobb and Mal using those sorts of sedatives when they spent all that time in limbo? At least that's what I got from it.
Once you're in Limbo, dying will wake you up.
Weren't Cobb and Mal using those sorts of sedatives when they spent all that time in limbo? At least that's what I got from it.