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This thread is now the Official Review Thread for "Collateral". Please post all HTF member reviews in this thread.
Any other comments, links to other reviews, or discussion items will be deleted from this thread without warning!
If you need to discuss those type of issues then I have designated an Official Discussion Thread.
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08-06-2004, 02:37 PM
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Just saw this today. What an awesome movie. I honestly wasn't expecting much. Tom Cruise is a killing machine. And Jamie Foxx does a great job in his role. Deffinately one of my favorites this summer!
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08-06-2004, 06:08 PM
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A very good film with Michael Mann being the king of directors when it comes to filming a large city like Miami, Chicago and LA. I had a little problem with the ending and I felt the film drag a bit at the end, but overall, I had an enjoyable time with this film.
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08-06-2004, 09:08 PM
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You know, people die in this movie, but I couldn't help but laugh with some of the situations in which the humor came shining through the dark of night in L.A.
There's a lot to like about this film, and the direction appeared effortless (in that I never thought the camerawork got in the way of telling the story or never missed the inner turmoil/conflict that Max has as he is coerced into driving Vincent around for a night of contract killings).
Both Cruise and Fox do a fine job needling each other and chipping away at each other's exteriors in the span of their starcrossed night together.
I give it 3.5 stars, or a grade of B+.
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08-06-2004, 09:14 PM
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Excellent! Any fan of Michael Mann's previous films should find a good deal to like with this one. The pacing is languid (a good thing, since too many modern films forget to give the audience a chance to actually watch & listen to people speak), but the film is never boring. The script probably has a couple of contrivances too many, but the characters seem real and are compelling. Jamie Foxx is very good, Tom Cruise finally appeals to me in this one (maybe because he's playing a cruel sociopath - typecasting?) and is believable in his role. Most of the film is up to his usual high standard - music, editing, sound, casting. The one drawback (for me) was that he chose to shoot it on HD video. Unfortunately, that flat & crushed look really hurts some of the film - faces have no tone and texture (at times Jamie Foxx looks like a marionette from the "Thunderbirds" tv show or a cgi character). I'm not sure why he chose to film it on video, the lighting and everything else is still very carefully controlled, so he couldn't have saved a lot of time. Money is certainly not the issue. Perhaps he wanted a "gritty" look, but he'd have been much better off shooting on film and making the "look" in the post-production phase, IMO. Projection at the show was impeccable, so it's not the fault of the presentation.
A must-see for Michael Mann fans and others who'd like just a little bit more intelligence from their summer movies. 3 1/2 out of 4.
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08-07-2004, 06:10 PM
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Just saw the movie and loved it. Cruise plays the bad guy part to a "T".
Jamie Fox, who I thought would be annoying/terrible in the movie turned out to be a smash hit.
I am glad Jeda Pinkett Smith was not in the movie much. She does nothing for me with her acting.
 
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08-07-2004, 09:08 PM
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08-08-2004, 12:34 AM
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I need to be audited, because this movie is pure crap. Watching this junk is like watching a slower paced phone booth without the phone and the booth. I don’t care how much of a Cruise junky you are, do yourself a favor and resist your temptation. The story is boring and outside Cruise and Fox the acting is just pathetic. The actors portraying the police are so bad it hurts to listen and watch. This film exhibits grain and blurriness that will make you schedule yourself for an eye exam. The music selections were depressing and made me wish for legalization of the Kevorkian suicide machine. By the end of the movie I just couldn’t care for anything I had seen.
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08-08-2004, 01:50 AM
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