Originally posted by Kabul hitman:
Heat is by no means a great film. It's seems people are too willing these days to settle for mediocrity. I would argue that it isn't even a good film, it's distinctly average. I only liked examining the tailoring in the film, when De Niro walks out of the bank after the major heist he's dressed in an immaculate suit, shades and with thediagonally placed strap of the black bag full of cash, he strikes a cool high powered executive look. But if you want proper suits, we're talking men's bespoke jobs on Saville Row in London. A cut above the rest. I would place more emphasis on shoes though, yep that old adage - you can always judge a man by his shoes. Such interest in fashion may cause fellow orators to think I putt from the rough but nothing could be further from the truth. With the male cosmetics business alone worth over £1billion sterling in Britain today, isn't it time men re-examined their approach to human aesthetics ? However, I spent a period working in New York and was disgusted by the vanity shown by all. Ambition, self-importance and vanity are tasteless on their own but when demonstrated on a daily basis with wanton disregard for the inferences made by such behaviour, well then it gets a bit serious. There is a humble quality, a humility that exists in countries in Middle Eastern dirt-poor countries that all westerners could learn from. 'Dirt-poor countries', 'backward hell-holes' - it's how many see these places. Time to examine our own consciences. Look at Egypt - what a country. The ancient Egyptians were a race more advanced and cultured than any that has come since. Greeks, Romans ? Don't waste my time. These boyos were a learned people long before Plato and co. through their tuppence worth into the equation.