Originally posted by ronnierocketAGO: My God, two very disagreeble reviews of two movies that plain ROCK!
Really man, imagined if Antoine Fuqua(or "Fuckya" as some hating movie fan-friends know him as), who was going to helm this project before leaving to do that lame-ass KING ARTHUR, had done COLLATERAL. Fact is, COLLATERAL the original script is indeed a high-concept of a premise, but under any other mediocre filmmaker(like Fuqua) it would have been forgettable.
However, Mann, with all possible intellectual and artistic strength at his disposal, pulls off one of the best damn movies of 2004, and besides nabbing Jamie Foxx a Best Actor Oscar nod(sorry, but "Supporting Actor" Oscar crap my ass!) and Cruise, I would have picked him for Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Not to mention an Oscar to the film as well for Cinematography(which is memorable) and possibly for Editing as well. Not to mention maybe an Oscar nod for Best Director to Mann as well.
Now YOJIMBO.....I have no comment. I mean jesus christ, look at all those American/European movies that were based on this damn movie(from Leone's FISTFULL OF DOLLARS to Walter Hill's LAST MAN STANDING).
I'm sorry but I dont see Collateral as "just plain rock"ing.I said it was above average (mainly because of Foxx) which is a lot better that comments I give to a lot of other films. My comments have nothing to do with who could have directed it. I also stated that I loved the story of Yojimbo. However, there are vast cultural diffrences between Asia and Europe and these often come out in film. I have nothing against Yojimbo, nor do I think it is anything less than a great film, I was merely saying that I prefer to watch European films rather that Japanese.
If winners never lose, well, then a loser sure can sing the blues.
