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| scarletspeed7 11/27/18 11:52:28 AM #84: | "We built Dark City, we built Dark City on mind control Built Dark City, we built Dark City on mind control Say you do know me, and recognize my face Say you care about what goes on in this place Knee deep in the hoopla, Strangers I will fight Too many mysteries, Whys it always night? Emma sings well in the lounge Listen to the audio, dont you remem-ber? We built Dark City, we built Dark City on mind control Built Dark City, we built Dark City on mind control Strangers always playing With citizens souls Who cares theyre always changing The citizens roles We just want to live here Somehow were in space The Strangers are just observing Our human race Emma sings well in the lounge Listen to the audio, dont you remem-ber? We built Dark City, we built Dark City on mind control Built Dark City, we built Dark City on mind control Eh fuck it Im done. Man, this movie has a bunch of elements that should make me love this movie. Its got a noir-like atmosphere, a mysterious protagonist, a mysterious city and a detective. Sadly, the movie is all flash and no substance. Its a very creative flash though. The story isnt particularly noteworthy despite some memorable moments and the biggest thing going against the movie, is that the characters are just uninteresting. " ~JONA "What It Is: To explain Dark City would be to ruin it. But suffice it to say, it begins as a potential noir detective film. Why It Matters: This movie is said to have been an influence on both The Matrix and Inception, to giants in the genre, so that alone should be enough of a reason to watch it. What I Think: There is some phenomenal visual work in this movie, but man, Alex Proyas is not a good writer. This was a phenomenally rough script that sort of meandered through a lot of good ideas without really nailing any of them. Some of this might have been the compression of a lot of events without any time to really let a character or an idea breathe for a moment, but I honestly think this is endemic of Proyas' somewhat weak writing. His work on successive science fiction films after Dark City really tells me that this isn't an abberation; Knowing and I Robot both suffer from big ideas weighed down by that "kid in a candy store" syndrome of jumping from one idea to the next quickly. To me, this would have worked extremely well in the hands of a more competent writer. Proyas demonstrates a really strong eye for detail in this film, and the camera is done a service by being put in his hand, but christ this is some disjointed writing. Which is too bad because, on the whole, there is a lot to like with this film. I imagine other people will tell you 'this has great twists that keep you guessing'. It actually doesn't. This has a very badly crafted story that felt like a mini-series shoehorned into a feature film. Great twists and turns are founded upon the innate notion that there are characters that have been developed and therefore serve as proximate stakes for the viewer. This movie isn't really interested in engaging a viewer emotionally and more interested in blindly adhering to a script that was designed to do a thing and not be a thing." ~scarlet --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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