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The Statement For The Prosecution:
In Revolver's defence, it was ambitious and tried to do something different.
It's just that it failed.
The main problem was incoherence. The beginning and end make some sort of sense, and even vaguely connect with each other. It's the middle bit that, while it's sort of internally coherent, or at least not actively contradicting itself, doesn't cohere to the rest of it.
Unfortunately, the middle section is the longest part.
I have been told that the film Kabbalistic mysticism for its themes and motifs. This may be true, but as an outsider it looks more like random events cloaked in pseudo-mystic nonsense. So I'd suggest the films needs to explain things more or less. As it stands, there's too much of the mysticism for me to just ignore and not enough for me to go 'fine, I know nothing about this but I get the general gist.'
The Scene:
Which is up on Youtube because people agree with me.
Why the Scene is so Good:
Partly, I think, it's because of the shock value of 'OMG Jason Statham can act' because yes, he can.
The other thing about it is that it's real. Vividly, in a film where nothing else is, either deliberately and stylistically or due to the aforementioned incoherence and failed ambition.
It's so good though, Statham conveys Jake Green's anger, frustration and fear so damn well, that the scene is probably the only time we can actually identify with him, as the rest of the time he's a hyper-stylised film noir protagonist.
angstbunny)The Statement For The Prosecution:
In Revolver's defence, it was ambitious and tried to do something different.
It's just that it failed.
The main problem was incoherence. The beginning and end make some sort of sense, and even vaguely connect with each other. It's the middle bit that, while it's sort of internally coherent, or at least not actively contradicting itself, doesn't cohere to the rest of it.
Unfortunately, the middle section is the longest part.
I have been told that the film Kabbalistic mysticism for its themes and motifs. This may be true, but as an outsider it looks more like random events cloaked in pseudo-mystic nonsense. So I'd suggest the films needs to explain things more or less. As it stands, there's too much of the mysticism for me to just ignore and not enough for me to go 'fine, I know nothing about this but I get the general gist.'
The Scene:
Which is up on Youtube because people agree with me.
Why the Scene is so Good:
Partly, I think, it's because of the shock value of 'OMG Jason Statham can act' because yes, he can.
The other thing about it is that it's real. Vividly, in a film where nothing else is, either deliberately and stylistically or due to the aforementioned incoherence and failed ambition.
It's so good though, Statham conveys Jake Green's anger, frustration and fear so damn well, that the scene is probably the only time we can actually identify with him, as the rest of the time he's a hyper-stylised film noir protagonist.
