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SomeJazzyRat posted:I disagree. It's definitely the film Edgar's been building up to, and one that a dude with 20 or so years of experience in the industry would be able to pull off. There's the trademark first scene, low-key characterisation scene that secretly reveals the plot of the film. With Shaun you saw the beginning of his experimenting with action scenes, which were very effectively elaborated with Hot Fuzz, and taken to a certain extreme with Scott Pilgrim. Same with the music, first brought into the forefront with Shaun's 'Don't Stop Me Now' climax, and elaborated with each additional film until it hit the absolute forefront with this film. And that's just background to Edgar's effective emotional moments, the distinct history that each character practically radiates, and the perfect way that the small elements and foreshadowing that are brought together in a thematically pitch perfect way that reveals the imperfection of humanity. Plus, I'm sure there's three dozen and a half different elements referencing films from the 70's, car chases, and crime movies that I will just never be able to catch until the Bluray comes out and I can listen to about a dozen commentaries with people of varying levels of involvement (plus probably Quentin Tarentino) in each of them. I agree with this statement. You can tell with the editing techniques, the cinematography, that this is a Wright film through and through. What makes it different is seeing all these techniques used in a non-comedy setting. And they thankfully still work, and work very, very well. As for the film in general - I've never seen a film be so musical that wasn't a musical. I did also like the historical anachronisms in Baby's flashbacks.
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Krispy Kareem posted:So was the guy who interfered with the robbery just a 'good guy with a gun'? Yeah, I had to admit when he was first up, I thought he was sent there to kill Baby and the rest on the very last job by the boss. It was the fact he had one of those one-handed machine guns that looked gold that made me think he was supposed to be a hitman undercover. Would have been better if he had a rifle.
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Waltzing Along posted:I suspect I am in the minority. Well, what about the third act was a mess, exactly?
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