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this movie was released during the career high point of nicholas cage's career. how could you not want to see at at that time. it also had gary sinise who was awesome solely for forrest gump. so i jumped at the chance to see this in the theatre. when i saw it then i was left with this impression: the first 20 minutes were amazing. the next 40 minutes were okay and then the last half hour was just awful. in short other than the first 20 minutes i hated it. i was therefore dreading watching it again as i plodded my way through the brian de palma catalogue of films. absolutely dreaded it, but i... read
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what in the fuck was nic cage taking when he made this? i know he's now relied on for this crazy man schtick but he was on another planet in the opening shot. talking of which, that opening tracking shot was insane. i may have blinked at the wrong point but it seemed to be one of the longest one shot camera takes ever. what i really liked about this film was seeing the same scene from different viewpoints, they really nailed that here. it wasn't a fresh idea but it was certainly done with some aplomb. read
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