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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 436752" data-attributes="member: 8">Wild Things (1998)[ATTACH=full]58483[/ATTACH]Speaking of Savannah&nbsp; and Central Park West, here we have a neo-noir for the Melrose Place generation that revels in its crowd-pleasing trashiness.Cape Fear, this ain&#039;t.It&#039;s a rewatch with several decades between this and the first time I watched it, and it&#039;s kinda funny to recognise all the names in the opening credits.These days I have no idea who is who, and actors don&#039;t do stage names anymore even if their real names are impossible to pronounce.Theresa Russell plays Denise Richards&#039; filthy rich mother and Matt Dillon reprises his role of the murderous sleazebag from that other nineties A Kiss Before Dying&nbsp; remake.It&#039;s really just plot twist after plot twist and then some, with very little attention to atmosphere and acting performances.They even pay homage to &quot;Bobby in the shower&quot; played in full frontal by Kevin Bacon, the only time the film goes the extra mile, as it were.Bill Murray (as Dillon&#039;s lawyer) questions Neve Campbell&#039;s character who is the second girl to accuse Dillon&#039;s Sam Lombardo of rape.In that courtroom scene he introduces a question with &quot;Let me ask you a question, Miss Toller&quot;, and the whole film is of that dialogue on a post-it level.Of course I already knew it was a guilty pleasure but it&#039;s a bit more lowbrow than I remembered. Still, it&#039;s fun to watch a bunch of familiar 80s and 90s faces in this Do They Know It&#039;s Neo-Noir?&nbsp;&nbsp; vehicle.At some point they stopped paying attention to the events that result in these fabulous freak accidents.It always looks best when it looks like something that can be prevented before it escalates, with just enough&nbsp; opportunity to cheat the curse. Then the pleasure comes from watching them fail.But when objects start to move by themselves or when the characters are placed in an extremely dangerous situation then it&#039;s &quot;anything goes&quot; and waiting for the kills to happen. And I find that very boring.*1998</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 436752, member: 8"] Wild Things (1998) [ATTACH type="full" alt="1770406775376.png"]58483[/ATTACH] Speaking of [I]Savannah[/I] and [I]Central Park West[/I], here we have a neo-noir for the Melrose Place generation that revels in its crowd-pleasing trashiness. [I]Cape Fear[/I], this ain't. It's a rewatch with several decades between this and the first time I watched it, and it's kinda funny to recognise all the names in the opening credits. These days I have no idea who is who, and actors don't do stage names anymore even if their real names are impossible to pronounce. Theresa Russell plays Denise Richards' filthy rich mother and Matt Dillon reprises his role of the murderous sleazebag from that other nineties [I]A Kiss Before Dying [/I]remake[I].[/I] It's really just plot twist after plot twist and then some, with very little attention to atmosphere and acting performances. They even pay homage to "Bobby in the shower" played in full frontal by Kevin Bacon, the only time the film goes the extra mile, as it were. Bill Murray (as Dillon's lawyer) questions Neve Campbell's character who is the second girl to accuse Dillon's Sam Lombardo of rape. In that courtroom scene he introduces a question with "Let me ask you a question, Miss Toller", and the whole film is of that dialogue on a post-it level. Of course I already knew it was a guilty pleasure but it's a bit more lowbrow than I remembered. Still, it's fun to watch a bunch of familiar 80s and 90s faces in this [I]Do They Know It's Neo-Noir?[/I] vehicle. At some point they stopped paying attention to the events that result in these fabulous freak accidents. It always looks best when it looks like something that can be prevented before it escalates, with [I]just enough[/I] opportunity to cheat the curse. Then the pleasure comes from watching them fail. But when objects start to move by themselves or when the characters are placed in an extremely dangerous situation then it's "anything goes" and waiting for the kills to happen. And I find that very boring. [SIZE=3]*1998[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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