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This movie proves...Peter Weir is a genius

posted 21 years ago by timberwolf1-1
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I don't think I've ever seen a more emotionally wrenching movie before or since "Fearless."

At one point I just couldn't take it anymore and walked out to the lobby for five minutes or so. Not that I hated it or anything, but the opposite. I was so moved, so involved, that it was making me uncomfortable. I have never ever had to do that in a movie.

I had to watch it on video before I really got how great it was. Everything in this film was so perfect, so right on. Like in many Peter Weir films, great actors (Jeff Bridges in particular) rise to new levels of their craft, and actors you often don't like (Rosie Perez) give performances that you didn't know they had in them. Music was great...loved using "Where the Streets Have No Name" when Jeff Bridges crashes the car into the wall. Tarturro's performance was a masterstroke of understated power. Visually stunning; by the time you finally SEE the crash, you've already been made to feel like you've lived through it.

Peter Weir is a freakin' genius.

[–] drfunkensound 21 years ago

I cried uncontrollably during the end credits

I don't think any film has approached the emotions of men before in such a unique way.

very few saw it which is okay because it feels so personal

take care

[–] garridogal 21 years ago

Totally agree. Excellent movie. I was completely taken by Rosie Perez's performance.

[–] yulek 21 years ago

the thing that was so amazing about that last sequence was the music: Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3. the quiet violence of the crash with the whole note fugue just worked perfectly.

the first time i saw Fearless i sat in place for an hour afterwards with tears in my eyes. the second time i saw it was with some friends and i had to get up and leave the room similar to what the original poster experienced.

I agree Weir is a genius. i have yet to see anything of his i did not like. Mosquito Coast is better than the book (and the book is incredible). Picnic is amazing. Truman Show, incredible. Gallipoli, Dead Poets, etc.

The only film of his I wasn't too crazy about was Green Card. he should stick to drama.

[–] yoyomagoo 21 years ago

Weir is great. Is this his best? I think so.

However, I did think that Master and Commander wasn't up to much though. It was a decent film, but not in the league of Weir's past output such as Fearless, Dead Poets, Truman Show and Witness especially.

"Without you, I'm nothing"

[–] pbl1 19 years ago

Weir is good, but its really about Garcia and Lesh