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It’s a wildly entertaining portrayal of a complete scumbag.
Your post raises a bunch of interesting questions regarding the manner in which Sosa chose to eliminate the U.N. speaker. Because surely a bomb under a car would itself cause a great deal of hoopla. With all of Sosa’s assumed resources, you think he could have the U.N. speaker taken out in a much less conspicuous manner. They knew what hotel he was in, they probably knew the room and the amount of security surrounding the guy. Seems like if Sosa could muster an army to eventually kill Tony, he could have organized a small team to infiltrate the hotel and take out the U.N. speaker.
Cool, thanks for the response!
Fantastic.
If delivered properly, this could work as a stand-up bit.
I don’t know…
It feels like the hotel got a hold of Jack from very “first” time he was there, at the interview, where he mentions his writing project to Ullman (I always got really weird, sinister supernatural vibes from Ullman).
Maybe the hotel took advantage of that piece of Jack’s psyche.
The writer’s block aspect that you propose definitely makes sense because the first time we see him writing, he isn’t even writing, he’s just throwing a ball around, avoiding his family under the guise of ‘working’.
But later, when he starts to actually type out words on paper, he seems genuinely engaged, and then we are given a snippet of him staring blankly into nothing (with the ‘Shine’ music playing, implying that the Overlook is affecting him) which brings on a whole slurry of new implications.
So maybe it could be that his process of typing that sentence indeed began as a path towards defeating his writer’s block, but also we are shown that the Overlook can manifest hallucinations that influence the actions of its inhabitants.
And I think that one of those hallucinations we are never explicitly shown, but can infer, is the novel that Jack really thought he was writing, even though it was just a single sentence repeated in varying forms (to keep his body occupied while the Overlook slowly took control of his mind).
He saw the book/work as something real and valid, just as he thought the bartender Lloyd was real, and such.
Tate really did give an exquisitely chilling performance of a psychopath.
Did you like the movie?
It’s brutal gritty awesomeness, and it’s why I’m a Hughes Brother’s fan.
“Dead Presidents” is also very good, a spiritual sequel to this one.
I know this is an old post, and the point probably won’t resonate with anyone, but it has always resonated with me.
Because as years go by, I have indeed gotten close to losing my dinosaur.
And if you have a dinosaur, I implore you not to lose it.
Mine was playing piano. I had to give it a break because of life and such. And coming back to it after so much time ain’t so simple, but it has been rewarding, in a mental and physical sense.
So don’t wait too long, because life is short.
Well, Amanda Bynes went insane, unfortunately. And Keenan Thompson has been a staple on SNL for years.
There’s a new Good Burger coming out, so that’s something for Keenan and Kel fans.
Things don’t always work out, success can fizzle.
Do it!
You won’t be disappointed. 🍻
I remember reading that Vanity Fair piece way back in the day, when I was still excited to see the movie, and it described the production as a total train wreck. Constant rewrites and Pitt being dissatisfied and logistical complications during filming, etc.
The final product though, IMO, has it’s moments. Like the airplane sequence—that was pretty intense and very rewatchable.
It seems like the movie was cut up in away that didn’t take pacing into account. I’ve always felt that the opening was rushed and lacking character development. And every act following felt like a condensed version of what could have been.
Basically, it became a great movie to have playing in the background while you’re doing stuff around the house, because you don’t have to pay attention to it, but every once in awhile there will be something fun to see that provides a healthy distraction to whatever monotonous chore you are engaged with.
Can’t disagree more with you here. (but hey, to each their own)
The effects were awesome, especially for its time: disappearing slowly layer by layer, from muscles through circulatory down to skeleton—silhouette darting around under the sprinklers—half-charred and still invisible, etc. Not to mention the plain ‘ol blood and guts practical effects.
Hollow Man is campy fun, with T&A and a gloriously psychopathic Kevin Bacon, and I’ll take that any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
“The reviews were terrible” . . . So what? Critics are snobs anyway.
Agreed!
Glad I’m not the only one who shares this sentiment!
Cheers to that! 🍻
Completely agree about ‘Hollow Man’. One of my faves (also a flick I caught at a young age, albeit via DVD instead)!
Even though Verhoeven isn’t currently getting a bunch of work in Hollywood, that which exists is still iconic. The dude’s a legend, and rightfully so.
The acting was great, the vibe was great, also dug the music.
It just felt—to me, at least—that the story was unnecessarily condensed at times. (For example, the story implies that the female detective was dirty, but it still came off as ambiguous and unresolved—like maybe she isn’t dirty, but instead just poor at her job?) (and like you mentioned, what happened to the girlfriend?)
And the Albanian boss was a total badass, and his henchmen were brutally effective, until it didn’t serve the story anymore which is annoyingly convenient from a writing standpoint.
But anyway, after I let this season rest in my head for a bit, I plan to give it another watch-through to see if I latch onto parts of the cinematic rhythm I might have initially missed. Perhaps the pace was perfect, and I just wasn’t prepared for it.
The optimist in me agrees with you.
But that snarky pessimist in me keeps on being snarky.
Got me again this evening.
Great action, great drama.
Genuine satisfaction.