In terribly poor taste
One might think that wasted potential is the worst thing that can come
from an unimpressive flick... it takes away the opportunity for more capable people to use the same idea, at least for a while. Here, however, we have such a misuse of historical events... it's frankly disgusting. I believe in educating all future generations about the Nazis, and understanding how, and especially why, they did what they did, so that it may never be allowed to happen again. Meanwhile, I do not agree with using what happened as the basis for this "cool little concept" they cooked up. Also very offensive, albeit considerably less so, is the blatant oversimplifications that, like other movies about this subject(which I will not reveal here, I intend for this to be a spoiler-free review), may disturb those who do not know enough facts to dismiss this, and, for all the wrong reasons, be scared of the use of that science in real life. This has pretty obvious and easily avoided holes. It postulates that Mengele had a specific plan at the time this was made, and it involves killing 94 men. To do this, he employs known, surviving SS officers and the like. Why? They're recognizable. It would be logical to use untraceable guns for hire or something. The pacing is decent. With Peck(who manages to look the part perfectly, and be genuinely intimidating) and Olivier being so talented, it was an unbelievably stupid idea to have them speak every single line, at least several of which potentially effective and strong, through those silly accents. What's the point? They don't go into full German, no matter who they're talking to. The dialog varies greatly. Acting tends to be good, the kid is shockingly bad, I mean, to the point where it's just short of being downright painful. This is, in the end, nothing but a run-of-the-mill Hollywood thriller, and it could have been infinitely better. The novel(which I have not read) was by Ira Levin, and look how astonishing and unforgettable the film Rosemary's Baby(also from a book of his) is! I can definitely see how both were written by him. Though I would love to, I haven't watched Patton or Planet of the Apes, by this same director. What happened here? Three decades pass, then it's fair game? Had this been about an entirely fictional, fanatical group... and/or, at the very least, provided some compelling drama, instead of hoping to stir up excitement from a plot that seems as though it originated in a campy 50's sci-fi schlock-fest, maybe it would be acceptable. As it is, it's passable, and, frankly, on shaky(if not outright collapsing) moral ground. I recommend this only to those who are smart enough to not take it too seriously. 5/10. malam watch Mystic River movie
The Boys From Brazil is a very good film and worth to be seen. .
navashawn watch Titus movie
great action thriller....
gombert watch Bone Trouble movie
nice plot nice actoring.
Yep. The only actor ever to get named a lord acted alongside the guy from the "Police Academy" movies
"The Boys from Brazil" is admittedly an improbable movie, but chilling
nonetheless. American college student Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) finds Nazi doctor Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck) hiding out in South America. Kohler tries to report Mengele's diabolical plans (for a Fourth Reich) to Nazi hunter Ezra Liebermann (Laurence Olivier*), but Mengele murders him. The rest of the movie shows Liebermann investigating the mysterious deaths of several men around the world, all of whom had sons who look exactly the same. The climax comes when Liebermann and Mengele finally meet. As is apparently always the case with Ira Levin's stories ("Rosemary's Baby" and "The Stepford Wives"), everything seems to be normal at first, until some point where you realize that there is clearly something unseemly going on. It may be an outlandish concept, but the whole movie is quite intense once you realize what Mengele and his cronies are planning. *Interestingly, Laurence Olivier had played a Nazi in "Marathon Man" two years earlier.. |
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