Insomnia (2002)

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The Midnight Sun
by Smooth_J in Smooth_J Blog

is neutral about it.

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"Something about Insomnia just did not work. I mean, it had the makings of a great movie, and to be honest, it almost was a great movie. But there was just something missing, something lacking from the basic feel of the movie that couldn't really be made up for, no matter how hard Pacino, Williams, and director Chris Nolan tried. The story is pretty obviously a remake of a Norwegian film made in the 90s, which apparently is pretty superior to this; one thing that this film succeeded at was making me put that film on the top of my list of films to see. The general idea of the story is excellent, with the guilt and insanity of the murder case thrown in with Dormer's (Pacino's) own guilt for the accidental murder of his partner and his shady tactics used to put a child murderer behind bars in LA. The insomnia of the midnight sun is absolutely perfect. It seems as though insomnia is a great subject for Nolan to tackle, since in each and every one of his movies to date involves his d ... " [More]

Movie Magic
by enaretea in enaretea Blog

is neutral about it.

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"Thank goodness! The Prestige is a terrific movie and I thank great goodness for that. When the movie was released that fall it was on the top of my must-see lists. However, my new born son doesn't let me get out to the theatre as much as I used to, so I had to wait until it came out on DVD. We finally got around to having a free evening and the movie was at the videostore, so we rented. Ever since Memento, I've had very high expectations from Chris Nolan. As such, Insomnia ultimately disappointed, but Batman Begins blew me away. Now, The Prestige... so, so, so good. The two leads are terrific. Christian Bale just gets better and better. He smolders, he looks dangerous and angry, is tender, is funny, is smart. As for Hugh Jackman, there is no danger of him being typecast as Wolverine. In fact, the more I see of him, the less Wolverine I see (which means when I see Wolverine, I see only Wolverine and not some singing, dancing Aussie actor). Michael Caine, as with Children of M " [More]

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