Man, am I the only one who likes to start boards for thrillers(Meg notwithstanding)? Oh well.

Anyway, I haven't seen this film yet, but my friend Nick snuck into a screening for it a few days ago. You should know that Nick hates just about EVERYTHING! If those of you familiar with my Enterprise posts think I'm critical, Nick makes me look like a pussycat. That said, Nick said the movie was GREAT! He said it was Pacino's BEST PERFORMANCE IN YEARS!

I think playing a killer is the smartest career move Robin Williams had made since Good Will Hunting. We've always known he's a good actor, but he's never played a dark role. Between this, and Tom Hanks' upcoming role in The Road to Perdition, one wonders if this represents a trend among "good guy" actors taking darker roles.

Williams also plays dark in "One Hour Photo," due out in August. He plays a store clerk obsessed with a family whose photos he deals with.
Pacino has slacked off lately. He was sleepwalking in "City Hall." Maybe this will invigorate him.

This was just a GREAT movie, and a perfect Sophmore effort from Memento director Christopher Nolan.

What I liked best was it left out the gratutitous romance sub-plot that most alleged thrillers have these days (although Maura Tierny falling asleep in Pacino's bed, although she was fully clothed, could've been misconstrued as the gratuitous subplot by some people).

With the exceptions of Scarface and Godfather 3, I don't thinbk Pacino has done a really bad moive. He's excellent here, as is Williams (best performance since Good Will Hunting!) and Swank (she's come a long way since 90210 and The Next Karate Kid). It was also cool to see Nicky Katt (he plays Harry Senate on the formerly good Boston Public) doing something different.

Overall an A+. Which is probably why it's struggling at the box office. Why do all the good movies (cept for Spider-Man and Attack of the Clones this year) flop? For cryin' out loud, UNFAITHFUL, the worst movie this year so far, is still in the top ten!

Me and my Friends watched this and we all have exerpierenced staying up days on end (were all in college right now) and we just loved the way that they show insomnia. Our favorite is where Pacino is in the police station and he look at the fan, to a guy making coffee, the wallpaper and back to the fan. All of this is done very slowly, but not yet to the point of surreal. It was the best shot in shows how out-of-it you get when you sleep.

And Luigi mY post was more horror but thank you for mentioning me.

I mean don't sleep

Man I need to proofread my posts better

This was just a GREAT movie, and a perfect Sophmore effort from Memento director Christopher Nolan.

Actually, this was Nolan's third film. In 1998 he wrote and directed a movie called Following.

I wonder how Finch was able to hop across those logs so well, while Donner struggled across.

Also, there are big gaps between the logs when Donner falls, but as he struggles to get up, the logs are packed together

-I didn't get why Dormer shot the dog. Why didn't he just shoot something else. Shooting the dog means risking getting dog DNA on the bullet, right?

-Dormer wipes the gun with the same handkerchief he used to wipe the vomit from his face...won't his DNA still get on the gun?

-When Dormer goes across the logs, there are gaps between them, but later when he falls in the water there is no space to get out.

-How did Finch know where Dormer was going to hide the gun?

In answer to your question on the other board, Mike, perhaps Finch, having grown up in that area, did a good share of log jumping, and was more adept at it.

As for why there was no space after Dormer falls, was there space between just two, or many? If it was two or so, is it possible that his fall caused them to float together?

"-I didn't get why Dormer shot the dog. Why didn't he just shoot something else. Shooting the dog means risking getting dog DNA on the bullet, right?" - Mike Ram

Here's an article from the Straight Dope that might answer your question: - http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdnaanalysis.html

Besides, I think the only reason they needed the buller was to check the ballistic on it. They have no reason to do a DNA test on it, do they?

"-Dormer wipes the gun with the same handkerchief he used to wipe the vomit from his face...won't his DNA still get on the gun?" - Mike Ram

That's a concern if the cops are looking for Dormer's - or anybody else's - DNA on the gun. Again, they really have no reason to even bother with a DNA analysis of the weapon, do they? OR did I miss something?

I saw this film the other night and this nit jumped out at me: Watch as Dormer chases Finch across the docks going to the lumber in the river. From the back, Dormer's hands are opened. However, from the front, where we see DeNiro's face, Dormer's hands are fists.

Benn: where we see DeNiro's face


Don't you mean Pacino's?

Yes. I realized I made that mistake at work today. Thanks for the correction, Brian.