A Most Wanted Man could have been one of 2014's best films. It has a talented cast and a great story. Anton Corbijn sadly proves what a terrible director he is with this film. I understand why Control was successful, he knew the actual band that was portrayed in the movie. But why would a photographer direct a thriller?
A Most Wanted Man is about a Muslim who illegally immigrants to Germany. When he's there he gets caught in the international war of terror. Considering how our society in Europe looks today, this is a very great subject to make a movie about. One of the biggest questions in the European Union is immigration.
But the extremely poor directing ruined nearly every scene in this film. It's not a bad movie at all, it does have its moments. But when Corbijn chooses to not introduce any of the characters (until the very ending of the film) I wonder why he's directing movies at all. However, that's not the only problem with A Most Wanted Man. Not a single scene was exciting. The ones that were supposed to be were just poorly acted and overall bad.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Willem Dafoe are two of the absolute greatest actors of all time, but they didn't do anything to save this film. Dafoe is in a completely wasted role and Hoffman's character was just completely emotionless. When a character is described as emotionless in a script, the actor can't do much about it. But why does such a talented actor have to portray someone who just smokes cigarettes and looks emotionless? It feels like the scenes were rehearsed a minute before shooting began.
Anton Corbijn should stick to photography, or at least stick to making movies about music. This is just way too ambitious for him.
A Most Wanted Man is about a Muslim who illegally immigrants to Germany. When he's there he gets caught in the international war of terror. Considering how our society in Europe looks today, this is a very great subject to make a movie about. One of the biggest questions in the European Union is immigration.
But the extremely poor directing ruined nearly every scene in this film. It's not a bad movie at all, it does have its moments. But when Corbijn chooses to not introduce any of the characters (until the very ending of the film) I wonder why he's directing movies at all. However, that's not the only problem with A Most Wanted Man. Not a single scene was exciting. The ones that were supposed to be were just poorly acted and overall bad.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Willem Dafoe are two of the absolute greatest actors of all time, but they didn't do anything to save this film. Dafoe is in a completely wasted role and Hoffman's character was just completely emotionless. When a character is described as emotionless in a script, the actor can't do much about it. But why does such a talented actor have to portray someone who just smokes cigarettes and looks emotionless? It feels like the scenes were rehearsed a minute before shooting began.
Anton Corbijn should stick to photography, or at least stick to making movies about music. This is just way too ambitious for him.