vespatian75
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Good film, More visually imaginative than the original 1962 version. Scorsese pulls out all the stops, The new film provides a better explanation for Max Cady's obsessive hatred of the lawyer. Nevertheless, I prefer the original - two words- Robert Mitchum. De Niro covered with tattoos and chewing the scenery at every occasion is good, but Mitchum's cold blooded, sly portrayal of the sarcastic. Quiet talking psychopath just seems more credible and more chilling.
Also I wasn't crazy about the part they gave to Nick Nolte as the conflicted attorney. True they spell out a more credible reason why Cady is so monomaniacal,, but the lawyer role is just too wimpy, and I don't think Nolte was completely comfortable with the part. Stolid , steady Gregory Peck was more of a worthy opponent to the crazed Mitchum as a desperate man driven driven to extremes to defend his family.
Watch both films and come to your own conclusion.
Also I wasn't crazy about the part they gave to Nick Nolte as the conflicted attorney. True they spell out a more credible reason why Cady is so monomaniacal,, but the lawyer role is just too wimpy, and I don't think Nolte was completely comfortable with the part. Stolid , steady Gregory Peck was more of a worthy opponent to the crazed Mitchum as a desperate man driven driven to extremes to defend his family.
Watch both films and come to your own conclusion.
My wife and I both loved this movie. The satire was first rate. The subject, the gathering of a family at the funeral of a patriarch is a rich topic, ripe for warmhearted humor. The performances are first rate. Whoopi Goldberg is remarkably restrained as the widowed matriarch wise and loving. LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Viveca Fox, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton Cedric the Entertainer I could go on, all contributed excellent comic interpretations.
What we particularly loved was the warmth that emerged from all the comedy. This was the Black Community making gentle fun of itself but showing the strong bonds that allowed that Community to prevail over all obstacles to its survival.
What I don't get is the under estimation of this great film. Perhaps it was regarded as playing on stereotypes, But this was not the case. It does for the Black Community what Moonstruck did for the Italian American Community.
I look at the film Moonlight which got rave reviews but dwelled on the curse of drug dealing in black neighborhoods but appealed to the "woke" sympathies of most critics with respect to the bromance of the two principal characters.
A great film.
What we particularly loved was the warmth that emerged from all the comedy. This was the Black Community making gentle fun of itself but showing the strong bonds that allowed that Community to prevail over all obstacles to its survival.
What I don't get is the under estimation of this great film. Perhaps it was regarded as playing on stereotypes, But this was not the case. It does for the Black Community what Moonstruck did for the Italian American Community.
I look at the film Moonlight which got rave reviews but dwelled on the curse of drug dealing in black neighborhoods but appealed to the "woke" sympathies of most critics with respect to the bromance of the two principal characters.
A great film.
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