A2) Philip Seymour Hoffman> 13 of

Another great film from Joel Schumacher, with a great performance from De Niro (as always) who very convincingly played a Stroke patient, but even more impressive was the performance given by Philip Seynour Hoffman, who delivered (in my opinion) his best performance to date. I love the way this unlikely friendship develops and is a very enjoyable film.

An extremely surprising find with possibly Ethan Hawke?s best performance to date, plus great performances from both Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Albert Finney. The flashbacks are a tad tiresome at times, but the editing of them are very clever in the storytelling. A unique angle for the ?robbery? theme films and one that just got better and better as it went on.

Despite a great performance from Philip Seynour Hoffman, I found this film very boring and I completely lost my concentration with it. Having heard lots of people say how great a film it was, I somehow feel I missed something, but it just didn't do it for me.

A teen movie with a difference. Sex, drugs & Rock n Roll. Great music soundtrack, particularly the use of ?Tiny Dancer? on the tour bus, that's a great scene. Anyone with an interest in bands from this era will find this an interesting watch.

Great roles for Billy Crudup and Frances McDormand.

One to watch over and over.

I can?t count the number of times I?ve watched this particular instalment to the series, but it?s cast alone is very impressive. Unlike the film ?Hannibal? Red Dragon is the film out of the four that is most like the original film ?The Silence of the Lambs?. With a unique way of telling the story (in terms of going backwards in order of instalments) the story unfolds and gives insight into how Dr Lecter was captured in the first place.

Yet another good storyline of a Serial Killer awaiting to be caught, with a much more divulged storyline than in SOTL. Ralph Fiennes played this part well, for which I gained a new respect for him in this serious role.

As with the other films in this series, there is an offering of Interlect and Culture, which is what adds to the mystery of the killers.

This film I find quite hard to rate, Ed Norton's performance was really good as always and the opening scene really grabs your attention striaght away, various other parts of the film were good too. There is a speech from Ed Norton, that practically insulted everyone, I should imagine if this film had been popular, everyone would have remembered and referred to.

Despite all the good parts mentioned, there were a lot of boring scenes. The message in this film if quite clearly conveyed, but the storyline I felt was quite weak and there could have been a lot more they couldn've added. I will take one good quote from it though 'Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends"

This seems to have a bit of a cult following, at the beginning when I was watching, I thought yes it's watchable, I love Jeff Bridges, but it's just a watchable film, however already I'm thinking back to scenes in the film and in hindsight I can now see the appeal

I wanted to see what the fuss was about with this film, having had so many recommendations for it, admittedly I'd put it off thinking it was going to be a romance film.

This has to be my favourite performance from Pacino yet, what a great character, I though Chris O'Donnell's performance was very very good also.

The reason for me why this film doesn't quite make the full ratings is simply because of the typical 'Hollywood' clapping part, otherwise a fantastic film.

VERDICT: A Definite recommendation

Now this is what I call an action film, despite not being a huge Tom Cruise fan, I feel this part suits him really well. The gadgets, clever plot and the little twists make this trilogy my favourite action films.

There?s something of a film snobbery when it comes to films with Ben Stiller ? me, I judge on the individual film and I really like this one.

I love the character played by Jennifer Anniston (perhaps because I can relate to the dipsy, carefree, non-commited kind of girl).

Great effects with an ok storyline.

Rec by Debs

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