Lee B (iamthethinman)

Woody Allen?s move toward more suspense or mystery driven fare isn't bad. I've seen the others, just not Match Point which is supposed to be the best. This one is decent, and I'm glad he's broadening his horizons even if he's a lecherous pervert. Polanski is a good filmmaker so his personal life doesn't take away much from my opinion of his films, just him personally. Likewise for Allen, who has made a few movies I felt were very good.

This movie is really about two things, the twisted morality tale (that you can already tell is an harbinger of doom) and the performances of the leads. For 1, the story is overly simple and stretched to no end. It is a little creative in some respects, but not very deep in the emotions for either. It's not as drawn out as it could, which I think is the point of this movie. For 2, Farrell and Mcgregor are great. I want these two to be in more movies. Farrell is misused in movies like Pride and Glory when he can show a range like in In Bruges. And McGregor can do it also, like shown in some early work like Shallow Grave into later roles like Star Wars (just kidding). These two carried my interest more than anything.

I had seen this movie in the theaters before catching again now for a second time on the TV. And this was my big thing the first time I saw it, this movie isn?t scary ? at all. And not really thrilling either. There is little to know suspense and the mystery is pretty easy and all twists and turns are fairly simple. But the movie creates a great atmosphere. It looks nice, probably too polished for the day and time, and the people look about as I would imagine, but the imagination into the retelling of the story isn?t very imaginative. I did want more. Still, let?s see what the Hughes Bros. do with the Book of Eli.