I saw this DVD last night and it was okay, kinda like I Know What You Did At the Mental Hospital Last Summer. But when it was over I was playing around with the special features and brought up the second audio track with a running commentary by Susan Ward and Lori Heuring. For 90 minutes these two talked about hair styles, dresses, breastages, sweating, fake Cosmopolitans, toenail polish, and whatever else entered their minds. I was rolling on the floor. So if you want to see a mediocre thriller turned into an hilarious comedy, get the DVD, go to special features, and be prepared to laugh your butt off for an hour and a half.
Reviews
3 Reviews
The Verdict
(1982)
Newman's best
16 September 2001
One of the greatest performances ever. For the first twenty minutes of the film there is nothing behind his eyes. His gradual awakening is a tour-de-force. Even though the plot is full of legal improbabilities, his performance mesmerizes. Can't wait for the DVD.
Memento
(2000)
Possible spoiler of a film that can't be spoiled
15 September 2001
Warning: Spoilers
The problem I have with Memento is that there's no point of reference. It's told from the point of view of someone who is unhinged, so you don't know if what you've seen is true. Kinda like Diary of a Madman. But there's no place in the film where you say, "Oh, yeah, Now I can draw a correlation between these two points". As for it's being told backwards, I think it's being told upside-down and sideways. It's been compared to The Usual Suspects, but I'll be damned if I know why. When I saw that film I rewound it to see if I had been tricked, and, like The Sixth Sense, I hadn't. If a film is non-linear, that doesn't make it a great film. Form over substance does not a good film make.
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