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Kiss Me Deadly - fpw - 09-07-2005
A Mike Hammer mystery directed by Robert Aldrich. Very noir. Very cheaply done. The anti-hero violence might have seemed over the top by 1955 standards, but by now we've all seen lots worse.
Gripping opening and notable for what is NOT shown in the torture scene: a woman's bare legs shown from the knees down as she screams. Then the screams stop. Then two men in suits are shown from the waist down; one is holding a pair of pliers.
Over all, kind of dull, but with one of the coolest maguffins ever (the inspiration for the contents of Marsellus Wallace's attache case in Pulp Fiction).
FF= 2.5
Kiss Me Deadly - jimbow8 - 09-07-2005
fpw Wrote:A Mike Hammer mystery directed by Robert Aldrich. Very noir. Very cheaply done. The anti-hero violence might have seemed over the top by 1955 standards, but by now we've all seen lots worse.Re-e-e-eally?!? I'll have to check this one out.
Gripping opening and notable for what is NOT shown in the torture scene: a woman's bare legs shown from the knees down as she screams. Then the screams stop. Then two men in suits are shown from the waist down; one is holding a pair of pliers.
Over all, kind of dull, but with one of the coolest maguffins ever (the inspiration for the contents of Marsellus Wallace's attache case in Pulp Fiction).
FF= 2.5
Just a clarification of your rating system: Do you ACTUALLY fast forward through parts of the movie? 2.5 times? Or is it just a mark of your boredom?
Kiss Me Deadly - fpw - 09-07-2005
jimbow8 Wrote:Just a clarification of your rating system: Do you ACTUALLY fast forward through parts of the movie? 2.5 times? Or is it just a mark of your boredom?
The FF score is approximate, of course, but FF=2.5 means I FF'd through a quarter of the film. Some of the capture-and-escape stuff didn't advance the plot and bored me.
Kiss Me Deadly - maxplay - 09-07-2005
I was so disappointed in this movie. They moved Mike Hammer from NY to LA and transformed his character from a straightforward avenger to a slimeball. I might have enjoyed it more if they had used different names for the main characters, but I couldn't get past their depictions of Mike, Velda and Pat.
Kiss Me Deadly - Paul R - 09-08-2005
fpw Wrote:Over all, kind of dull, but with one of the coolest maguffins ever (the inspiration for the contents of Marsellus Wallace's attache case in Pulp Fiction).Hmmm. Pardon my ignorance, but what's a 'maguffin'?
FF= 2.5
Kiss Me Deadly - fpw - 09-08-2005
Paul R Wrote:Hmmm. Pardon my ignorance, but what's a 'maguffin'?
A word coined by Alfred Hitchcock: the thing that sets the plot in motion. (ie, the Maltese Falcon)
Kiss Me Deadly - jimbow8 - 09-08-2005
fpw Wrote:A word coined by Alfred Hitchcock: the thing that sets the plot in motion. (ie, the Maltese Falcon)But has very little or nothing to do with the actual plot, usually.
Kiss Me Deadly - Paul R - 09-08-2005
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