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offline ScenarioDr on 2003-03-11 12:00 [#00590481]
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anyone seen it? i saw it last night, very good indeed, not
quite as good as memento though. al pacino is great in it,
not sure if he was method acting but he looked like a wreck
towards the end of the film (and at the beginning for that
matter)


 

offline corticalstim from Canada on 2003-03-11 12:02 [#00590482]
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i liked it


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-03-11 12:04 [#00590483]
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i'd really like to get norweigan version (the original one),
wasnt lucky so far...


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-11 12:06 [#00590484]
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I really liked the song Insomnia by Faithless.
*gets all nostalgic*


 

offline ScenarioDr on 2003-03-11 12:10 [#00590488]
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oh, its a re-make, didnt know that! i loved the editing etc
in the new one, specialy where pacinos insomnia was setting
in realy put you on edge, the bit in the car where he almost
falls asleep was great


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-03-11 12:14 [#00590490]
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i think geir jensen (biosphere) made a score for the
norwegian version


 

offline Scabs Codeine from L.A. (United States) on 2003-03-11 12:16 [#00590493]
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I,ve only seen the norweigan version and I have no interest
in seeing the remake. I like Christopher Nolan as a
director, but I just know Pacino and Williams will chew up
scenery like they always do. One of the great things about
the original are the understated performances.


 

offline ScenarioDr on 2003-03-11 12:19 [#00590494]
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think i may have to check it out, i thought pacino and
williams were both great in it though, not over the top at
all, specialy williams


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2003-03-11 12:22 [#00590497]
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haven't seen the american edit, but i've heard it's quite
good.

and yes, Biosphere is the man behind the soundtrack.


 

offline Omneignotumus on 2003-03-11 17:47 [#00590868]
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I thought Insomnia was terrible. I heald it in high
anticipation out of respect for the novelty of Momento, but
it was a poorly done, poorly conceived derivative film, in
my opinion. I literally cringed during some of the more
pathetic scenes, most especially near the end where the
female rookie cop runs up and procedes to chill out with
Pacino, when she has no indication of whether or not the
evil badguy is still in effect. Really really lame film. We
don't need anymore cop movies with the same "internal
affairs is after the good cop who slipped up" plot.
Especially from a director who has a lot to offer like C.
Nolan.


 

offline DeLtoiD from Ontario on 2003-03-11 17:50 [#00590869]
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it was meh.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-03-11 17:55 [#00590874]
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I liked that you could feel how tired he was.

There was this scene where the camera was zooming in on all
the little details in the police station - coffee machines
etc. - and you got that feeling like you've been up all
night and all day and you're about to start dreaming with
your eyes open and just slump forwards onto the floor.


 


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