miker wrote (re Cape Fear)
> **************
> Overheated and overwrought? A claim that could
easily
> be leveled at most of Shakespeare's works.
Homer's
> Iliad, too, for that matter. I'm less than
convinced
> that a style outside the narrow confines
of
> contemporary realism constitutes a weakness.
I
> thought the movie was absolutely spectacular, with
a
> wild wrap that thankfully distanced itself from
the
> bogus ending of the earlier movie and the
> unsatisfactory ending of the book. Great
psychology
> and intricate moral questions. But more
than
> anything, fun and frightening and
entertaining.
A claim that could easily be leveled at "Scary Movie II." I
bow to no one in my admiration of Scorsese, but his remake of
"Cape Fear" was, unlike any Shakespeare I've seen,
unbelievable IN ITS OWN TERMS, and was compromised by
hamminess and ham-handedness. I grant that many, many people
found it enjoyable, but I came as close as I have ever come
to hating a Scorsese film. And that's a great gulf to
envision leaping.
Jim Beaver
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