Miker wrote:
>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.
As am I.
But the style has to mesh with the subject matter, which is
why, for me, the remake of CAPE FEAR collapses under its own
weight. The story simply can't sustain Scorsese's overblown
Southern Gothic approach -- particularly when great pains
have been taken to update the characters' psychology. It's a
movie at odds with itself, which makes for an intriguing
first hour and then one colossal headache.
Vince Keenan
www.vincekeenan.com Pop culture, high and low, past and
present. One day at a time.
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