A piece of crap


Sincerely I cannot understand how somebody can call this a classic. It´s the worst movie I´ve seen in a very long time along with Adrift. No music -how can somebody (the director) not relize that without sonundtrack a movie losses a lot in emotional content, suspense, humour?- no plot, superficial characters who didn´t show any own characteristic, slow, boring. Just a poor linear sequence in which it only happens what it has to happen according to any basic video or dvd synopsis and period. Just two or three funny scenes, some romantic maybe, and that´s it. A lot of empty and incoherent scenes, that don´t transmit any emotion, and don´t you say that´s subjective. No saving, elements worth to see, anything original, innovative. A real piece of *beep* in a very low level into the great japanese cinema. This movie can be made by anybody because it doesn´t demand the slightest bit of talent.

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I hope to see any other Takeshi´s film, and I expect it to be way better than BP. The idea you explained me could be applied very well in this movie if the scenes would have had the content and depth to, but not, they´re almost all very weak and shallow. Well, I´ll search for other movies of Takeshi.

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"Boiling Point" is not the easiest start into Kitano's oeuvre. It's one of the strangest films I know.
But see that film again some time and maybe you'll change your opinion. Everything which bothers you is there on purpose, these "rules" of filmmaking (psychological insight, logical narrative structure, diegetic music or music at all) are broken by Kitano as brilliantly as you'll ever see.

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His style is minimalistic. Mean refine and discard everything, only retain the stuffs that contain the meaning of the story.

Anyway, I don't like this film too. The storyline lacks of depth. I'd recommend u to watch his other's films like Violent Cop, Sonatine, Hanabi, Kikujiro or Zatoichi. They're great. You may get familiar with his style ( perhaps u will be addicted to his films ^^")

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