good movie?
anybody see this movie that can give me an idea of how good it is?
sharehow good it is? just read the plot summary ......that can give u more imagination space. the idea is original and not bad ,but nothing else is good.
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The film opens extremely well...and thats about it.
Public Access gradually gets worse and worse, i could handle about 2 thirds of the film, but as i sat through the final third i became aware that it felt as if i was watching an entirely different film, like one of those awful endings they stick onto the end of high concept thrillers.
It goes from being a well paced and intriguing film, to a far fetched product that tries to reach out of its league in the final scenes, ruining the rest of the film entirely.
Singer could have taken Public Access in many directions, but unfortunately the one he did take only succeeds in ruining what had started out as a good film.
I am quite surprised that this won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, but then it is a good attempt for a directorial debut, if you like Singer's work then see it, just dont spend a lot of money on the DVD because it isnt worth it.
"Me? I don't talk much...I just cut the hair."
I was surprised at the way the film ended (I wasn't expecting it) but the premise was at least somewhat realistic.
I'm a lawyer, and for ten years or so, I represented local governments. While most public officials I met were very honest and well-meaning people, the sad fact is that there are some very unscrupulous elected and appointed officials (like Mayor Breyer in the film) who self-deal, break the law, and then do whatever it takes to cover it up.
I think Breyer was supposed to have hired Wiley to find out if anyone knew about his illegal business dealings and the town's coming economic collapse - and then to kill them. When Wiley first began his TV show and asked the open-ended question, "what's wrong with Brewster?" he first got a bunch of gossips, grudge collectors, nuts, etc. calling in. But over time, he drew out the two people (Abernathy the schoolteacher and Rachel the librarian) who did know about illegal things going on. He won their confidence, appearing like an earnest, sensitive young outsider, and then silenced them.
While I've never heard of a city administration actually killing somebody who had the dirt on them (at least in the U.S.), many of them don't take kindly to whistleblowers. Some public officials are happy to fire whistleblowers (as Abernathy was fired) and to discredit them (the rumors that Abernathy was gay; and making it look like he'd died doing something disgraceful). As Wiley said to Abernathy right before he killed him, "chances are, no one would care...this is how freaks die."