You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit. Now, I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that's searching for existentialism through a haze of bong smoke or something. No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting, short-sighted directing, and a purely moronic stringing together of words than many of studios term as prose. No, I'm talking about the lack of realism—not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic vision. Take 'Dog Day Afternoon' for example. Arguably Pacino's best work, short of 'Scarface' and 'Godfather' Part One of course. Masterpiece of directing, easily Lumet's best. The cinematography, the acting, the screenplay, all top notch.But they didn't push the envelope. Now, what if in 'Dog Day,' Sonny really wanted to get away with it? What if he started killing hostages right away? No mercy, no quarter. "Meet our demands or the pretty blond in the bellbottoms gets it in the back of the head." Bam, splat! "What, still no bus?" Come on—how many innocent victims splattered across the window would it take to have the city to reverse its policy on hostage situations? And this is 1976, there's no CNN, there's no CNBC, there's no Internet! Now, fast-forward to today. Present time, same situation. How quickly would the modern media make a frenzy over this? In a matter of hours, it would be the biggest story from Boston to Budapest. Ten hostages die. Twenty. Thirty. Relentless—bam, bam! One after another. All caught in hi-def, computer-enhanced, color-corrected—you can practically taste the brain-matter. All for what, a bus? A plane? A couple of million dollars that's federally insured? I don't think so. Just a thought. I mean, it's not within the realm of conventional cinema. But what if?
his best character
Travolta was very proud of this scene. I had the DVD and he says so in the behind the scenes stuff.
>>220021437kino
I will make sure this important thread stays on page 1
>>220021437Swordfish was the bomb yo
It's my hackers
>>220024861All those old movies about hacking were fucking retarded and everybody in IT despised them.
>>220024861Hackers SwordfishWargamesPirates of Silicon ValleyThe NetJohnny MnemonicThe Matrix trilogy
>>220024890She's dying stanley
>>220024872Who fucking cares what some faggot nerds thought 100 years ago. The movie is kino
>>220024872>people hate the movie Hackers0/10
>move. I won't ask again
>>220024872Wtf where they even thinking with the jurassic park scene?
COOLEST opening scene in movie history. Its a shame it falls off hard right after.>dat fucking slo motion explosion
>>220024872Good. I love it too whenever gun spergs seethe over unrealistic guns in movies and games. Normal people don't care about that stuff.
