I rewatch collateral quite regularly such a dope flick, the relationship between Jamie and cruise really drive the film
brehs what happened to Michael Mann
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thief is so dope. I need to rewatch itThat's why I said you gotta check his older stuff and Thief is justJames Caan
That what you reall have to love about Mann's style. He is a character director; He gets characters on screen and really digs deep into their motivations and relationships with one another...unfortunately, COllateral was the last time he did this and Miami Vice, you can tell he was trying to do that, but he tried to balance the style shyt too much with it. That's why Thief and Manhunter and Heat are so amazing. They are basically character driven movies and do not work if the main characters aren't so complex and interesting.
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
same thing that's happened to de palma,Oliver,Ridley and even Spielberg
collateral (2004) was his last great movie.....
ever since that his 3 other films been trash
Miami Vice
Public Enemies
Blackhat
what happened to him brehs....
same thing that's happened to de palma,Oliver,Ridley and even Spielberg
:isthatall: 'splain breh
War Horse :sadgarnett:
And I have ALOT of issues with Lincoln even though Day-Lewis did a great job; but Spielberg has 2 movies as my #1 and #2 of all time so he still is in great favors for me
Oh of course he's had some wack joints but the good still outweighs the bad.
Definitely; he can drop nothing but duds from now on but it wouldn't have effect on my admiration for Schindler's List and Munich.
Catch me if you can
Great movie but not even close to my #1 and #2
Th3G3ntleman
Superstar
I'm hella tired so I probably can't expound on this too much b4 going to sleep but this is one of the flicks I don't get. Not I don't get the movie but I don't get the praise it got. I thought it was a standard team base thriller that I've seen plenty of times
Not even saying it's a bad flick, but the greatness of it just went over my head kind of like Argo and plenty of "highly" rated flicks.
I'm hella tired so I probably can't expound on this too much b4 going to sleep but this is one of the flicks I don't get. Not I don't get the movie but I don't get the praise it got. I thought it was a standard team base thriller that I've seen plenty of times
Not even saying it's a bad flick, but the greatness of it just went over my head kind of like Argo and plenty of "highly" rated flicks.
Understood. For me its the historical context of the film and the thematic intersectionality of race, class, and violence that I think has never been told better than in that film. its not as highly praised as I think it should be but whatever. As a personal choice, the only movie I put above it in history is Schindler's List and that's for the same reasons I love Munich.
ORDER_66
I am The Wrench in all your plans....
Its the cameras... he should stop relying on the gritty hand held asthetic... it doesnt work for every movie!!!! 
miami vice could have been awesome if he used traditional film cameras... the handheld shyt makes it look like a low budget documentary... ever since collateral... i swear....
miami vice could have been awesome if he used traditional film cameras... the handheld shyt makes it look like a low budget documentary... ever since collateral... i swear....
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Not a big fan of Collateral, The Insider was the last Mann flick i liked. He def done fell off.