Lord of War
This is one lame movie. It’s a big shame too because Andrew Niccol’s first film was the fantastic “Gattaca.” This film has high production values and lots of location shooting but the plot is trite and lecturing while having no substance. The film tries to be a morality tale about the world-wide gun trade but it is told in too sweeping a fashion. Nick Cage easily moves all over the globe having transformed himself from aimless son of an immigrant restaurant owner into an international arms dealer. Boy that was easy! Nick Cage is Nick Cage… ugh. The film is made a little more palatable with the presence of Ian Holm and Ethan Hawk but their appearances are few and far between. The truth is that this film really exposes the immorality of filmmakers who dress their movies up with “messages” and cheat filmgoers on entertainment. See “The Constant Gardner” for a film with message and entertainment.
Favorite moment: The dismantling of the transport plane.
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posted by The Film Pilgrim at 4/23/2006
1 Comments:
Actually, I thought this movie is way better if you use the "Scene Skip" function on your DVD. As soon as it gets boring (like a minute into a chapter), just hit skip. I didn't miss anything and, in fact, enjoyed my half hour of watching this dog. Or, you could watch the whole movie at 8x speed. Also fun. In any case, don't waste too much time with movies like this.
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