This classic European mood-piece featured long establishing shots, talky scenes inserted for tone, and searing close ups of tormented characters adrift in a world devoid of action, reduced to lashing out at each other with knives and guns which symbolized the clever, hurtful sarcasm that really wounds. Director Stallone's use of outer violence to mirror inner turmoil was well-intentioned but too subtle to be very effective. Giselle Iti's Sandra was the perfect post-modern, feminist heroine, isolated in a culture that saw her only in terms of gender: general's daughter, revolutionary, nation builder. In a pivotal role, Senyo Amoaku portrayed the Tall Pirate, the Every Man for our own inner tall pirate; that part of us who is always asking, bargaining, threatening hostages with machetes.
In general a thoughtful film to be discussed over espresso and macaroons. All I can say is: bring a hankie.
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You could be a very successful reviewer for TGWTG.com
The hankie is to wipe up the tears... of blood!
I guess there is a little.
When Linda told me last year that "Stallone is getting back into action movies," my response was:
"As what? Grambo?"
Why can't they make a movie where my inner pirate is short? My tall inner pirate is always bossing me around.
I, and my friend Kaleb, disscussed this thoughtfull movie over pringles and mocha frappes at Starbucks, can that substitute for expresso and macaroons?
And yes, good review, TGWTG ftw. But i'm not sure that it would be fun for John to join them. He would become very popular, and these small disscusions would be a thing of the past, in favor of
"OMG!!! Ur tat dood frum TGWTG,"
Well, using that kind of logic that I mentioned about you joining TGWTG, these disscussions should really sound something like
"OMG!! yur tat d00d frum ma favorit shoes. I luv anamayniacs an freekazoyd, can a hav stevans awtograf and junk?"
Yeah, luckily we're all mature adults here... Now if you will excuse me, I'm gonna go watch some cartoons, and eat my moms fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies, amd besides, it's almost bedtime.
Neatly said, Luke.
Dine well.
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