tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post114530057018874068..comments2024-03-04T14:52:40.445+02:00Comments on pulpetti: The UntouchablesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-1145557321546016142006-04-20T21:22:00.000+03:002006-04-20T21:22:00.000+03:00I think that De Palma was wildly overrated by some...I think that De Palma was wildly overrated by some, but had his detractors from the git-go. I've found his films uniformly unclever, and doubt I'd gain too much from another viewing of THE UNTOUCHABLES, but might be mistaken. Not only empty, as I remember it, but thoroughly foolish...in that post-RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY Peckinpah way, though without the distictive flourishes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-1145381574518390272006-04-18T20:32:00.000+03:002006-04-18T20:32:00.000+03:00That's what I was trying to say. It's *about* noth...That's what I was trying to say. It's *about* nothing. Even the last line is empty to me, implicating that the creators really didn't know what they were set to do. The line would work if they had showed that Ness/Costner has some doubts about his work. <BR/><BR/>But still there are those major moments of sheer brilliance. As in almost every De Palma movie. Hell, I must be the only person in the world who liked BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES! (Haven't seen it since, though.) My favourite point of De Palma brilliance is the climax of RAISING CAIN in which the bad guy (SPOILER!!!!) gets the spear in his belly.Jurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021010310386744591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-1145366902138468202006-04-18T16:28:00.000+03:002006-04-18T16:28:00.000+03:00I've always found this film really empty. The only...I've always found this film really empty. The only good thing for me is the last line of Eliot Ness in the movie, when he's asked what he's going to do after the Prohibition is over, and he tells that he's going to have a drink. In effect showing the hypocrisy of the whole situation.pHinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17688446374412096166noreply@blogger.com