HOW DO YOU TREAT A WOMAN? A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION WITH NO SPECIFIC ANSWER. MY WAY OF TREATING A WOMAN IS DESCRIBED AS DECENT BY PEOPLE AROUND ME. BUT THEN I'VE BEEN SINGLE FOR QUITE A WHILE ;) SO MY WAY ISNT THE ANSWER I GUESS. SO WHAT IS IT? N THEN I TURNED TO MY CINEMA GOD(READ AL PACINO) FOR ANSWER. AND YES FINALLY GOT SOME MUCH NEEDED ANSWERS. PLUS IT REAFFIRMED MY FAITH IN AL AS THE GREATEST ACTOR LIVING ON EARTH. AMAZING!!!
SYNOPSIS:Frank is a retired Lt Col in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his thanksgiving in New York.
AT FIRST IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING MORE SINISTER IS GOING ON HERE. MAYBE ITS GONNA BE A PRETTY BAD EXPERIENCE FOR THE YOUNG LAD. BUT AS IT TURNS OUT IT TURNS OUT JUST FINE FOR BOTH HIM N ME. INSPIRING.
DIRECTED WONDERFULLY BY MARTIN BREST,IT REEKS OF CLASS. HIS ONLY OTHER FILM I'VE WATCHED IS THE BRILLIANT- MEET JOE BLACK. HARD TO REALIZE HE ALSO DIRECTED A DUD- GIGLI. STORYWISE THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW. HE MAKES AL PACINO LOOK SINISTER ONLY TO MAKE US REALIZE HE ISNT THE MONSTER WE ALL THOUGHT HIM TO BE. THE SCREENPLAY BY BO GOLDMAN ISNT ANYTHING NEW SO I GUESS IF NOT FOR MARTIN BREST THIS NOVEL ADAPTATION WOULD HAVE BACKFIRED.
AS FOR THE ACTING THIS IS ONLY A TWO ACTOR PROJECT. FOR THOSE SEARING 160 MINUTES OF RUNTIME YOU'LL ONLY SEE AL N CHRIS O'DONNELL WITH A SPRINKLING OF JAMES REBHORN N GABRIELLE ANWAR. BUT THIS BELONGS TO THE GOD-AL PACINO. FROM FRAME ONE HE TAKES OVER WITH HIS SOUL STIRRING OSCAR WINNING PERFORMANCE THAT MAKES US HATE HIM. HATE HIS GUTS. HATE HIS ILLOGICAL N CHILDISH BEHAVIOUR. ONE OF WHICH MADE HIM BLIND. YES HE'S BLIND. BUT HE HAS A GOOD HEART N OF WHICH WE KNOW LATER. AND ALSO THE KNOWLEDGE THERE'S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A WOMAN. HE CAN SMELL THEM AND TELL HOW THEY LOOK. HE CAN TANGO. HE IS HUMOROUS. AND FOR HIM A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN'S BODY IS A TEMPLE. SO WE BEGIN TO LOVE THIS RETIRED US ARMY LT COL WHO HADNT THE TIME TO KNOW A WOMAN. HE IMPARTS ON THE YOUNGER CHRIS O'DONNELL THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH TURNS HIS LIFE AROUND FOR GOOD. SNITCHING IS NEVER GOOD. STAND UP FOR YOUR FRIENDS. KEEP FIGHTING. SUCH PEARLS OF WISDOM ARE LITTERED AROUND IN THE MOVIE. AND THE LAST SPEECH, WHICH WAS A LITTLE LONG I GUESS, BY AL PACINO JUST MAKES YOU FEEL- WHAT KIND OF LEADERS ARE WE PRODUCING? ARE THEY EVEN WORTHY OF BEING CALLED LEADERS? EXCELLENT WORK BY THE CAST.
CINEMATOGRAPHY IS PRETTY NICE. AS IS THE MUSIC. IT KEEPS YOU ENGROSSED N INTERESTED AS THE SCREENPLAY LOSES STEAM SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. EDITING IS VERY WELL DONE.
ALL IN ALL A MOVIE FOR PEOPLE NOT RESPECTING ENOUGH OF THEIR WOMEN. AND FRIENDS WHO GIVE UP THE FIGHT SO EASILY. AND ALL SCHOOLS WHO ARE CREATING DUBIOUS LEADERS.
HighTension Meter- 8.5/10.
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