Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton, 2019)
- knives
- Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:49 pm
Re: Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton, 2019)
The scene where Norton tries out his standup act at the housing office is really what made me decide this could never seriously be argued as a good movie. Maybe, just maybe, if they had cut out the first 12 minutes and opened with Baldwin I would be more forgiving, but it starts with a bad impression and does nothing to relieve it.
- therewillbeblus
- Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:40 pm
Re: Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton, 2019)
I was as skeptical as everyone going into this knowing his performance would be controversial but I was hoping Norton would develop himself to a point where he became a three dimensional character and overcame that judgment, which would have been a great feat, but it never came. Perhaps I was so focused on that aim of fitting a square peg into a round hole I kind of ignored or had little patience for the rest of the material.
- knives
- Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:49 pm
Re: Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton, 2019)
It doesn't help that he really throws himself at you for the whole run time. I think it might have worked if he didn't have the voice over. In general I think it would have helped a lot to take more cues from The Maltese Falcon which does the same basic structure so much better.