..... and I thoroughly enjoyed it with my wife as a NETFLIX rental.
The Link
The hit scene staged with the two cars at a stoplight in the rain showing all the broken glass and water droplets was beautifully conceived and shot.
"Movie magic," IMHO, doesn't get much better than this scene for me because the production design, cinematography and film editing were all great.
I also liked the scenes when with the smelly dog guy and Ray Liotta getting hit and kicked and James Gandolfini's character.
Thls movie is very stylish and kept my interest both storywise and as cinema.
The newscast voiceovers presenting how both our political government and organized crime often handle troubleshooting of economic problems with the same mindset were well drawn and telling.
Not that often since "The Godfather" trilogy, IMO, has this parallel methodology been so well suggested.
And I thought Brad Pitt was very good.
Plus Ketty Lester's song ."Love Letters (Straight From My Heart)," is one of my favorite recordings ever.
I'd rate this film up there with Michael Mann's "Collateral" which was a very fine hitman/thriller vehicle for Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith.
However, it's easy to see why others might not like "Killing Them Softly" as much as we did.
Different strokes.
It also reminded me of "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," which I greatly appreciated for it's noirish, melodramatic script and dark, tragic tone and really enjoyed a lot.
Both films were depressing, but in my view each rang true to their film genres and to the sort of actual lives they depicted.
Not a straight action thriller, as perhaps was expected by some moviegoers, but I thought much more true to life and realistic.
Anyone seen it?
The Link
The hit scene staged with the two cars at a stoplight in the rain showing all the broken glass and water droplets was beautifully conceived and shot.
"Movie magic," IMHO, doesn't get much better than this scene for me because the production design, cinematography and film editing were all great.
I also liked the scenes when with the smelly dog guy and Ray Liotta getting hit and kicked and James Gandolfini's character.
Thls movie is very stylish and kept my interest both storywise and as cinema.
The newscast voiceovers presenting how both our political government and organized crime often handle troubleshooting of economic problems with the same mindset were well drawn and telling.
Not that often since "The Godfather" trilogy, IMO, has this parallel methodology been so well suggested.
And I thought Brad Pitt was very good.
Plus Ketty Lester's song ."Love Letters (Straight From My Heart)," is one of my favorite recordings ever.
I'd rate this film up there with Michael Mann's "Collateral" which was a very fine hitman/thriller vehicle for Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith.
However, it's easy to see why others might not like "Killing Them Softly" as much as we did.
Different strokes.
It also reminded me of "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," which I greatly appreciated for it's noirish, melodramatic script and dark, tragic tone and really enjoyed a lot.
Both films were depressing, but in my view each rang true to their film genres and to the sort of actual lives they depicted.
Not a straight action thriller, as perhaps was expected by some moviegoers, but I thought much more true to life and realistic.
Anyone seen it?
