Carnage - Polanski - March 20 - Review

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by paper tiger

I never got to the theatre to see this, however being a huge Polanski fan, and a fan of all the cast I was thinking of a blind buy.

With me being a Polanski fan, will I enjoy this movie and is it worth a blind buy?

Thank you!

Hmm... Tough call. If you're a Polanski fan, then I'd imagine you'll like it. It's an impeccably filmed, exceptionally witty black comedy. Be aware that it's just four actors on one set for 80 mins. That said, it's as cinematic as Death and the Maiden - which is probably the best parallel in his work stylistically, as it's also a filmed stage play.

At $24, it's a bit tough to recommend it as a blind buy but it was one of my favorite films of the year and I'm definitely buying it.

[paper tiger]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Hmm... Tough call. If you're a Polanski fan, then I'd imagine you'll like it. It's an impeccably filmed, exceptionally witty black comedy. Be aware that it's just four actors on one set for 80 mins. That said, it's as cinematic as Death and the Maiden - which is probably the best parallel in his work stylistically, as it's also a filmed stage play.

At $24, it's a bit tough to recommend it as a blind buy but it was one of my favorite films of the year and I'm definitely buying it.

Thank you! I'm much closer to making my blind-buy decision.

[Veronica Mars]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

Hmm... Tough call. If you're a Polanski fan, then I'd imagine you'll like it. It's an impeccably filmed, exceptionally witty black comedy. Be aware that it's just four actors on one set for 80 mins. That said, it's as cinematic as Death and the Maiden - which is probably the best parallel in his work stylistically, as it's also a filmed stage play.

At $24, it's a bit tough to recommend it as a blind buy but it was one of my favorite films of the year and I'm definitely buying it.

It will be a blind buy for me if it goes down to $19.99. Otherwise, I will wait until it drops.

[Deciazulado]

Carnage Blu-ray Review

[whitesheik]

Yes, the vomiting scene is in the play and one of the play's highlights - absolutely hilarious - on film I don't know that it would work quite as well because one does need some distance from vomiting.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by whitesheik

Yes, the vomiting scene is in the play and one of the play's highlights - absolutely hilarious - on film I don't know that it would work quite as well because one does need some distance from vomiting.

I was wondering earlier, how exactly it would be achieved in the play..if it's as realistic in the play, then I'm interested in knowing how they go about creating it!

[Arlington]

Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

It will be a blind buy for me if it goes down to $19.99. Otherwise, I will wait until it drops.

Best Buy now has it for $19.99 online; I sent Amazon a PM request...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Carnage+...0blu&lp=1&cp=1

...and Amazon has finally matched!

[WJWS Channel 13:Amity]

Would have been better had, they kept the cast of the original Broadway production James Gandalifini, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, and Marcia Gay Harden. Or the original West End cast that included Ralph Fiennes and Janet Mcteer or even better mix matched the two original casts.

The movie is ok, but no where near as good as the show, I had the pleasure of seeing it at the Ahmensen theatre here in L.A. with the original Broadway cast last year. Ill buy this eventually, once i find it for a decent price used, so that way my money is not going to finacially support a child pornographer and pedophile who refuses to come to justice. I wont deny he the fact that he is a very talented story teller, but he is no better than any one else, and needs to face his sentence just like any other criminal, no matter how talented he is, who he is friends with or what hardships he has had to endure in his life. None of that is any excuse to get a 13 year old girl drunk and drugged up to take graphic pornographic photos,and have sex with her. And just cause as an adult she has said she forgives him doesnt change the fact that he is a monster and needs to pay for his crime. The fact that he refuses to is a slap in the face to any woman who has ever been a victim of a sex offender.

[thelittleprince]

Originally Posted by backgroundactorman

Would have been better had, they kept the cast of the original Broadway production James Gandalifini, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, and Marcia Gay Harden. Or the original West End cast that included Ralph Fiennes and Janet Mcteer or even better mix matched the two original casts.

The movie is ok, but no where near as good as the show, I had the pleasure of seeing it at the Ahmensen theatre here in L.A. with the original Broadway cast last year. Ill buy this eventually, once i find it for a decent price used, so that way my money is not going to finacially support a child pornographer and pedophile who refuses to come to justice. I wont deny he the fact that he is a very talented story teller, but he is no better than any one else, and needs to face his sentence just like any other criminal, no matter how talented he is, who he is friends with or what hardships he has had to endure in his life. None of that is any excuse to get a 13 year old girl drunk and drugged up to take graphic pornographic photos,and have sex with her. And just cause as an adult she has said she forgives him doesnt change the fact that he is a monster and needs to pay for his crime. The fact that he refuses to is a slap in the face to any woman who has ever been a victim of a sex offender.

But you digressed.

I like the cast you mentioned from the plays above. I didn't enjoy the film much. It was much ado about nothing and there wasn't much chemistry between them.

[Veronica Mars]

Originally Posted by Arlington

Best Buy now has it for $19.99 online; I sent Amazon a PM request...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Carnage+...0blu&lp=1&cp=1

...and Amazon has finally matched!

I'm betting that I don't get an e-mail telling me that I'm getting the $4 refunded and that I have to call later this week to explain the pre order guarantee to 4 different people before someone tells me they'll refund the money as a one time exception.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

I'm betting that I don't get an e-mail telling me that I'm getting the $4 refunded and that I have to call later this week to explain the pre order guarantee to 4 different people before someone tells me they'll refund the money as a one time exception.

Mine shipped at the original high price. I called their 800 number just now and spoke to a nitwit Amazon operator who actually tried to tell me they DON'T have a pre-order low price guarantee. He said that only some of their items have this guarantee and that the $23.99 I was charged for this and the $24.99 I was charged for Dragon Tattoo were correct. I said this was nonsense, but he didn't believe me. I had to remind him he was wrong multiple times, and finally demand a $9 store credit for being overcharged for the two movies, which both should have been $19.99. I got it, but it took some pushing.

Amazon is getting more and more difficult to deal with. Part of that is the fact that I rarely reach call centers in the US anymore. The operator sort of spoke English but clearly wasn't fluent enough to converse with me, he was using basic phrases and dialogue he had been taught. I don't blame him, he was speaking in a foreign language. I blame Amazon for being too cheap to hire fluent English speakers.

[James Luckard]

And now the USPS tracking number from Amazon shows that the package has been delivered at my address. Only it hasn't. I called and had to hang up as politely as possible on four consecutive operators who clearly didn't speak fluent English before I got someone I could talk to who said she'll check with the Post Office. No idea what that means for when I'll receive this.

Aargh. Amazon is going downhill.

[Eraserheaddf]

One of the funniest films I've seen in a while. It's humor even gets a bit "philosophical" at times. Another great Polanski flick.