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Summary: Wasted potential
Review: This sci-fi noir thriller has some yawning gaps in its plot, and the sets, though interesting, can't make up for the paucity of material. A friend who knew of my appreciation for "Blade Runner" recommended "Dark City" to me. I don't base this review on Ridley Scott's film (which has its own flaws and contradictions), but on its own the movie feels flat. It belongs more to the world of "Dick Tracy" than "Blade Runner" or "Metropolis". Actors like Keifer Sutherland, Ian Richardson and William Hurt are wasted in this half-hearted effort.
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Summary: A great film AND a great DVD
Review: I'm a little perplexed by Amazon.com's review, which says that the movie is style over substance because Dark City has both in spades. The plot has unexpected turns and twists and you can't help but feel for the main character, Murdoch, played by Rufus Sewell, who does an excellent job like everyone else in the cast. Add many references to older film classics, great cinematography as well as excellent special effects and sets, and you have a film that could quite possibly become a classic in itself. So, in that respect, I think Amazon is dead wrong.And, even better, the DVD itself has many great features like commentary by Roger Ebert and by Alex Proyas, the director, which helps gain a better appreciation of the film in general. It's probably the best DVD I've purchased yet that takes advantage of the format's capabilities. So, I'd highly recommend the film. It's dark, well-done, and just plain delightful to watch.
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Summary: Uh, Original ???? (some spoilers)
Review: First off, I'll say that this was entertaining enough at first viewing, and visually it was indeed very good. Certainly worth a watch on a slow Saturday night, if you're prone to such things. BUT - This thing has more holes in it than the Eagles' defensive line. Fundamentally a DIRECT ripoff of BladeRunner (a dark, moody retro-futuristic piece fundamentally concerned with the question of a soul, and it's relationship to memories.) it tries to add some new twists, and IMHO, fails miserably due to internal inconsistencies, Deus-ex-machina manipulation and comletely unexplained premises. The strangers are in decline?? Huh? if they can 'tune' are they in decline? Why would having a soul change that? Without any explanation/motivation, they're just 'bad guys'. Murdoch wakes up (as do others, sometimes). Huh? How? Why? Accident? Murdoch can tune. Huh? How? Why? The entire redemption of humanity hinges on this - is it too much to ask for at least a _little_ justification? [aside: far more interesting would have been to have had the murders memories implanted, and have his 'soul' reject the graft as being incompatible - this would have been _much_ more supportive of the premise] Glossing over details is OK sometimes, but these things are fundamental and central to the plot and theme. Finally, after the movie establishes that human identity is easily maniuplable via altering memories, Murdoch gives the old holier-than-thou 'You were looking the the wrong place' line. AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH. This is completely unsupported by the movie - NOBODY behaved in any fashion that showed any 'humanity' that transcended their memories Maybe I'm ripping this harder than it deserves simply due to the dominance of over-the-top reviews here, but Lordy, this thing is flawed.
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Summary: Incredible, Gothic Effects!
Review: This DVD experience is worth the buy. The story is clasic science fiction, but the set design and cinematography are very cutting edge. Just buy it.. We can't all be wrong.....
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Summary: really 3 and a half cause...
Review: this movie has the best filmwork and awesome use of colors and the dark and murky 50's look is beautiful. now past that the story really sucks. you can tell they threw in a cheesy happy ending. it should have ended when the two men knocked down the wall. mabey there will be a directors cut and it will pull a ala blade runner on us and cut out the stupid happy ending that just doesent fit.
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Summary: Great. Five Stars
Review: Awesome. One of the most original movies I have seen in ages. I was in awe in the theater, and I wish everyone could see it on the big screen first. It has earned a spot next to blade runner as one of my all time favorite movies.
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Summary: The Great Ambience Makes the Movie One of my Best ,
Review: When I first saw this movie ý was really impressed by its great ambience which makes the movie one of my best sci-fictions. Kiefer Sutherland's acting is impressif to. With all the characters' performance I didn't want the movie to end. It's a little bit short. It's the only inconvenient part of the Dark City.
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Summary: VERY ORIGINAL (take that, guy from Boston)
Review: the atmosphere did look like the Crow, and Blade Runner, but don't think they ripped this off of the Truman Show. The Truman Show was a GREAT movie, but THIS ONE CAME FIRST! don't mix that detail up. ok?
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Summary: Misunderstood
Review: The most common criticism of this film is that the characters are shallow. OF COURSE they're shallow. They have no past. Not one that informs their being in any meaningful way. Taking that as a given, the film is an imaginative effort worth applauding.
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Summary: Entertaining, visually stunning, but not original
Review: I liked this film, but I deduct two stars for the complete lack of original concepts. The visual effects seemed to me to be a collection of past successful concepts from similar films. With each effect, I found myself thinking "That looks like Metropolis (or Twilight Zone, Hellraiser, Total Recall, Bladerunner, The Crow, Batman, Brazil, Truman Show, ID4, Sphere [book], etc... ad infinitim...)" I did not see anything I had not seen before. But I think the ideas were used together nicely, and the film is fairly entertaining.
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