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Saw Digger and really liked it very much. It's a fascinating piece of work. It didn't deserve that critical death this week. Worth the look.

Posted by: Goodvibe61 (a.k.a goodvibe61) on Oct 04, 17:15

The production values are extraordinary. It looks and sounds incredible. Cruise is phenomenal.

I think the downside is like many have said; the performances are uniformly at volume 11, pretty much across the board. I thought Goodman came off worst with that. Cruise has more than enough time alone within the story that there's more there than just bluster from him. And at times the screenplay is hitting you over the head with similar points repeatedly. But while it's far from perfection, it a fascinating sit.

For me, I am a sucker for films that play with story structure. That delve deeply into the nature of the narrative. This is definitely that. And it poses some very interesting questions to the audience about narrative structure. How it plays such a vital role in how a story is told. Innaritu shows this time and again here, mostly to very interesting effect.

This did not deserve anything close to the level of vitriol thrown at it this week. What's done is done, the film is not going to financially recover. So go check it out in a theater. It's worth seeing on a big screen, it's amazing on a big screen.

Also: I think it would be really, really interesting if Cruise happened to score a nomination for this. For a film this maligned by everyone, if he could somehow score a nomination, i think that would be a whole lot of fun for Oscar fans during the winter campaign. I felt he deserved it; at the very least he deserves to be way, WAY deep in the conversation. He's really special in this. He poured everything into this damn thing; it really shows. Great job by him.

Saw Digger and really liked it very much. It's a fascinating piece of work. It didn't deserve that critical death this week. Worth the look. Goodvibe61 Oct 04, 17:15

thanks for the review - I, apparently on of a tiny minority of this website's users, like the trailer & definitely am interested in the film {nm} daveart Oct 04, 17:46

Check it out. I'd argue it's worth a look to most film lovers. It's impressive in many ways. Give it a shot. {nm} Goodvibe61 Oct 04, 21:51

when you say it talks about narrative structure and how a story is told, does the movie comment on powerful people controlling a narrative? {nm} tealfan Oct 04, 20:16

That's one of several different things that are given a complete workout here. It's done in a couple of impressive ways. Goodvibe61 Oct 04, 21:47

I tried to post some thoughts earlier in response to my post elsewhere but kept getting errors about the site being overloaded... MiyazakiFan Oct 04, 21:04

Agree with all you said above. I loved being surprised about the story; it surpassed all my expectations. Been thinking about it all day lol {nm} Goodvibe61 Oct 04, 21:50

Just saw it…..Absolutely loved it. {nm} Ashford0711 Oct 05, 19:40

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