tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post7403869937889161569..comments2024-03-23T12:33:33.918-04:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Film Review: MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL (1997, Clint Eastwood)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-27325965908529902572010-06-16T11:54:44.565-04:002010-06-16T11:54:44.565-04:00Law here is jussssst weird enough, and as J.D. say...Law here is jussssst weird enough, and as J.D. says, not quuuuite in the film enough to really take away from the experience. The first moment he appeared, however, I was having flashbacks to Phoenix's faux-redneck bungling in U TURN, but thankfully things ultimately did not develop in a similar manner. <br /><br />It's strange to me that the critics didn't really take to this (only 52% fresh at RT). I found it to be full of vivid detail and Southern flourish- and neither a step up nor a step down from his subsequent work, which has generally been so venerated by the establishment.Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-13321587964256819262010-06-16T09:34:08.402-04:002010-06-16T09:34:08.402-04:00Law is OK in this one and fortunately not in it lo...Law is OK in this one and fortunately not in it long enough to really detract from the quality. I really like this film and it is somewhat underrated. I think that the underwhelming response it got when it first came out was because expectations were so high what with it being based on a very popular best-seller. I haven't read the book but I love the slow, deliberate pacing that Eastwood imposes here. He just takes his time, like a hot summer day in the South and lets you get to know the characters. Love the guy who gives out appetizers to gawkers when the police set up the crime scene at night. Heh.<br /><br />Another nice touch was Cusack's character playing a tape of New York City street noises to help himself get to sleep at night. Anyone who's lived in the Big Apple will certainly get a kick out of that moment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-76858782705111936722010-06-15T18:06:24.770-04:002010-06-15T18:06:24.770-04:00Excellent movie, I think. Jude Law is just so wei...Excellent movie, I think. Jude Law is just so weird in this, I don't know whether to say its good or bad.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085105568601878075noreply@blogger.com