Far
from being 'magnificent' as the title claims, this is as ordinary as cinema can
get.
Denzel
Washington's entry scene aside, am not sure if I liked anything about this film
at all.
The
soundtrack is lacklustre, the dialogues stereotypical, the storytelling
conservative and the shootout from the second half is nothing short of a
magnificent mess (I hope they weren't referring to this when they picked the
name).
It
takes a special kind of talent to produce an average film with such a stellar
cast at one's disposal. And from watching his previous films I had a fair idea
that Antoine Fuqua had the potential to display this talent.
A
consistent absence of any unique directorial style, thats what I have noted in
the five films of his I've seen so far. (Training Day was really good. But only
because it wasn't a director's film).
Fuqua
seems to prefer being in the backseat and that- as you would agree- does not
bode well if the script isn't singularly powerful on its own.
I
would rate this two out of five. I found myself rolling my eyes at the deaths
of key characters in the third act, and that speaks volumes.
But
that scene where Washington's Chisolm appears first in a bar is just really
well done.
So,
a two and a half still seems fair.
Its
films like these that make me wonder if all that criticism Tarantino's western
The Hateful Eight received (including from me) was a tad unjustified.
At
least that man knows how to take charge of his fucking film.
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