This is Jake Kath
19Mar13
Me, me, me!
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Martin Sichetti
9May13
Disappointing. I don't know what is this thing about "Limos" that lately we can notice in latests movies from directors like Cronenberg and Carax (Holy Mortors) Both boring.
CarlosEsquives
7Apr13
"Eric Packer, de manera ocasional o planeada, se reúne con una serie de personajes quienes dan entrada a los razonamientos sobre el futuro autodestructivo, la tecnología errónea, el existencialismo frustrado, el goce sexual en sus distintas formas y maneras, la violencia innata, la deconstrucción de los conceptos..." http://bit.ly/ZgEd36
Matt Kilgore
31Mar13
An arty Social Network... That's not a criticism. Actually that's pretty high praise.
This is Jake Kath
19Mar13
Better than its reception, but no where was great as Cronenberg's classics. The cynicism is palpable, its satire is brutal, and the acting is wonderfully cold all the away around. My biggest issue with it though is that its such a conservative adaption and Cronenberg didn't add much visually. I honestly would like someone else to try to adapt, possibly me. Only I should've adapted this. I would have done it better!
Harry Rossi
18Mar13
Fuck! A vision of America even darker and bleaker than Killing Them Softly. It is also more on point. A beautifully conceived critique of the upperclass (that doesn't excuse anyone which I love), as well as the nature of capitalism, money, and apathy in the wealthy. I loved it. Cronenberg's most ambitious and interesting film since eXistenZ. I loved that almost nothing actually happened and so much did.
HKFanatic
4Mar13
I don't know if Don DeLillo should feel flattered or embarrassed that David Cronenberg literally took a highlighter to most of the dialogue in his novel "Cosmopolis" and then called it a 'screenplay.' Granted, Cronenberg's slavishness to the text wouldn't have been an issue if the movie didn't feel so tonally off-point from DeLillo's work. A slew of misjudged performances, with Robert Pattinson being the worst offender, and intermittently shoddy digital photography also conspire against "Cosmopolis." As a longtime fan of Cronenberg, I must confess this feels like one of his first genuine misfires.
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Mr. Arkadin
26Apr13
I heard DeLillo and two actors perform a section from the book when it came out (at the Steppenwolf in Chicago) and ... all three delivered it in ways pretty consistent with the actors in the film. I guess what I'm saying is: I think all involved deserve pretty much equal blame. Which I find to be quite the bummer.
Adam Z
24Feb13
thought there was something a bit off about it initially. seeing it again showed this to be an audacious piece of cinema. there's something deeply uncomfortable about the removal of DeLillo's dialogue from its literary context. but it's Cronenberg's incredible, understated cinematic work with this material's unsuited rhythm and dynamic that makes this as interesting as it is. DeLillo done justice, in some weird way.
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Brian Padian
19Feb13
fantastic. the only thing I loved more than the movie was watching the making of
Cromm Crúaich
3Feb13
It's not simple film to view, very unusual for sure and I had difficulty with it aswell. Requires absolute concentration from start to finish.
Cromm Crúaich
3Feb13
It's not simple film to view, very unusual for sure and I had difficulty with it aswell. Requires absolute concentration from start to finish.
Konrad Szlendak
25Jan13
So so... watching how this movie kicks off into old school Cronenberg's cyberpunk fantasy I was expecting a lot more tension and a little bit more underbelly. But sometime as the day of Mr. Packer goes downhill, the movie does too.
bknight23
10Jan13
Trite. A film like L'Avventura is much more scathing... Both Pattinson and Cronenberg qualify as being top 1%. Fascinating how Hollywood's criticism of wealth is reserved only for industries that differ from their own.
Gran-Hoff
8Jan13
It's clear that it tries to talk about life in broader terms, but it's undeniable it does so with the premisse that the blend between capitalism and life is irrevocable, in a really resigned manner. Capital is predominant today, but the movie accepts this fact as something incorporated to human life from now on, as an everlasting fact. Crappy film both artistically and politically.
dschank
3Jan13
cronenberg's most explicitly experimental movie in decades features a holy trinity of my own favorite actors (that's mathieu amalric, juliette binoche and samantha morton) and a surprisingly appropriate performance from team edward. but in the end, the material worked better as a book than it does on film. cronenberg is at his best when his high-brow instincts are filtered through a pulp lens. less talk more action.
Spencer Neale
1Jan13
beautiful & luminous but the air is stale and the plot feels overtly stated throughout. The film gets its kicks out of cool language and style over substance
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Samuel Andrade
18May13
I think it is more Cronenbergian than it meets the eye http://sozekeyser.blogspot.pt/2012/07/cosmopolis-2012-de-david-cronenberg.html
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