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When a film’s opening credits are its sole distinctive feature, the movie can’t be all that great. Directly following his masterful cult classic, “Fight Club,” Fincher??s fifth feature was more disappointing than even his ill-fated “Alien 3.” While trailers promised a tense and harrowing thriller, viewers were instead treated to a pre-Twilight Kristen Stewart hyperventilating alongside a whiny Jared Leto with a gun in hand...
...hand, Macdonald—who emerges early on as Victor’s “honest” love interest—is effectively wooden and dream-girl-by-the-numbers, though not without the afforded Palanhiuk twist that may or may not redeem her inadequacies.Fans of David Fincher??s adaptation of the author’s first novel, 1999’s “Fight Club” must take note: “Choke” lacks the cinematic intensity, bombastic performances, and thematic density of that film. With its half-baked plotlines...
David Fincher, director of “Se7en” and “Fight Club,” returns to the big screen with “Zodiac,” a haunting film based on actual murder case files. Fincher??s unique, unsettling style will leave you with your mouth agape, terrified in a way you’ve never been before. The film tells the story of the eponymous, widely publicized serial killer who terrorized the California Bay Area during the 1970’s with a series of random killings, cryptic letters, and puzzling...
Panic Room, David Fincher??s new thriller starring Jodie Foster, has something for everyone, yet the individual viewer ends up with nothing. Fincher and screenwriter David Koepp have created a thriller that is much more concerned with packing in every single convention of the horror film than actually creating any original chills...
Perhaps the movie’s real tragedy is its overwhelming focus on the development of the suspense through the bleakness of Fincher??s traditionally dark settings and the excessive maneuverings of Koepp’s script; in the process, it becomes entirely two dimensional, aiming only to frighten the audience. The movie also avoids exploring the intriguing social question posed by the similarity between both Burnham’s and Meg’s familiar devotion. Whereas Meg’s struggles to protect her daughter are portrayed as valiant and admirable—a mother?...
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