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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 435458" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Man On A Ledge</span></strong> (2012)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BMTc5MTE4MzY2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjMwNDc3Ng%40%40._V1_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=88d5d616d6a611f598cbc8a935155cf4a7595a64cd66abc829be22aea8cf93c9" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 768px" /></p><p></p><p>It has the most descriptive-but-unoriginal title since <em>Snakes On A Plane</em>, and I wasn't expecting that much. I was pleasantly surprised.</p><p></p><p>The construction of the film is pretty perfect, with information given piecemeal to the audience allowing us to work out slowly what's going on while being kept interested by the characters and situations. It's much more elaborate than it first appears, but keeps things feeling simple by mostly focussing on one thing at a time. And just when the audience has caught up on certain facts, the story turns them on their head and reveals different motivations. Added into this is a "who can be trusted" element, and the thrill of a heist. When the strands come together it feels genuinely rewarding.</p><p></p><p>There is, of course, an over-the-top element to the film's grand scheme, much of which is really only there because it's cinematic. But with this genre it's really best to just go with it and not overthink.</p><p></p><p>There are a number of familiar faces, several with Marvel connections: Betty Brant, Ben Grimm and the Falcon are present and correct. And the main character looks very much like Peter Quill (but without the questionable church stuff and wanton destruction of revered mid-century modern homes and gardens). Elizabeth Banks had a kind of Farrah Fawcett look to her. I recognised the name but couldn't place her. Turns out I know her from the Raimi <em>Spider-Man</em> films where she had <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVxq8P8S1HE" target="_blank">one of the most comic scenes of the series</a>. Then there's grown-up Billy Elliott. Jamie Bell, attractive in a thuggish kind of way, brings a nice intensity to things. I haven't seen Anthony Mackie outside of the MCU, but his characters persona here feels almost identical to Sam Wilson, leading me to believe he generally plays the same likeable, amiable sidekick. Which is fine. Ed Burns is enjoyably villainous. One almost wants to boo and hiss whenever he's on screen.</p><p></p><p>This would probably have been great fun on a cinema screen, and would work well in 3-D (even though I don't believe it was released that way). It's not as traumatic as <em>Fall</em> (when it comes to creating acrophobia, <u>nothing</u> is as traumatic as <em>Fall</em>), but the sense of being in a precarious position at great height is tangible enough. It certainly removed any desire I may have had to even get near an open tower block window again.</p><p></p><p>The denouement feels very abrupt and very Hollywood, but I'll take it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 435458, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Man On A Ledge[/SIZE][/B] (2012) [IMG width="768px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BMTc5MTE4MzY2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjMwNDc3Ng%40%40._V1_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=88d5d616d6a611f598cbc8a935155cf4a7595a64cd66abc829be22aea8cf93c9[/IMG][/CENTER] It has the most descriptive-but-unoriginal title since [I]Snakes On A Plane[/I], and I wasn't expecting that much. I was pleasantly surprised. The construction of the film is pretty perfect, with information given piecemeal to the audience allowing us to work out slowly what's going on while being kept interested by the characters and situations. It's much more elaborate than it first appears, but keeps things feeling simple by mostly focussing on one thing at a time. And just when the audience has caught up on certain facts, the story turns them on their head and reveals different motivations. Added into this is a "who can be trusted" element, and the thrill of a heist. When the strands come together it feels genuinely rewarding. There is, of course, an over-the-top element to the film's grand scheme, much of which is really only there because it's cinematic. But with this genre it's really best to just go with it and not overthink. There are a number of familiar faces, several with Marvel connections: Betty Brant, Ben Grimm and the Falcon are present and correct. And the main character looks very much like Peter Quill (but without the questionable church stuff and wanton destruction of revered mid-century modern homes and gardens). Elizabeth Banks had a kind of Farrah Fawcett look to her. I recognised the name but couldn't place her. Turns out I know her from the Raimi [I]Spider-Man[/I] films where she had [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVxq8P8S1HE']one of the most comic scenes of the series[/URL]. Then there's grown-up Billy Elliott. Jamie Bell, attractive in a thuggish kind of way, brings a nice intensity to things. I haven't seen Anthony Mackie outside of the MCU, but his characters persona here feels almost identical to Sam Wilson, leading me to believe he generally plays the same likeable, amiable sidekick. Which is fine. Ed Burns is enjoyably villainous. One almost wants to boo and hiss whenever he's on screen. This would probably have been great fun on a cinema screen, and would work well in 3-D (even though I don't believe it was released that way). It's not as traumatic as [I]Fall[/I] (when it comes to creating acrophobia, [U]nothing[/U] is as traumatic as [I]Fall[/I]), but the sense of being in a precarious position at great height is tangible enough. It certainly removed any desire I may have had to even get near an open tower block window again. The denouement feels very abrupt and very Hollywood, but I'll take it. [/QUOTE]
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