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Glad to see I'm not the only one who found this film a disappointment. Film previews prior to movie gave the game away. High on costume, quite a few historical reference points, and CGI in abundence which means blurry screen images for the majority of the time and if unsuccesful in its execution, dulls one's senses. Inappropriate music at crazy sound levels interrupted any feel for authenticity. So if huge battle scenes and scores of canon fire make it necessary to use CGI images - make it feel right. We do learn something about how Napolean came to power but its fast forward all the way. To cover his entire life's story in two hours thirty-eight minutes didn't do justice to any one character. It rushes past you as you get blasted with soundtrack! High points none but the Toulon port battle gave me insight into how Napolean won favour early on in post french Revolution society. The scorched earth policy adopted as a russian defence tactic was portrayed as a few empty houses in one scene take. Dialogue was scant. Wellington popped up for a few minutes and said a few words - job done - battle won. And on to the next set and so on in a fairly superficial manner. The music killed any sense of authenticy. A battle being played out to high volume music! Not in those days.

What an adventure into places you would not expect. Opulant, extravagant, brutally nasty, lustful, sordid, cunning, erotic. The film begins with a homosexual theme, then uses ugliness as a form of upper-class entertainment amongst the privileged and debonair scholarly classes that will explain the impervious and unflappable thick skin worn by the recipient of such cruelty, and finally the superb conclusion that revenge is a dish best served cold. This film had everything that was lacking in Anatomy of Fall. It won't please everyone due to the topics explored but if you like intrique, the occasional shock, and a great finale, this film should do it.

The anatomy draws a blank! No conclusive evidence either way. And for the bereaved who cannot stop crying, there is no effort to understand, analyse, or look for evidence herself to establish cause, motive or question if there had been any third party input. The bereft always want answers. Some blame the individual for not fighting their own cancer! The script is fairly well written, the defence lawyer - if that was his role - is a captivating character, but the scenes drag on and on and is a hard watch. It is not an anatomy or it is a failed anatomy. There is an absence of real detective work and forensics - unless we are expected to think that it was given. And for the most part we would expect the scenes to eventually play out to offer us the cause and effect - but we never know if its accident, deliberate or murder. Reviews implied there was to be a torrid expose of venomous verbal attacks and exchanges but it failed on that level too. The film was a disappointment. No sudden turning point, no hint of guilt, regret, deceipt, cover-up, suggestion, alteria motive. If there was a message, it was that the so called anatomy was bereft of a burden of proof or suggestion that suspected murder failed the test of beyond all reasonable doubt. Perhaps her lack of joy at winning the case reflected her innocents, but then again, as was frequently suggested throughout the film, she simply lacked feeling and care and was more wrapped-up in herself. The essence of this film centres on verbal exchanges about suspicion.

Captivating film will leave you stunned. Immerse yourself in the experience. There are various dimensions to this film, the psychological stuff of competitive minds, politically charged security and suspicion of spying for the USSR, some black and white footage offers time / historical references to the who, what, why, and when conversations and events that took place and why there was a concerted effort for a character assassination. From the early years of impulsivness to the mature years of the philosophical and wisdom, all bring clarity to Oppenheimer's life, the sensitive genious who helped bring an end to WWII with misgivings aplenty, but developing the means (bomb) to justified the end. The legal and not so legal stuff that holds your attention to the end runs in parrallel to the "bomb" story. The corrupt apparatus rigged to discredit and create Oppenheimer's downfall looks insurmountable. Against all the odds, Oppenhiemer and a few others manage to offer hope. Perhaps justice will win out. Find out for yourself what actually happened. Brillant script, acting, music score and detailed images pull off a memorable epic.

A must watch for anyone remotely interested in USA official secrets act, methods employed by the FBI and preditory-persistant "grind-em-down" to submission interrogation techniques, the victim's robust facial and body language is at first very convincing. However, imperceptible changes take place each and every time a sensitive matter is discussed from sweet-innocent surprise until the final picture is fully revealed. What looked like an intrusion by the FBI with an overbearing sense of their own importance despite a seemingly tortuously slow fumbling and bumbling raft of questions to the point of boring the viewer, eventaully gets to the point - things take off from here so stick around! What first appears like evil intent, perhaps the planting of false evidence and mal-intent FBI towards an unsuspecting victim (think of the Monica Lewinski meeting with the FBI in hotel room) eventally turns into a vivid explanation and climactic conclusion. The FBI's brutally purposefully controlling methods and techniques offer glimpses into what might happen if you cross the line, be it with good intentions, what might tip the balance, your choices on any one given day and how your career and life can change because you wanted to do good. When all was said and done, the FBI simply had a job to do. Long, drawn-out, tedious at the beginning but reality hits the nerve. Time slows down. Her future looks precarious. The questions about family pets more relevant. Brilliant use of the actual interview/interrogation recordings in excess of 100 minutes duration. If you liked the David Frost interview with President Nixon, you will like this.

Good watch. Intelligent script, the suspense builds up, camera work reminds me of movies such as: Babadook, Sixth Sense, Blair Witch Project and a recent Xmas Ghost Story. I did predict the what, who and how, and this offered a significant amount of fun when guessing the outcome of this movie. Not sure how children impliment such murders unless its to do with them possessing supernatural strength in numbers. Perhaps they were mere agents of the higher power. But ghost stories and their plausibility isnt why you choose to watch such films. Scenes and camerawork rather than the actors provided the important tension. Very entertaining as a non-slasher gentle horror - more a suspense thriller.