tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post8608030764870731930..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-57895156716432415252007-12-20T22:07:00.000-05:002007-12-20T22:07:00.000-05:00But it's a fascinating beast, isn't it? Even the c...But it's a fascinating beast, isn't it? Even the cloying aspects add a frisson, a crisp tension to Cronenberg's material. The real suspense here is not whether Naomi Watts wins justice for her little girl, it's if Cronenberg wins out over Wright's script. And even that the results are inconclusive.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-65880101532476349352007-12-20T19:40:00.000-05:002007-12-20T19:40:00.000-05:00I completely agree, Noel, the script and the finis...I completely agree, Noel, the script and the finished film are two different beasts, locking horns with each other throughout: alien sentiment versus the spectacle of Viggo's blood-soaked testicles.<BR/><BR/>I saw the film back to back with Death Proof, which proved to me how phony and shallow the latter is, and how "experimental" Cronenberg's work continues to be (inasmuch as he's continually tinkering with his own vehicle of storytelling).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17556748701863554140noreply@blogger.com