the town[2010] review

The Town

Prince of Thieves!!

"City of Thieves" - the second feature film Ben Affleck, where he serves choreographer and director in other words.  

The film is based on the novel by Chuck Hogan's some "Prince of Thieves." Childhood friends rob banks, and very thoughtful. One of the robberies and was the starting point of the film's plot. One of the assailants, Doug begins to follow the manager of a bank robbery, the girl gang took them hostage and then released. Claire has no clue about what was happening until a certain time, until the situation does not interfere with the employee the FBI investigating the robbery. 

Lazy is not only compared the "City of Thieves" with the same "The Departed," "Point Break" and became the benchmark for movies about bank robberies and gunfights with the cops and the opposition "bad guys", namely the film "Fight." Why compare? And the answer is obvious - too many similarities in these films. Scorsese's film recalls the atmosphere of Boston, in the film Bigelow bank robbers walking around in rubber masks (among other things, for such an association here may be attributed, and the opening scene of "The Dark Knight"), well, "Fight", as I wrote, I asked the highest bar, and this film is simply doomed to quoting and imitating, as those who "first, he and dad." But this does not mean that Affleck simply "stupid" copied a long-known techniques, he skillfully used them. The result is not perfect, but very professional. This results in a strong and decent mix of crime drama, a good psychological portraits and romantic images, and lines are so different people whose relations are doomed to start. It is not necessary to find fault with Affleck if he had something not happened, and the film does not possess the continuing ekshenom finally came up with the story he did not, he just sold his adaptation. 

I was satisfied with the movie and received from him a pleasure. Irregularities were of course, and they were in that whole movie look like a robbery with gunfire as it was in "Fight", but Affleck did not allow this, incidentally burdening romantic movie line and fighting among all but in the end everything was in full offset, action, psychology and drama began just off-scale, that I looked like an experienced, what is all over. 

Oh, I forgot to note that Affleck fellow in the fact that assembled an amazing actor's command, not deprived of attention. Game Affleck certainly satisfactory, all the same in terms of acting he was still rather weak, and he gets to play a better role la "Armageddon" or an idiots in "Good Will Hunting", but his game film, he does not spoil. Renner naturally stands out from the rest. Still, the sight is still his breakthrough role in "Lord of the Storm, but he most likely acts" Oscar effect "(in which case each role Oscar nominee or winner seems decent regular awards, although it is not always the case). One can enumerate the rest of  ensemble, but I will confine myself Hamm, are beginning to show that the role of "Madman" for it is not the limit and Rebecca Hall, who was still at the stage of "a promising actress. 

Film tipped to win the nomination and all sorts of awards, and Stephen King, including movies-10 of his favorite films of 2010. What is a good start, keep it up.