How can anyone be certain she actually pressed his finger? It’s entirely possible he staged the hand movement beforehand to create the illusion. 🤷 Regardless, I didn't catch any discernible movement on my end. Not even a single tear fell. 🤷
I also saw absolutely nothing.
It’s becoming a predictable trope from directors like Spielberg—intentionally crafting a dramatic cliffhanger for the final scene just to force the audience to sit through the credits in a state of suspense. You saw this exact kind of manipulation in films like *The Glass Menagerie*.
At first, I thought it was brilliant filmmaking, but at this stage, it feels a bit tired and overplayed.
Ashley Grant66 said:I don't quite grasp why everyone is suddenly drooling over Marion Cotillard; most of the world already considers her a total knockout.
Seriously? That's news to me.
Personally, I'd put names like Megan Fox, Monica Bellucci, Kelly Brook, or Cheryl Cole on that list of universally admired beauties.
Is it actually possible to forecast the odds at domestic sportsbooks based on this data? I’m asking specifically about this particular betting type and this specific matchup.
It’ll be more than just a one-off entry, don't worry about it. 🙂
Then again, you can't really expect an American indie drama from an Iranian director to pull the same numbers as those big Hollywood blockbusters. Even if this is several steps above the usual straight-to-streaming Hollywood melodrama, it's still a different league.
I'm scrolling through some trivia right now, and apparently, Marion Cotillard stepped in for Berenice Bejo at the last minute. Honestly? Thank God for that.
I highly doubt Italy is just going to hand the win over to Denmark without a fight. When I saw how high those betting odds were, I honestly thought maybe Balotelli had lost a leg or something. 🙂
Fear X is, without question, his most convincingly terrible film, even trailing behind Only God Forgives. While I didn't find much fault with the plot itself, and the pacing felt relatively steady, it seems as though Refn simply lost his way here. As a viewer, you're left wandering through the narrative, never quite grasping what the writer was actually trying to communicate.
Nicolas Winding Refn is a true visionary, though I can only hope his future projects lean more toward Mads and less toward Ryan. If he makes that shift, everything will fall into place. As for that gambler flick, I haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.