Devil's Advocate

Honestly, the movie was pretty mid, even if the cast was actually decent

Noah Watson4 said:Honestly, they could have just set the whole plot in some random garbage dump. 😁 Picture this: Keanu Reeves is some eager young sanitation worker starting his first night shift, while Al Pacino is the grizzled veteran cleaning out septic tanks... 😁

And then Al Pacino tries to take over the world by clogging up the sewers, which triggers a massive monsoon season that causes catastrophic flooding, everyone dies except for his crew, and then Kevin Costner shows up with his Waterworld expertise to save the day, convincing Reeves to pivot careers so they can team up to save the planet and finally take down Pacino.🤔 😉

redgull44 said:So, basically, Al Pacino is trying to wreck the entire planet by clogging up all the storm drains and sewers, which triggers this massive chain reaction of monsoons. We're talking catastrophic flooding everywhere, total chaos, everyone's gone—except for his crew. Then, out of nowhere, Kevin Reeves swoops in with all that expertise he gained from Waterworld, tries to fix the mess, and convinces Rivers to switch sides so they can save the world together and finally take down Al Pacino once and for all. 🤔 😉

Now THAT'S just absolutely brilliant! 😉

The only thing worth watching in that movie is Charlize Theron.👋 👋

fellattio said:Honestly, Charlize Theron is the only thing remotely worth watching in that movie.👋 👋

God, Charlize is incredible!!!
Yeah, seriously, Charlize is incredible!!! 🙂

Whatever, I’m fine with it. Personally, a few tweaks would’ve made it way better, but yeah. First off, the message is just too on the nose. From the second things go south, the atmosphere feels forced and overly ominous. Some of the writing and directing choices are just patronizing. It’s like they’re insulting the audience—as if they were terrified we wouldn't catch the point, even though it unfolds naturally until that intense 20-minute climax where everything becomes crystal clear even to people who haven't seen the movie. Also, evil feels a bit fake, if that makes sense. It's portrayed so extremely and obviously, like a black-and-white caricature instead of something more gray and subtle. After about 30 minutes, there's nothing left to uncover. Evil isn't just one extreme; it's nuanced and takes all sorts of shapes.

And yeah, Keanu is honestly a terrible actor. Not even being sarcastic when I say he's at his best in scenes where he doesn't say a damn thing. No charisma, no nothing. Sometimes I see people talking trash about actors like Al Pacino or Robert De Niro and I'm just confused. Sure, they have their flaws, and after a while, you might get sick of them playing the same types of roles over and over. They might not be the most transformative guys out there, but they have presence and they hit hard in those roles, even when they overact. On the other hand, I have zero clue what kind of character Keanu was trying to pull off yesterday. He would've been better off just playing himself; he might have been inconsistent as a lawyer, but he probably would've been 16 times more convincing and actually had some substance.

Read this:

Keanu Reeves isn't actually a bad actor. He’s just a specific tool for a director. If you need a blank slate—someone the audience can project themselves onto—you hire Keanu. You get him staring wide-eyed at everything while more "Whoas" fly out of his mouth than an epileptic Joey Lawrence.

Director Taylor Hackford made the same blunder Francis Ford Coppola made in Dracula. He expected Keanu Reeves acting with Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate to hold his own against an acting powerhouse like Al Pacino or Gary Oldman in Dracula, rather than getting blown away like a cotton ball in front of a jet engine. To be fair, The Devil's Advocate performance was basically built for those final 20 minutes where Pacino eats every last inch of the set and shits Oscars. The previous 80 minutes would have been much better if they'd used an actor with more depth than balsa wood.

Brad Pitt, John Cusack, and Edward Norton being considered for Kevin Lomax proves it. Any of them could have played the conflicted, morally tortured lawyer more convincingly. They certainly would have handled a Southern accent better than Reeves did. How hard is a Southern accent? Just huff some paint, drink some cheap bathtub whiskey, and mimic a Larry the cable Guy fan. Even Jean-Claude Van Damme could do a better Southern accent, and he barely talks.

The article is about five movies that would have been masterpieces if they hadn't made that one mistake. 😁

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drop the whole article so I can see which movies we're talking about 😁

Here it
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Anonymous said:The only thing worth watching in that movie is Charlize Theron.👋 👋

There are actually some good women in this movie too, especially that redhead he was supposed to have a kid with.

Personally, I found the movie pretty entertaining. That ending really sticks with you.

Still, we’re talking about one of the absolute greatest scenes ever put to film—Al Pacino is just on another level here:

The Devil's Advocate
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Walter Grant5 said:It’s not even sarcasm to say he’s at his best in scenes where he doesn't say a damn word.

Hahah true enough.😂
Still, I love that movie.😁

Betty Williams54 said:Still, it’s easily one of the best scenes ever. Al Pacino, obviously:

Devil's Advocate
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She isn't usually the type in other movies, but in this one—she has a few moments—she is incredibly sexy.😁