Nicholas! Done. . .

Kathleen 2022-04-20 09:01:59

I'm wondering if our Mr. Nicholas is bankrupt, out of breath, or offended the screenwriter, why can't get rid of the honor of "King of Bad Movies" for so long. How the script will get worse and worse. I didn't know it before, this is a remake, and I haven't seen the original, but I don't understand where the remake of this movie starts and ends. The whole movie starts inexplicably and ends inexplicably, with a lot of intentional sentences and symbols inserted in the middle, like a sitcom that makes sense for the sake of reasoning. Even the description of the aftermath of the hurricane in the opening long shot used such a small scene, and the picture was monotonous, without any aesthetic or even visual tension, which gave me the illusion that Hong Kong and Taiwan made shoddy small movies. If I hadn't known that Nicholas was on the line, it would have ended in my eyes.
What I'm going to say is, this is a bad movie.
However, I really like Nicholas. I told a friend that I even liked the tone of his speech. His performance is full of dramatic tension, and the in-depth interpretation of the role is permeated between his gestures and eyebrows. The down-and-out cop reminds me of his performance on The Weatherman. The same bleak situation, helplessness, anger, and resistance to the status quo, dissatisfaction, blame, resentment, and misunderstanding by others, etc., are all very similar. But it's not that Nicholas anymore, the lieutenant has no chance to show his handling of these delicate feelings. The film's rhythm is too fast, taking away what may happen in an instant, and the plot set up because of the plot ruins his talent. He has no chance.
I'd really like to know what kind of considerations Nicholas made to endorse and choose this script, or that he sees places that I can't yet see.
I also want to know what kind of understanding those friends who give positive comments on this film come from. Is it just metaphysical admiration for the life philosophy and educational significance that are desperately listed and superimposed in the film.

Am I being too picky?

View more about Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans reviews

Extended Reading
  • Willow 2022-03-28 09:01:06

    a movie drive u crazy, not for its thrill, but lizards

  • Rylee 2022-04-23 07:03:00

    I thought Nikolas Cage would never make a good movie again

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans quotes

  • Terence McDonagh: You know we got your boy, G, right?

    Deshaun 'Midget' Hackett: Man, I don't know no G.

    Terence McDonagh: He knows you. It's amazing how much you can get done when you've got a simple purpose guiding you through life. My purpose is to find out who shot up this apartment on Josephine. I know the guy that was living there was from Senegal. I know he was selling heroin. I know whose territory he was stepping on. And I know who went over to the apartment to straighten him out. I found out all that in the past few days. Where's Big Fate, son?

    Deshaun 'Midget' Hackett: I don't know no Big Fate.

    Terence McDonagh: Now, see, I know that's not true, because everybody who comes from where you come from knows who Big Fate is. The fact that you're lying to me about it tells me you're hiding something. Since you know my only reason for being here is to find out who shot up the apartment, I know that's what you're hiding. See? It all comes back to that same simple purpose.

  • Frankie Donnenfeld: Just get me my money.

    Justin: I usually pay when I'm done.

    Terence McDonagh: Done smacking her around?

    Justin: It's erotic shit, man. I didn't hurt her.

    Terence McDonagh: [Throws him against the wall] Just like I'm not hurting you.

    Justin: Did I hurt-did I hurt you?

    Frankie Donnenfeld: Terence, let's just go.

    Terence McDonagh: We don't hit women down south.

    Justin: You just made a big mistake, Terry. My father's Andy Winnick. You ever hear of him?

    Terence McDonagh: Who?

    Justin: One of the biggest developers in the Gulf Coast.

    Terence McDonagh: Congratulations.

    Justin: Tommy Leonardi's one of his best friends.

    Terence McDonagh: Hey, listen to me, scumbag. Don't try to impress me with your father knows some guinea hood. What you've got to take away from this experience is if you ever see that girl again, you turn around and you walk in the opposite direction. You got that?

    Justin: Oh, yeah, man. Yeah.

    Terence McDonagh: I ever hear about you so much as looking at that girl, you're gonna wish you were born without a dick.