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Just Saw The Machinist

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I didn't care for it. It was one of those low key films that I wanted to like more than I did. Fancy presentation, subpar plot.
 
Saw it last week with the family, we all enjoyed it. What a remarkable role for Bale, I particularly enjoyed the ambient music.
 
It was a rip off of nothing

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It's obvious from the beginning Ivan doesn't exist. The twist is not that Ivan doesn't exist, but that he is the incarnation of Reznick's guilt.
 
It's a right fine Hitchcockian throwback dressed in grimy, Fincher-esque clothes. Even the Banos score is a nearly dead-on impersonation of Hermann's music.
 
Good concept, poor execution. Brad Andersons movies normally fall apart in the last act which is unfortunate because other than that he is a talent to watch.
 
It was an alright movie. Nothing great.

The fact that Bale lost all that weight is nuts, though.

I'd give it a solid 2.5 out of 4
 
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