tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post5590546263993479512..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Blow Out (1981)Roman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-88517010827707544972016-07-30T08:29:07.693-07:002016-07-30T08:29:07.693-07:00Yeah a lot of people love this one. I think my exp...Yeah a lot of people love this one. I think my expectations were very high when I watched it, and that is why it ended up disappointing at the time. I'm willing to give it another chance. De Palma does so many great visual things in his films, they are always worth revisiting. Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-73134143737064016332016-07-29T08:27:15.659-07:002016-07-29T08:27:15.659-07:00This might be my fave De Palma film. It is one of ...This might be my fave De Palma film. It is one of those ones that improves with subsequent viewings when you see the layers that exist beyond the thriller conventions. Maybe THE CONVERSATION is a better crafted film but whereas it is cerebral in nature, De Palma delivers the goods when it comes to emotional impact - esp. with the last scene that always gets me every time. What a way to end a film!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-65514798415384887412016-04-25T07:44:59.951-07:002016-04-25T07:44:59.951-07:00I would always confuse those two films. As I was w...I would always confuse those two films. As I was watching I was waiting for them to examine a photo and blow it up... but wrong movie. :)Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-54953232163400898072016-04-24T09:15:11.155-07:002016-04-24T09:15:11.155-07:00Yes, I saw this not too long ago just to see how I...Yes, I saw this not too long ago just to see how I would like it upon a re-watch and it still held up pretty well. It might have been better the second time around or as you said, I was in the mood as I didn't care for it that much initially. It also reminds me of the movie Blow-Up in the solving of a crime aspect. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-4294214206402808712016-04-24T08:39:02.183-07:002016-04-24T08:39:02.183-07:00It has a lot of good elements to it. I just don&#...It has a lot of good elements to it. I just don't know if the ending feels earned. Almost like they slapped on the ending because they wanted it to end that way but not that the story flowed that way.<br /><br />Or I just wasn't in the mood for that type of ending. Very possible as well.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-77564646806557093322016-04-20T13:40:02.388-07:002016-04-20T13:40:02.388-07:00I liked this movie back when it came out, but I ha...I liked this movie back when it came out, but I haven’t been motivated to watch it since then. It might well have resonated more at a time when Chappaquiddick, Watergate, and the ‘60s assassinations were still recent memories – the elements of those events in this movie were recognized by viewers then in a more direct way than today. I’d have to watch it again to see if it still holds up well.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com