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Dick Tracy (1990)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
7/03, 11/10
11/10:
Every time Warren Beatty shows off his trademark stare, I just want to punch him in the face.
What's with him doing it every ten or fifteen minutes in all films? All I see is emptiness. Anyway, Dork Tracy fails
to captivate me, despite the all-star cast, although I like the cinematography. There's not enough focus on character
development. Hence, nearly everybody is forgettable. Because how fast the editing work is, it's not possible to
look at any shot longer than ten seconds.
Hands down, the worst performance award goes to Madonna. She can't act to save her life. Playing the
femme fatale, Madonna is as flat as a sheet of paper, never grabbing my attention. The scene with her and Al Pacino is
similar to Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger in
Batman which is a way of saying that familiarity breeds contempt.
Nearing the end, the way the villains came out shooting in fancy cars and then meeting their fate is silly.
In another scene, Dork Tracy saves one guy from death in cement and then steps into the mix. Now, now, now...why would
he do that?
All in all, Dork Tracy has the colors but fails to be interesting.