Disappointment
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LuckyGraveyardBoots — 17 years ago(April 22, 2008 05:48 AM)
well the young cop in the movie was supposed to be narc, and if anything he actually looked too well groomed for a narc. they're supposed to look as UNcoplike as possible so they can investigate deeper without being suspected soyeahplus it was the sixtiesjust putting that out there
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lucid768 — 18 years ago(September 03, 2007 05:55 PM)
i loved the ending of this movie. no wrap ups. no exciting getting back together scenes or them moving to the country. their addicts. this is a stark depiction of the addicts life and the spiraling nature of how heroin can grip you and take away all of those things that are held dear. a lot of scenes are realy well done. some of the diner scenes i thought were great. pacino's courting of kitty reminded me of his courting in other movies as well. you can tell a lot of the canvas for what he would be become is included here and the diabolic nature of this character is what drew coppola to cast him for the godfather. bobby loves the innocence of kitty but when its taken away he can't feel remorse b/c he still needs cash to support his habit and having her with him is perhaps better. panic isn't a masterpiece, but a nice drug-related film that brings out the human element in creative ways.
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pinnebarn — 19 years ago(October 26, 2006 04:54 AM)
I'm sorry that I got the age of the film wrong, i don't know why I missed that fact
Yes, taste is subjective, but the reason behind my post is just to get other people's thoughts of the film, why they like it etc. I think I got some good answers from people here, and I'm glad most of them weren't rude.
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imdbyes — 18 years ago(August 11, 2007 08:32 PM)
Another thing I forgot to add, is that the ending of the movie means that they're back together again despite what happeend and that this will go on for years, this hell of a desperate life will keep going and going 365 days a year for a long time.
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patchofblue65 — 19 years ago(November 23, 2006 03:29 PM)
It's a great film. Then again I am a sucker for late 60's and early 70's moviemaking the last "golden age" in my opinion. It was a great slice of life film and I think Al Pacino was great and Kitty Wynn was fantastic in her role. I have this on VHS tape and watch it every year.
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dave-greg — 19 years ago(January 20, 2007 10:57 AM)
I loved it. A very grimy, realistic snapshot of the lives of a group of people living in a drug infested neighbourhood in the early 70's. Pacino was fantastic, barely even looked as though he was acting at all he was so natural.
The lack of music really added to the atmosphere i thought.
An excellent film from my favourite movie decade.
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Byzantine15 — 19 years ago(March 20, 2007 12:53 AM)
Haven't seen it in years but I remember it as being one of the best 'slice of life' films I've ever seen. Not sure what people were expecting or why they felt disappointed but, as stated by others, a conventional plot would have destroyed the atmosphere of tedium and meaninglessness (is that a word?) that make up their lives. They move through an endless sequence of desperation, screw ups and betrayals until they die untimely deaths. If you crave plot structure TPINP might not work for you. On a positive note, sometimes junkies get clean and stay clean.
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imdbyes — 18 years ago(August 11, 2007 08:27 PM)
You also have to remember that for it's time it was showing things that hadn't really been show, for example, the scene with them shooting up, I still don't like to look at the screen while that is happening, and this is the 2000's, imagine back then, those things were hardly ever shown in the theatres. Another thing, this is one of the few movies where it felt so real to me, I 've known and lived with people like this, it was a pretty acurate protrayal of that kind of life. A lot of it is looking to score, getting high, trying to find ways to make money, and this goes on for years and years, until you die or go to jail or quit. And the scenes in the park , where they are sitting on the bench, where all too familiar, they did a great job. THe characters, the conversations they have-all that was waaaay to real. I think it still holds up. And Al Pacino and Kitty where great and natural in their acting.
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Clover827-1 — 18 years ago(September 07, 2007 11:44 AM)
I loved this film, and I thought Al was brilliant in it. I'm not sure what disappointed viewers were expecting to see because the film sticks very closely to its point that drugs destroy. At the beginning, Helen still has a future if she wants it, but then she gets addicted and it ends with her walking the streets with Bobby who's basically a loser. She's entirely different than the person we see in the beginning and her future's gone.
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patchofblue65 — 18 years ago(September 13, 2007 08:07 PM)
I agree with the previous poster. I have known drug addicts myself and all their time is consumed in hustling for money to get drugs. There is no glamour in their lives and it's all about survival and scamming others for money for their drugs. It isn't pretty. The movie accurately depicts their situation. It's a great slice of life film and the ending is great because it is so ambigious. Not all movies like real life have happy endings.