Has it aged well?
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externaltestaccount — 13 years ago(July 11, 2012 12:19 PM)
Please pleymo12345, for the love of whatever deity you believe in, don't get caught in the old game of "old movies must suck because they are old and dated, new movies are made with better technology so ergo, must be better quality".
If you are a movie fan you will like movies of any age. As other posters said, period movies don't age badly. Chinatown looks great and it's 1974. Platoon looks great it's 1986. JFK looks great it's 1991. Apocalypse Now looks great it's 1979, Amadeus looks great it's 1984, Kelly's Heroes looks great and it's 1970 - hell any Clint Eastwood western looks greatetc etc. And these are just period movies. To repeat - these are all worth watching and look great. L.A. Confidential is among that list.
If you cannot enjoy a movie because you cannot deal with the time that it is made then you will have problems watching any sci-fi movie made before 2000. Like Alien, Aliens, Silent Running, Logan's Run, Phase IV, Andromeda Strain, Predator 1 and 2, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Batteries Not Included, Running man, Terminator 1 and 2, The Abyss, Star War original trilogy, Star Trek - any of the series and movies. The Thing (1982) has better special effects than the recent prequel, hell, it has better SFX than most movies these days.
I've not even touched on black and white movies.
As Kuato said in the great Total Recall (a very dated sci-fi - CRT's in the future???) - Open your mind. -
kilgoretrout7777 — 13 years ago(August 24, 2012 02:01 AM)
Has it aged well?
First response? Nope.
But my first response as an early 20 something when I saw this for the first time was: Nice little movie. That opinion still stands.
Few months later it's getting nominated for awards.
It's fifteen years later and nobody talks about this film.
Devil in a Blue Dress is a far superior film hitting the same time period, same type of people, same city, shot at almost the same time and virtually the same damn story. Nobody talks about that movie either.
Has it aged well? I'm not sure. Tough question. -
clickbait — 9 years ago(April 24, 2016 11:58 AM)
kilgoretrout7777 devil in a blue dress far superior to LA Confidential?? you make me laughsure I can agree that devil in a blue dress is a great movie but in no way a superior film, this is the best movie made about this time period, its almost perfect in everything.
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youngman44 — 13 years ago(November 13, 2012 08:11 AM)
I would like to see this film on blu-ray disc. On regular HD the film quality itself is not so great. Needs better cinematography.
But, I would also say that some of the scenes needed to be better - the blood splotches on clothing and the floor are not realistic enough. That's a problem watching it these days.
As a story and as far as acting - it is fantastic. It needed to be just a tad darker with respect to the blood (in order to be a bit more realistic).
After I watched it the first time, however, it was far and away my favorite movie. Clearly in my top 10 all-time. Absolutely love this film. Crowe, Pearce, Crowell & Spacey are all four phenomenal; throw in Basinger in arguably her best role - though not spectacular, still very, very good - and you have five actors who are superb.
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jpowell180 — 13 years ago(November 21, 2012 06:46 PM)
It should be remade.
They simply didn't have the technology back in '97 to do it right; but with today's CGI, they could really make it look much more like the 50's, with more CGI-generated buildings, cars, and planes of that era.
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keonkwa — 13 years ago(November 22, 2012 11:07 AM)
but they had the right cast, that's for sure
Agreed! Everyone was so great. If there was a remake, perhaps some of the technical aspects would be better, but I can't think that they'll get all those wonderful performances, especially by the three male leads. -
MyDarkStar — 13 years ago(December 20, 2012 11:00 AM)
ohhhh, is that why all of the cars, hair, clothes, TV's, songs, stars, and references were from the 50's ? I was wondering about that !
I was really confused when Lana Turner showed up. I thought she from the 50's, not the 90's. I also was confused why the LA freeway hadn't been built yet. -
CCRider01 — 11 years ago(August 07, 2014 02:44 PM)
The film has aged just fine, and does not need a remake with "modern" CGI. There is not exactly a shortage of "shiny" computer graphic reliant films with average acting skills and lack of substance. Keep CGI where it belongs, primarily comic book / super hero, and frivolous action movies.
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voxic — 13 years ago(March 06, 2013 08:58 PM)
any movie with a great story is worth watching no matter the age. this movie is definitely one of them. and any movie with a surprise ending that you've seen before yet continue to watch over and over again = great.
We've lost Gorgeous George.
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baelor — 12 years ago(December 24, 2013 11:21 AM)
So did I! I was hoping it would be On Demand because it aired kind of late in the night, but it was worth it. My sister also loved it, even though she normally hates everything about movies like LA Confidential.