Shit, I guess I better revisit Collateral soon. I suppose Heat soon too, though I've seen it a bunch of times.
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What is Your Favourite Michael Mann Film?
It's a close race between HEAT and THE INSIDER for me, but THE INSIDER wins. It just fires on all cylinders imo, and I think it has held up over time better than HEAT has.
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Heat
Collateral
The Insider
Ali
The Last of the Mohicans
Public Enemies
Miami Vice
Manhunter (really need to rewatch this one)
Collateral
The Insider
Ali
The Last of the Mohicans
Public Enemies
Miami Vice
Manhunter (really need to rewatch this one)
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Collateral
Too hard of a question. Mann is easily my fav living American director. Thats right, I said it. Deal with it NF 
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Wow, I'm really the first one to vote for Manhunter? There are only two films in existence involving Hannibal Lecter that are worth the celluloid they're printed on, and that's one of them.
I love Manhunter too, it's a close second. I slightly prefer it to Silence of the Lambs.Amelia wrote:Wow, I'm really the first one to vote for Manhunter? There are only two films in existence involving Hannibal Lecter that are worth the celluloid they're printed on, and that's one of them.
Agreed, in some ways. I actually like Brian Cox's interpretation of Lecter slightly better than Hopkins' (er, Controversial Opinions time, I guess?), because he's so low-key; he seems like he might actually be a real, and probably very effective, psychiatrist (I love that throwaway moment wherein he brusquely tells Will to "make an appointment"), whereas Hopkins is so overtly creepy that I can't imagine anybody ever wanting to come back to his office for a follow-up session.Dream-Xtractor wrote:I love Manhunter too, it's a close second. I slightly prefer it to Silence of the Lambs.Amelia wrote:Wow, I'm really the first one to vote for Manhunter? There are only two films in existence involving Hannibal Lecter that are worth the celluloid they're printed on, and that's one of them.
(Mind you, this is probably a bit of an unfair comparison, as Silence isn't trying to make Lecter seem realistic; it's going for a fairy-tale-boogeyman effect, and on that level Hopkins works very well. Still, I do prefer Brian Cox.)
I agree 100%.Amelia wrote:Agreed, in some ways. I actually like Brian Cox's interpretation of Lecter slightly better than Hopkins' (er, Controversial Opinions time, I guess?), because he's so low-key; he seems like he might actually be a real, and probably very effective, psychiatrist (I love that throwaway moment wherein he brusquely tells Will to "make an appointment"), whereas Hopkins is so overtly creepy that I can't imagine anybody ever wanting to come back to his office for a follow-up session.Dream-Xtractor wrote:
I love Manhunter too, it's a close second. I slightly prefer it to Silence of the Lambs.
(Mind you, this is probably a bit of an unfair comparison, as Silence isn't trying to make Lecter seem realistic; it's going for a fairy-tale-boogeyman effect, and on that level Hopkins works very well. Still, I do prefer Brian Cox.)
