Is "The Pledge" worth a blind buy?
07-01-06, 07:20 PM
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Is "The Pledge" worth a blind buy?
Friend of mine saw it and said it was a very good movie. I've been burned alot lately with blind buys i didnt enjoy at all. So i thought i would get some opinions from you movie freaks 
07-01-06, 07:45 PM
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very good movie (and entertaining) but since it's a mystery, it's not great for multiple viewing. definately worth seeing, but I'd only blind buy it if it were pretty cheap
07-02-06, 02:07 AM
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Definitely not for everyone. I went to see it when it came out and I was VERY disappointed. I would say if there are some decent extras, pick it up, but I see that there are no extras. I could not recommend.
07-02-06, 03:20 AM
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Personally, I thought this was a great film until the end, which I thought was absolutely terrible and ruined everything that came before it. One of the worst endings for any movie that I can think of.
07-02-06, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Living Dead
Personally, I thought this was a great film until the end, which I thought was absolutely terrible and ruined everything that came before it. One of the worst endings for any movie that I can think of.
07-02-06, 05:36 AM
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IMHO no, and I'm not saying that just because you put the thread in the wrong forum 
Of course I've never been a big fan of Jack Nicholson so that may explain it...
Of course I've never been a big fan of Jack Nicholson so that may explain it...
07-02-06, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Living Dead
Personally, I thought this was a great film until the end, which I thought was absolutely terrible and ruined everything that came before it. One of the worst endings for any movie that I can think of.
07-02-06, 09:34 AM
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Spoiler:
07-02-06, 10:23 AM
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I agree with Numes. The ending talk should be spoilerized. The OP has obviously never seen the movie.
It seems like you can find The Pledge for $5-$10. At that price, it's a good blind buy. It's a pretty slow film, very character driven, with some thriller elements. I really liked it, my girlfriend fell asleep.
It seems like you can find The Pledge for $5-$10. At that price, it's a good blind buy. It's a pretty slow film, very character driven, with some thriller elements. I really liked it, my girlfriend fell asleep.
07-02-06, 10:24 AM
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To me it's not so much of a bad ending as somewhat contrived. It seems like Penn worked himself into a corner a little so he ended it the way he did. A *tremendous* performance by Nicholson and to me, one of the best female performances in recent memory from Robin Wright Penn. I've always thought she was a good actress and an amazing natural beauty but in the film she plays a very damaged woman emotionally and it comes out in a shockingly visceral way, both in her appearance and performance. Great work.
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07-02-06, 01:35 PM
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It's cheap enough at this point to take a blind buy and not be burned too badly. I thought it was a great story.
07-02-06, 04:20 PM
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Definitely not for everyone. I personally hated this movie, but I can still understand why some people are fans. I *get* what they see in it, but I just can't get into it.
07-03-06, 04:52 AM
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I disagree. I thought the end was very haunting. Not every film has to have a "Hollywood" ending.
i sold my copy away hoping that a better version with extra features would come along and i regret doing that.
i'd probably pick it up during a sale or something.
07-03-06, 06:11 AM
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It's a great movie but it's not for everyone. It has a slow pace that slowly builds and misleads you into thinking it's a thriller when it's actually a drama. If you're okay with the pace, pick it up. If not, you shouldn't.
07-03-06, 08:45 AM
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Is "The Pledge" worth a blind buy?
I've often wondered this, too, especially since a) Jack Nicholson is my all-time favorite actor and b) I simply adore Jack Nicholson's and Sean Penn's prior work together, the woefully underrated THE CROSSING GUARD. Let me narrow the question down thusly, then: is THE PLEDGE worth a blind buy for fans of THE CROSSING GUARD?
07-03-06, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Filmmaker
is THE PLEDGE worth a blind buy for fans of THE CROSSING GUARD?
YES, most definitely.
The two films have similarities in style and pace, though the Pledge is darker. The Pledge is also the better movie.
07-03-06, 02:04 PM
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I recommend this title as well, for Jack Nicholson's performance, and Sean Penn's direction - the film harkens back to those character studies (The Conversation, Five Easy Pieces, Night Moves etc.) they used to make in the seventies that Hollywood has no interest in making anymore. It's easily my favorite of Penn's films.
