{"id":8087,"date":"2004-10-21T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2004-10-20T23:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/21\/the-pledge\/"},"modified":"2005-10-02T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2005-10-02T15:03:40","slug":"the-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/21\/the-pledge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"\/Olga and I watched “The Pledge<\/a>” on DVD. The cover got all my attention with names like Jack Nicholson<\/a>, Benicio Del Toro<\/a>, and Mickey Rourke<\/a> all over it. I immidiately wanted to watch it.<\/p>\n

When the film started I had a strong feeling of deja vu. I knew every scene, but I never could say what will happen next or what else is there in the movie. It’s deep into the second half of it when I realized that I’ve seen it. It is one of my favourites from the passive memory flicks. No matter what IMDB says about this film – it is a very strong drama. I also very much enjoy how symbolical the whole film is. Every frame can be watched separately, kind of like a photograph, and each frame will have a story just within it. Great work there!<\/p>\n

Basically, Nicholson plays the main role in the movie and he has most of the screen time. He is excellent as usual, although his make-up is kind of original. He looks very casual. Kind of like everyone else. There is no focus on him what-so-ever. Actually, sometimes in the beginning of the movie it is even difficult to say if it is him or not. As story unfolds, it is, of course, impossible to make a mistake.<\/p>\n

Another great acting part was done by Del Toro. His part is kind of short, but it looks very realistic and, well… dramatic.<\/p>\n

The film is a little long and slow paced at 123 minutes (just over 2 hours), but if you enjoy compressed and defragmented camera work and composition – that’s you film. Overall, I would rate as a strong 8 out of 10. It does lean towards the 9 a lot.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Olga and I watched “The Pledge” on DVD. The cover got all my attention with names like Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, and Mickey Rourke all over it. I immidiately wanted to watch it. When the film started I had a strong feeling of deja vu. I knew every scene, but I never could say … Continue reading The Pledge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[1380],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-movies","tag-jack-nicholson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t