Insane movie
Added 11/22/2009
I don't mind violence, but the director of this movie must have been insane at the time this movie was shot. It is incomprehensible. I cannot say one good thing about this trashy movie. The "Blu-ray" video quality was no better. The story (what story?) sucked as did the acting. Don't waste your money!
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nostalgie de la boue
Added 11/21/2009
I'd venture to say that this film is actually too well shot, and perhaps over-produced. The cinematography is so well done that it's somewhat distracting, and the music overpowers far too often. I quite simply never get a chance to care about the plot or any of the characters because I'm not allowed to.
I feel like this film is written from the outside looking in, and instead of communicating anything from the characters it instead swaddles them in an infectious fascination with grit and grime, leaving the viewer to watch Platonic shadows of a theoretical epic. I can't say I get it, and there's not many films I care to watch more than once, but this one might perhaps warrant another viewing. While I do have confidence that there's supposed to be more going on in this film than meets the eye, I'm also confident that the simplest answer is usually better. So while I might just not be 'in the know' of the target audience of this movie and I should watch it again, I've also seen way too many films to gullibly assume genius instead of overelaborate. And, frankly, with someone like Nick Cave so heavily involved--well, he's been around long enough, he should have got it right the first time.
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An Australian western that understands the genre
Added 10/26/2009
The Bottom Line:
All the best westerns are about the nature of order and justice and The Proposition, while set in the Australian outback rather than the old west, understands this completely and probes these themes well; a film of exceptional (albeit never gratuitous) violence but also one which generates many wonderfully quiet moments with Ray Winstone (good as ever) and his wife Emma Watson, this is quite a little movie.
3/4
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Dark Revisionist Western Set in Australia
Added 10/19/2009
This is a very good movie, but I wouldn't call it a different kind of Western, as many reviewers have. If Westerns come in two varieties; traditional and revisionist, this one falls into the second category. For the most part, only revisionist Westerns have been made for the last few decades, so this film fits comfortably with No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, and myriad others.
It is well acted and suspenseful, but with no character worth the slightest empathy. The screenplay could use some work on transitions, especially in the beginning, but this isn't a major flaw. The cinematography is very good, but at times it tries too hard to be artsy.
The Proposition is probably one of the better unknown films. It's unknown, or at least not well known, because it's Australian and dark as hell. If you like revisionist Westerns with outlaw antiheroes and lots of bloody violence, then you'll enjoy The Proposition.
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Probably one of the best unknown movies around.
Added 9/14/2009
I love this movie. This movie did not receive the publicity it deserves. This story of The Proposition is great and is put together in a beautiful way. This is not like any other western that you have every watch. There's not a lot of horse chases and standoffs with gun a blazin'. But there is suspense and violence that fit the story well.
I don't know what else to say about the Proposition, it's fantastic. This is probably not a movie for the massess because there's not enough explosions and special effects I'm sure. If you like a good story and good acting and good directing then see this movie.
The blu-ray transfer is outstanding as well.
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Insane movie
Added 11/22/2009
I don't mind violence, but the director of this movie must have been insane at the time this movie was shot. It is incomprehensible. I cannot say one good thing about this trashy movie. The "Blu-ray" video quality was no better. The story (what story?) sucked as did the acting. Don't waste your money!
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nostalgie de la boue
Added 11/21/2009
I'd venture to say that this film is actually too well shot, and perhaps over-produced. The cinematography is so well done that it's somewhat distracting, and the music overpowers far too often. I quite simply never get a chance to care about the plot or any of the characters because I'm not allowed to.
I feel like this film is written from the outside looking in, and instead of communicating anything from the characters it instead swaddles them in an infectious fascination with grit and grime, leaving the viewer to watch Platonic shadows of a theoretical epic. I can't say I get it, and there's not many films I care to watch more than once, but this one might perhaps warrant another viewing. While I do have confidence that there's supposed to be more going on in this film than meets the eye, I'm also confident that the simplest answer is usually better. So while I might just not be 'in the know' of the target audience of this movie and I should watch it again, I've also seen way too many films to gullibly assume genius instead of overelaborate. And, frankly, with someone like Nick Cave so heavily involved--well, he's been around long enough, he should have got it right the first time.
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An Australian western that understands the genre
Added 10/26/2009
The Bottom Line:
All the best westerns are about the nature of order and justice and The Proposition, while set in the Australian outback rather than the old west, understands this completely and probes these themes well; a film of exceptional (albeit never gratuitous) violence but also one which generates many wonderfully quiet moments with Ray Winstone (good as ever) and his wife Emma Watson, this is quite a little movie.
3/4
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