"Forever and Never"

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2005)

This was the closest thing I've seen to a stylistic cinematic explosion. So lush and stylized as to be suitable for framing. The acting across the board was excellent. All three male protagonists totally dove into their roles without winking at the camera or condescending to the over the top noir dialog. Visually, it was absolutely stunning. The dialog was straight from the graphic novel. That may ultimately be it's Achilles heel in a way. I saw it twice this weekend. Let's face it, movie audiences are generally young. I could tell that the noir dialog referring to 'dames', 'broads', getting "plugged", 'mitts", "Kill him. Kill him good", etc... were generally not part of the younger audiences point of reference, even historically. They often simply didn't really 'get' the dialog on it's own level. It may have fallen flat or simply made them chuckle. In my opinion, that's their (the younger audience's) problem though. Rodriguez and Miller wrote it true to the genre. My only criticism was that it ran slow in spots. Very forgivable though. This is a truly original movie. You don't get that very often. This will be one to own on DVD.