tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451558999988150283.post9049230151090150181..comments2023-04-10T16:27:55.526+08:00Comments on Asleep at the Wheel: Film Review: State of Play (2009)I, Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410060970572416052noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451558999988150283.post-45628733613407001402009-08-23T13:36:36.855+08:002009-08-23T13:36:36.855+08:00Excellent review!
I was nodding along to your com...Excellent review! <br />I was nodding along to your comments and I have to agree, I was thinking along the same lines when I first saw this.<br />I enjoyed seeing the clashes of characters values. <br />"It's not a story, it's a case!" is, like you said, a direct quote highlighting the two different prerogatives of the central characters, capturing both the inner and exterior cat and mouse chases between crook and crime, and crime and the media.<br />I also agree with the story. I too, was afraid that I'd be sitting through 2hours of talking heads that would just tell me the story and not show it.<br />Fortunately, I was saved such a fate when I witnessed a tight knit, fast paced story that was plotted with characters with contrasting motives.<br />Having Cal as a bit of grimey has-been who drives a fall apart car, and eats tins of bachelor chow for dinner was a fine, if not predictable juxtaposition to Affleck's prim and proper Collins. But such a relationship was not only political and professional, but a personal one aswell, adding to the tension. There was more to lose in this case.<br />I enjoyed this alot. I thought the story was executed in a tough, succinct way, with all bases covered and questions answered - no matter how immoral the practices to derive such truths.April Skyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920061009601227380noreply@blogger.com