Miller's Crossing is a strong story, that ties up well and all around feels smartly written, but what it lacks is energy, convincing dialog, and a sense of realism.
My major gripe here are the scenes and elements used as a critique of iconic gangster movies, they stray too far into parody territory. As straight as the other scenes are played it's a strange contrast. A contrast that took me out of the story and immersion the movie had. Which is a shame because as I said it's got a strong story and performances to go with.
Secondly directing, some of it worked well, but in general I found it to be very run of the mill, safe. None of the scenes really stood out to me or stayed with me after the movie. It feels somewhat flat.
Pacing felt good, the movie moves a long well and the 2 hour runtime is not very noticeable. Music is alright, but used somewhat disruptively and comes across sometimes as ''tacked on''. It either came too late, or didn't elevate the scene enough.
I wished I liked it more, but I'm let down if I'm honest. I have seen much better from the Coen brothers.
My major gripe here are the scenes and elements used as a critique of iconic gangster movies, they stray too far into parody territory. As straight as the other scenes are played it's a strange contrast. A contrast that took me out of the story and immersion the movie had. Which is a shame because as I said it's got a strong story and performances to go with.
Secondly directing, some of it worked well, but in general I found it to be very run of the mill, safe. None of the scenes really stood out to me or stayed with me after the movie. It feels somewhat flat.
Pacing felt good, the movie moves a long well and the 2 hour runtime is not very noticeable. Music is alright, but used somewhat disruptively and comes across sometimes as ''tacked on''. It either came too late, or didn't elevate the scene enough.
I wished I liked it more, but I'm let down if I'm honest. I have seen much better from the Coen brothers.