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I was just browsing the schedule and I saw that this film is on tonight at 23:10 on BBC2.

I watched this film just recently after hearing for years about how brilliant it was supposed to be and how it is the best crime/heist film ever made but in all honesty I was disappointed by it. It was good but not brilliant.

I think that it is overrated and people feel they have to like it just because Pacino and De Niro are in it.

First of all it is too long due to the fact that boring side stories get brought into it which showcase the private lives of the characters . Pacino's character is just weird and talks in a strange manner and De Niro doesn't seem to say or do anything interesting despite arguably being the main character. The most interesting character is played by Val Kilmer but he doesn't get much screen time.

The film is best remembered for having two famous scenes - the bank heist and the restaurant meeting but both of these come across as being silly and unrealistic.
 
I'm pretty sure it was a very similar story to a Chinese film. Possibly Chow Yun Fat and John Woo. It may be worth while checking it out providing you can accept the subtitles or dubbing, or that you can understand the original language.....and find out what film it was :D
 
Your post hardly captures the intricacies of the story or the plot.

Its a fab film and the soundtrack is awesome, and how you cant grasp De Niros character is bizzare!
 
I do get De Niro's character it's just that he doesn't seem very interesting. All he does is sit there pulling faces and speaking in cliches. I once read a review where somebody said "De Niro is the only actor who can make doing nothing seem like overacting" and I completely agree with that.

The whole climax of the film revolves around whther or not McCauley can can escape from the hotel in time to escape to New Zealand with Eady, but why should we care? He only met her a week earlier in a bar.
 
I think a simial quote has been used to describe Clint Eastwood.

I can't remember the show or actor who said this but it was something along the lines of on stage you have to overact and emphasise expressions, but on film with high quality close ups the best actors are the ones who can stay still and let the silence and stillness do the acting.
 
Heat is a remake/expansion of an earlier Michael Mann film - LA Takedown. It's very interesting putting them together and seeing how far Mann has come.

I wasn't too bowled over by Heat at first, but unlike so many it gains greatly by repeat viewing. Mann has been compared to (and was surely influenced by) Kubrick, and with Heat you can see why. A fantastic film.
 
Totally agree. When i first watched it i wasn't that impressed, i thought it was good but not amazing or anything. The second time i watched it a few years later i thought it was absolutely brilliant and it's now one of my favourite films ever.

The shootout is one of the greatest scenes to ever grace a film reel.
 
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