INSIDE MAN

ASIDE ---
A FALSE DILEMMA IS A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT REALLY A PROBLEM.
*IF YOU ARE ASKED TO WASH THE DISHES, YOU CAN'T -->> YOU HAVE TO STUDY.
** IF GABRIELLE UNION INVITES YOU TO HER HOUSE FOR DRINKS, YOU WILL NOT BE DETERRED BY A SINK FULL OF DIRTY DISHES. THE DISHES WILL CEASE TO BE A PROBLEM.
I HAVE BEEN REFERENCING THE USUAL SUSPECTS, QUITE OFTEN.
THIS MOVIE IS A LOT LIKE THE USUAL SUSPECTS --- EVERYONE LOVES THE USUAL SUSPECTS, I LOVED THE USUAL SUSPECTS -- BUT AS I LEFT THE THEATRE, AFTER SEEING IT, IT DAWNED ON ME THAT THIS FINE STORY, REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MEANING - IT WAS A WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT NOTHING.

I WATCHED INSIDE MAN AND WAS MARVELING AT WHAT A FINE FILM THIS WAS - IT WAS MYSTERIOUS, SERIOUS, COMPELLING, HUMOROUS, REALISTIC, WELL PACED -
THE ACTING WAS FINE AND THE DIALOGUE WAS CLEVER -- IT HAD THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS FILM TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE -- UNTIL, THE LAST FIVE MINUTES -- THEN I STARTED TO ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I HAD JUST SEEN AND THE ANSWERS WERE NOT VERY GOOD -- I HAD SEEN A WONDERFUL STORY, WELL TOLD AND ENTERTAINING TO WATCH, BUT AS WITH THE VILLAGE, I JUST HAD TOO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I HAD JUST SEEN -- THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WHEN YOU SIT IN A THEATRE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AND THEN ARE NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE WATCHING.

NOW, MY PROBLEM, MAY NOT BE YOUR PROBLEM -- I WOULD STILL RECOMMEND THIS FILM -- I LIKED THE FILM FOR ONE HOUR AND FIFTY-FIVE MINUTES.

DIRECTOR, SPIKE LEE, DID A FINE JOB, EXCEPT FOR FORCING HIS SIGNATURE DOLLY SHOT INTO A SCENE, WHERE IT WAS A DISTRACTION -- THE TECHNIQUE WHERE A CHARACTER APPEARS TO BE FLOATING, INSTEAD OF WALKING - REMEMBER MALCOLM X, GOING TO THE AUDUBON BALLROOM..

EVEN WITH MY PROBLEMS, I AM GLAD I SAW THE MOVIE.