Wow this movie was good. The plot was truly amazing. I've never really been into the whole alien/sci-fi type of movie but the dark city does a good job of balancing the whole alien aspect with ideas of humanity and how we work.
In my opinion, the most powerful point in the film is when John tells the Strangers that they were looking in the wrong place if they wanted to find out about humanity. Its not what's in our heads, but what's in our hearts, that makes us a unique species.
The whole idea of perpetual night is what gives Dark City its film-noir vibe. because without that, i wouldn't say this movie reflects what a film-noir movie is.
I think the directors cut of the movie is superior to the regular version for two reasons: no narration in the beginning, and the tuning doesn't come till later. The idea of not knowing what the hell is going on really grabs the audience and keeps them on the edge of their seat, hoping to learn more. We learn information, piece by piece, and when the truth is revealed you get that feeling of oh wow what the heck i never could have guessed that.
So if its not clear, Dark City gets two thumbs up in my book
I'll show a bit of the original tomorrow, so you can see what you htink. One can't really judge without comparing the two. Frankly, I think the original version is tighter, leaving out some extraneous elements.
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