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Kaylynn44
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 Posted - May 05 2004 : 7:40:15 PM
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Has anybody see "The Missing?" A friend of mine loaned me the dvd, and I had another friend send me a tape from Canada. It was all in french and she knows that I can't understand a word of french. Just her little attempt at humor.  But I watched it anyway.
Anyway, it had Tommy Lee Jones in it, and he is one of my favorite actors. I will watch anything with TLJ!!! Eric Schweig was in it too and the make-up artist was very good because Eric was U-G-L-Y. I guess that since he was the bad guy, they wanted to make him look the part.
TLJ was excellent in this movie, but then again, he always is.  Parts of the movie I liked, and other parts, I didn't, especially the ending, but I think that it is still worth renting.
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Bookworm
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| I rented it not long ago, Kay, and had a similar mixed reaction. The acting was excellent, as it always is with TLJ and Cate Blanchett. I thought the first half-hour or so was very compelling, maybe because I didn't know what was going to happen next. Then the movie settled into your basic Western chase sequence -- you know the bad guy will die, the girl will be rescued, various ordeals will be thrown in (like the flash flood), and the only suspense is who else will have to be sacrificed along the way. Seems odd that Eric Schweig has now died in a fall from a cliff, in two different movies! And I thought the movie raised some questions about Cate's relationships with men (e.g., why wouldn't she marry the hired man?) and then never answered them, which was frustrating. Overall, I thought it should either have been edited more tightly (like LOTM), or it should have been a miniseries, with time to answer all the questions. |
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Kaya
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Posted - May 28 2004 : 08:21:32 AM
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| It's one of those love it or hate it movies. It was OK, glad I rented it instead of seeing it in the theater. It needed a lot of editing, most scenes were too long and too boring but the scenery was beautiful. It still became cliche-ridden fast. I really expected a lot better from Ron Howard. It did die a fast death at the box office. |
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vincent
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Posted - May 19 2005 : 2:15:57 PM
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| Finally got a chance to watch The Missing. A very predictable storyline. I thought that the evil medicine man looked very familiar. Then it dawned on me that was none other than Eric Schweig. Great makeup job! |
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Posted - May 19 2005 : 2:54:16 PM
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(Hello Vincent!)
I had read the book; or short story; on which the Missing was based, and it was SO MUCH BETTER than the movie; it spoiled the movie for me; however, if they went by the book; that whole Eric Schweig part was non-existant (one wonders how sections are thought up that aren't in the orginal material) (Oh! Bite my tongue; has anyone tried to read Last of the Mohicans?????)Anyway, much of the above (postings) mentions questions that would never had taken place (that Cate B. had a hubby, not a boyfriend,etc.)if the book were followed more faithfully. The short story/book goes by another name which escapes me right now; oh my old memory just got refreshed by google: The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson - Dot was the only figure that kept the book idenity; Tommy Lee and Cate almost. But then, there was a brother in there; so different. I think it would have been better to see the movie first in retrospect than the other way around. But then, I can imagine those who love to read the book version of LOTM wouldn't love the movie!
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misschanelno5
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Posted - May 19 2005 : 5:20:21 PM
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"The Missing" was definately an idea with potential; definately a movie that could have been directed with a more firm hand. I totally agree with what you all said (and did anyone notice those strange black-and-white rushing desert sequences that didn't seem to mesh with either the theme or the overall look of the movie? weird)
I thought it was REALLY odd that the group holding the girls to be sold across the border were so evil, yet tried no "funny business" with young, attractive captive women. Don't get me wrong, in a way I was glad to be spared such awfulness onscreen(and I certainly don't think one has to be young or attractive to be assaulted!) but it just didn't ring true to me ... so I couldn't buy that storyline. 
Though his part as a bad guy was a little disappointing, Eric did have a great makeup job!  |
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blueotter
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Posted - May 19 2005 : 9:29:40 PM
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Hi,
Because I adore Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett AND Eric Schweig, I bought the movie. Did y'all notice that Val Kilmer is in it too in a little tiny role? He lives very near where it was being filmed and begged to have a part in it.
Anyway, on my copy (perhaps on every copy) there are scenes that were cut, and an alternate ending. The cut scenes would have answered more questions. I weep every time I see it because it really portrays the idea that it's not ALWAYS "too little too late". Even though TLJ took a long time to give of himself to his family, he did it with an open heart and great sincerity, and his daughter was able to open her heart and find peace, as he did. I love the whole idea of it. But then again, Cate Blanchett and TLJ make their movies better because they're in it. I'm one of those people that doesn't pay a lot of attention to the potential editing of a movie (unless there is a lame ending, like "legends of thefall"), so maybe you can liken that to a wine connoisseur who will drink wine under $20 a bottle. That's me, too! 
I like the movie. Period.
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Posted - May 20 2005 : 06:04:12 AM
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maybe you can liken that to a wine connoisseur who will drink wine under $20 a bottle.
That is so cute! Rose, I'm stealing your anecdote and putting it in my own collection. You've been warned!
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blueotter
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Posted - May 20 2005 : 06:59:49 AM
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Val Kilmer played the cavalry captain (black beard) that Cate Blanchett begged to help her find her daughter (but he was planning to search in the opposite direction). It was a small part, and he didn't quite look like "Val Kilmer", and I swore it wasn't him. But in the end, I lost the bet. In the "special features" on the DVD, Ron Howard talked about how Val Kilmer wanted to be in the movie. I thought that was kind of neat.
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Paula
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Posted - May 20 2005 : 07:45:58 AM
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Hi there 
I saw The Missing awhile ago and enjoyed the film although it
took awhile for me work out who Eric Schweig was playing, mind you
I was looking for his smouldering good looks (as he was in LOTM) and did not expect him to be the ‘Ugly’ one!
Hi Misschanelno5 …..Val Kilmer played Lt. Ducharme. He had a small part so easy to miss, especially as he was also heavily bearded (if I remember correctly).
Will anyone be tuning in to ‘Into the West’? I understanding this is airing in the US in June. If so, would love to hear what you think of it. I hope it makes it over to the UK.
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Irishgirl
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| I really enjoyed the movie and thought Eric's portrayal of "the bad guy" was excellent. He usually does not play the "bad guys" in movies. He did a great job and the make-up to make him look ugly was great. Notice those horrible black fingers and nails yuck. I hear it took hours to make him look so ugly and understandably so as he is a very handsome, cute guy. Tommy Lee was great and so was Cate. I just wish TLJ character had not died at the end and he could have gone back to live with Cate and the girls. Movies seldom have a happy ending. Just loved it. Funny though how they both fell from the cliff at the end and Eric's character's head is split open with blood gushing forth all over the place yet TLJ's character looks like he is just taking a nap. Guess they did not want to show our "hero" with his brains all over the rocks. |
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