The Boring Blue Eye

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Ahhh Christian Bale.. Definitely one of the best actors if you ask me, living and breathing each role he takes. He has nailed so many characters, Batman, America Psycho, Big Short.. And the list goes on and one. I just can't think of someone equally versatile.

So, I was quite surprised when I saw on my Netflix feed "The Pale Blue Eye", an American mystery thriller film written and directed by Scott Cooper, adapted from a 2003 novel of the same name. Never heard of the novel before but fuck it, I was still write excited when I pressed the play button. It did star Cristian Bale after all.

The movie is set in 1830 where Bale posts the role of a genius detective:

A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14138650/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

As much as I wanted to like the movie...I found it to be painfully slow and was bored quite a few times. If it wasn't for Bale, I would have probably stopped it midway through. Dunno, maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea, and judging from the IMDB reviews many others did enjoy the slow build up 😐 Just not me 🤣

Other then that, this was a great movie. The cast and acting was superb and the story quite interesting. And it was one of the few movies that the plot twist totally took me by surprise!

Not a must but imo a decent watch. I just wish it wasn't so boring here and there 😆

As is, I'll give it a 7/10, but don't let that bias you. Chances are you will enjoy the pale blue eye more than I did. Or not 😆



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He is a good actor, I might have to give it a watch.

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This is a new Netflix series right? Because I saw the hype around it's release. Basically murderous thrillers takes time for the plot to come together, hence it feels boring when they're not there yet.

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The fast foward button is very useful for these kind of movies

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Christian Bale is just why I'm gonna watch this one no matter how boring it turns out.... From trailer it looks like a full thriller. Will, see how it is...7/10 is still Goooood.

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Slow build ups tend to bring a better plot twist...
So maybe you did enjoy it...
Or not😂😂

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A day before yesterday I watched Violent Santa and reviewed it, now you have given this movie for weekend watch time. If get bored I'll play mobile games all along.

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I was avoiding because people say that it is very slow lol
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The year is 1830, only 197 years have passed, but it's like a different world, a different civilization. At that time, the clothes were beautiful.

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Not sure I will bother as I dont want to be bored by the slow build up.

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