http://www.filmschoolrejects.com The latest movie news, movie trailers, interviews, rumors, celebrity news, photos and attitude from Film School Rejects the essential online movie magazine. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:28:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/festivals/austin-2006/comment-page-1#comment-2902 Film School Rejects » Archive » AFF 2006 Review: Payback - Straight Up Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:29:28 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/festivals/austin-2006/#comment-2902 [...] The funny thing is this: since the original movie was so underwhelming, it will be difficult for audience's to pinpoint differences in this one. Even going into the movie knowing the back story, I had trouble remembering what scenes were in the first or what got cut out. On its own, Straight Up is a good movie, but it's not amazing. Most of the hype comes from Helgeland's tragic tale as a slighted director, not from the innovative new vision. Counter that with great examples of film noir like the sultry L.A. Confidential, steroid-injected Sin City, or the hopefully soon-to-be-released Lonely Hearts (which also played at Austin), and Straight Up pales in comparison. [...] [...] The funny thing is this: since the original movie was so underwhelming, it will be difficult for audience’s to pinpoint differences in this one. Even going into the movie knowing the back story, I had trouble remembering what scenes were in the first or what got cut out. On its own, Straight Up is a good movie, but it’s not amazing. Most of the hype comes from Helgeland’s tragic tale as a slighted director, not from the innovative new vision. Counter that with great examples of film noir like the sultry L.A. Confidential, steroid-injected Sin City, or the hopefully soon-to-be-released Lonely Hearts (which also played at Austin), and Straight Up pales in comparison. [...]

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