SYNOPSICS
Live! (2007) is a English movie. Bill Guttentag has directed this movie. Eva Mendes,David Krumholtz,Rob Brown,Katie Cassidy are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2007. Live! (2007) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
In a world where reality and entertainment are continuously colliding, Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Bill Guttentag's feature debut Live! follows ABN network president Katy Courbet and up-and-coming documentary filmmaker Rex as inspiration strikes to create the most daring reality program ever. The show is Russian Roulette, network style, with contestants competing for five million dollars on-air, complete with loaded guns. As seen through the lens of a documentary film crew, Live! examines the competitive and often gut-wrenching world of television production, where everyone from the crew to the contestants to the network brass becomes engulfed in a ratings battle to the top-a battle where questions of morality, ethics and sheer will lead to a darkly humorous and unforgettable outcome.
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Live! (2007) Reviews
Definitely worth watching; no masterpiece.
Although I found the message of the movie somewhat cliché (as I'm sure many, including the writer(s), will agree) and I thought I spotted a plot hole here or there, it had a decent script, effective directing and decent acting from the entire cast. That's decent twice, because although I definitely feel that this production deserved the time, money and energy invested, I am more looking forward to seeing the director's future, hopefully more refined work. However, as someone said in a discussion thread below, the climax really made you feel as if you were transported into the semi-fictional world of the film, despite being aware of what your own reality is like. That's a tough thing to accomplish, and that, combined with several other moments of effective self-reference by the movie, can only cause me to conclude that it's a solid piece of work by all involved, and it shows definite promise of To sum up: overall worth watching at least once.
Interesting film
I am stunned by the low rating this movie received so far. Maybe it is due to the lack of explosions and naked women. True, it wasn't the best movie this year and the first hour was a bit slow, but this film raises some interesting questions. How far can we go to entertain ourselves? Of course this movie is an exaggeration of the real future of television (at least, let's hope..) but it made me think about the dilemma on whether we should abide by common ethical rules to control TV shows, or what the people want to see and who voluntarily sign themselves up for reality TV. In my opinion the idea behind the film deserves a 10. Live! is set up as a documentary, which lends itself perfectly for the story. The problem with this however, is that it needs a certain type of 'realistic' acting which is hard to achieve, and most of the actors looked like they were trying too hard. The first hour was a bit boring, but after the show was allowed to air, it became very interesting. The end kept me on the edge of my seat. If you like a movie with a message which opens the mind up for an interesting debate, go see it. If you liked 'Harold and Kumar go to Whitecastle', don't.
Nice idea, flawed movie
WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW!! I've seen this movie yesterday in a cinema near me. The story is about a game show featuring Russian Roulette, called 'Live'. The idea is that five of the six candidates walk away with a considerable prize (5 million). The spectator sees how this idea is thought up and sees the whole media circus prior to the airing of the game show. For me, this was when the movie (finally) got interesting: would they actually go ahead with Live? Who would live and who would die? I will not reveal the end; I will give my criticism instead. The idea is interesting: How far will (/do) these television (game) shows go? However, the problems with a Russian Roulette television show are obvious: - a contestant can chicken out at the last moment, the more so when more contestants before him/her fire a blank (the odds increase against the contestant); - if the first five persons fire a blank, the sixth bullet will be the real bullet and the last contestant will also be aware of this. I doubt that a contestant would be inclined to play under those circumstances; i.e. with a view to certain death and no prize. This could be remedied by spinning the chamber after each shot. However, there's another problem that is a bit harder to solve: - a contestant can use the gun to shoot someone else than themselves; So, in my opinion, the idea was nice but could have been more elaborated.
Starts of slow but has a great finish!
Actually everything you write about this movie is too much... This is a movie you have to know nothing about when you see it. I saw it at the Sneak Preview at my local cinema. I never heard anything about it before I saw it, never saw trailers, posters or whatever. The movie starts of a bit slow... you will think: 'Is this it?' But really, after a while this movie gets so incredible... Even if it is only in the last half hour of the movie. That is just what you want to see it for. The last half hour. I have nothing more to say, I do not wish to spoil the movie for you. Just go see it, you won't be disappointed.
An excellent and underrated film
Although I admit having seen a few episodes from the first season of The Real World on MTV back in early 90's, I quickly lost interest on the "reality television", and I hate the actual state from that TV genre, because it shows artificial and forced drama in order to entertain the viewer.I am not saying that is precisely bad...I understand its attractive, but I simply do not share it.Maybe because of that, I have found almost all the movies which use the subject of "reality show" to be mediocre.However,I think it is interesting to speculate about the extremes the popular entertainment which is driven by the TV channels' ambition will reach.The excellent (and very underrated) movie Live! examines precisely that, at the same time it offers a lot of positive elements. Because of its poster and synopsis,I expected Live! to be a dark and sordid thriller at the style of FearDotCom or My Little Eye,but the movie really impressed me because of its sober tone and intelligent screenplay.Everything this movie depicts feels very realistic, at the same time it brings very interesting messages about "reality TV".The only fail I found on the screenplay were a few elements which did not feel too natural. However,Live! deserves a very enthusiastic recommendation thanks to its good manufacture,brilliant screenplay and the excellent performances from Eva Mendes, Monet Mazur and Rob Brown.This is one of those movies which endorse entertainment with reflection, and it deserves admiration because of that.