Comments on: Black Book (2007), Paul Verhoeven, D

By: Jordan Hoffman Dot Com » Hollow Man (2000), Paul Verhoeven, B+

Jordan Hoffman Dot Com » Hollow Man (2000), Paul Verhoeven, B+ — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:53:21 +0000

[...] Many cry foul at this movie. They say the movie is evil and that Verhoeven is a sick, demanted man who is sympathetic to rapists. Being a swaggering dick is what Verhoeven does best. Sometimes this envelope-pushing works brilliantly, as in RoboCop and Starship Troopers. Sometimes the text itself doesn’t merit the transgression, as in the unfortunate Black Book. Hollow Man is probably somewhere in between in this regard. But if you turn your brain off completely, it also works as a pure popcorn flick. I think it is worth your time. [...]

By: rozger

rozger — Tue, 15 May 2007 02:49:21 +0000

Fer fux sake, Jordan, I’ve been telling you for years – Verhoven is a Nazi at heart, and not one of those “I joined to get ahead” Nazis, but one of the ones who really dug the idea of stomping someone’s guts out while wearing a cool hat. The vicousness of the brutal sequences is happiness to him.

he still gets to cinema heaven though because of the Starship Troopers shower scene.

By: Pacze Moj

Pacze Moj — Sat, 12 May 2007 22:21:31 +0000

Haven’t yet seen the film, so can’t form a definite opinion; but many of the reviews I’ve read really bite into Verhoeven for his exploitation, sympathetic Nazis, revisionism, etc. Especially because he’s dealing with a “sacred cow” topic. Precious little about much else that it’s those reviews, though.

So, its’ nice to see a review, though still critical of the film, that actually criticizes it as a film.