Passion for Sundae

Drooling for sundae. Not good.

Primal Fear --- Twisted Thoughts

I've heard of this movie a million times. Well, there's this primary fact that I had my Edward Norton moment two or three years ago after I watched The Illusionist. I was pretty much so totally obsessed with Ed Norton after that --- I bought Fight Club, 25th Hour, The Painted Veil, watched the Incredible Hulk on its premier night, followed the guy on every Hollywood blog I can find --- I swear I was delirious. Normal stalking for a fan whose only resource material is the internet. So back to the movie. My boyfriend and I saw this 1996 film VCD tape stashed out in this small video store downtown where they're selling original VCDs for 10 freaking pesos. So the video sat on top of our player for a few more weeks before we finally decided to watch it today at lunch. I know Edward Norton to be a superb actor and famous for playing roles with multiple personality disorders (I am a big fan of Tell Me Your Dreams as well) so I was yawning the entire time since I know that he's gonna have a split anytime soon. I've read the reviews for Primal Fear and I actually even forgot Richard Gere was in it (I still love you in First Knight) --- everybody was gabbing about Edward Norton and his brilliant accent. The twist in the ending was priceless. It took me about a full minute before I recovered, no kidding. Of course, we have such twists with the kind of movies we have now but a movie displaying this kind of plot 14 years ago deserves a nod --- a couple of times. Laura Linney was astounding as well (and I wouldn't forget her in The Savages with Philip Seymour Hoffman). But Ed Norton definitely delivered. Although I have to admit his character is overrated --- it's a nice good kind of overrated character. I recommend it for those who love sprawling in bed in the middle of the day doing nothing. Give yourself a treat.