Dog Day Afternoon

Sinfonia · 10-04-2007 6:20am #1

Finally got around to watching this film, as I had intended to for years!

Thought it was excellent
It says it's a true story, but I'm not sure if that's true or not...
Pacino was absolutely excellent as always, and it was hilarious too!

What do others think of it? (If you haven't seen it, I'd recommend you do!)

humanji · 10-04-2007 7:32am

It's a great film all right. It's inspired by John_Wojtowicz.

CyberGhost · 10-04-2007 8:01am

Great movie, loved the ending, was predictible but still very shocking and cold.

Petey2006 · 10-04-2007 8:42am

Really great film. One of Pacino's great performances.

ATTICA! ATTICA!

Sinfonia · 10-04-2007 12:12pm

CyberGhost wrote:

Great movie, loved the ending, was predictible but still very shocking and cold.

Yeah, it was predictable, and when the driver opened the thing with the gun in it I was thinking "Oh no!" but I still jumped a bit when he shot Sal

DS · 10-04-2007 12:57pm

I was a bit disappointed by this movie. Sure the acting was great but there really wasn't much of a story at all.

silvine · 11-04-2007 1:43pm

If you've forgotten how good the sometimes hammy Pacino can be, this is a film to remind you.

Plus it is good to finally see where the famous "Attica,Attica" catchphrase comes from.

The ending was surprising too. It was different to what you'd see in Hollywood now days e.g. Inside Man.

Sinfonia · 11-04-2007 4:38pm

DS wrote:

there really wasn't much of a story at all.

How do you mean?
There was a beginning, middle and end, and in all parts I thought it was really exciting, funny and interesting(because it's true).

Sad Professor · 11-04-2007 5:50pm

Classic film. Interesting to note that aside from the title sequence there's no music.

Sinfonia · 11-04-2007 6:09pm

Sad Professor wrote:

Classic film. Interesting to note that aside from the title sequence there's no music.

Yeah, forgot about that actually, my girlfriend said the same thing about 30mins in.

I thought that made it better though, more realistic. It didn't need it anyway.
Sort of like when you watch The Office, it feels more like a documentary without music, whereas if it had music, it'd feel like a sitcom.

quickbeam · 11-04-2007 9:04pm

This is one of my favourite movies of all time. It's a great story, very sad, and with great performances. I think you can forget about The Godfather or Scent Of A Woman or whatnot - THIS is Pacino's best performance in my opinion. Though it's a steller cast throughout.

Came across it by accident a few years ago and loved it right from the outset. Maybe it's a film you need to discover for yourself rather than to approach due to the hype.