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Movie Review: Bringing Out the Dead

I'll admit, I wasnt really in the mood to watch this, but I felt like I wanted to see it at some point, so why not? And I guess I'm not totally disappointed with it, but it wasn't very powerful. Nick Cage does a fine job looking emotional, and a lot of the supporting cast is good, but the story doesn't seem to do much, and the emotional storyline doesn't seem that interesting or surprising.

But it is a Martin Scorsese movie, so... it makes me wonder if filmmakers tend to get worse as they get older. You'd think they would improve, having better skills and techniques, having more patience, having more control over budgets and the studio's involvement. But maybe that passion goes away, or other things become a priority beyond movies, or maybe all the good ideas have been used up. Or maybe they build up too much respect for the editor to be able to do a good job.