Salt and Fire

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Apr 9, 2019 Terrible movie, do not watch.

Ron R Apr 8, 2019 The one star recognizes the few visually stunning scenic landscapes. The rest isn't worth the price of popcorn.

May 31, 2018 Not sure what was that movie about. Seemd a lot of money was put in, but it was bad placed. No stars given.

Luke R Mar 21, 2018 WTH did I just watch? Bad Bad Bad movie. I am angry that it exists. Nothing makes any sense. I did learn a bit about Salar de Uyun after google-ing the subject, but the movie doesn't bother to let facts get in the way of its nonsense. The talented actors are wasted. Blah. See more

Kylo R Feb 9, 2018 Pretty tame and straightforward for a Werner Herzog film but still a little too bizarre to be considered mainstream. Salt and Fire is the work of an extraordinary filmmaker who is at an age and status where he is content with settling for proficient. Herzog is a mad genius who has made his mark and secured his legacy and no longer has anything left to prove... or say for that matter. Still, despite the flawed, awkward, and sometimes sluggish nature of Salt and Fire, which was no more underwhelming than 2009's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, the film is visually arresting and the tone is amusingly playful. Given the heaviness of the material, it was refreshing to see a drama that made its point and was emotionally affecting without taking itself too seriously. In fact, Salt and Fire works for basically only two reasons, the first being Michael Shannon (when is he not amazing) and second being that it does not take the medium of film too seriously, and if I had to guess, neither does Werner Herzog anymore. See more

Abraham S Nov 27, 2017 There's this incredibly weakly performed narrative happening over a fascinating visual context that despite it's shortcomings, is impossible to look away from. A gang of monotonous literalists somehow pull off a kidnapping right under the nose of every possible security agency. Lawrence Krauss has one name, is in a wheelchair, and pointlessly has his real life name and doesn't really need the wheelchair... he does it to be a pain in the ass villain. Michael Shannon's Matt Riley is an idealist billionaire who is trying to hammer home a point about what Man is doing to earth, while Veronica Ferres' hostage Laura is ultimately romanticized by all this. Guess she just likes it harder, his way of unwantonly touching her isn't much different than her colleague, but she's more willing to go along with Riley. Great camera setups, tracking shots, evoking the fear of slowly being captured in a helpless situation. Incredible landscape photography, particularly the salt sea which stretches for miles, the symmetry of these natural octogonal formations, the fear of the vastness of isolation, separation from one part of the world to another, man's small helpless stature amongst it. See more

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