![]() However, while the aesthetic and the individual crimes scream "noir", your rigid protagonist Cole Phelps lacks complexity, and the game leaves you wondering why another character wasn't the lead instead. Noire not only gives a modern audience a return to the genre, but actually sets them inside the world and lets them traverse a stunning recreation of 1940s Los Angeles. I've always been puzzled by its absence because great noir doesn't just transport us to another time, but another world. While we're bound to get one or two westerns a year, film noir-at least in its classic sense-seems to have disappeared. I love the stark cinematography, the world-weary cynicism and lost causes of the protagonists, and the pulpy accessibility of the stories with the thoughtful subtext simmering underneath. It's probably my favorite just ahead of westerns.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |