Guillermo del Toro had nothing but praise for David Fincher’s “The Killer,” which seems to be very divisive around here. Here’s what Del Toro tweeted:
“The Killer is a beautiful Bronson movie if penned by Sartre and filmed by Melville with the briskness of a Siegel. I simply love, love, love when Fincher swings with a mean genre beat. Nimble and clockwork precise and fun. The breeziest film I have seen in a long time. It's great when you can see a film and a movie at the same time.”
The reviews for “The Killer” were quite positive, but there seems to be a clear consensus that it’s not one of Fincher’s best efforts. This shouldn’t detract anyone from seeing the film, which is still better than 90% of the new movies currently out there, but calling it a “minor” effort on the part of Fincher isn’t a stretch.
David Ellison believes the legal backlash over his Warner Bros. merger is “not really about market share,” and not driven primarily by concerns over market competition, but by politics.