just watch it!

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Not sure why so many deem this movie "forgotten" as it's a classic. I say masterpiece from a visual point of view, all the actors, the script, the music, the photography. The scenes are poignant and the violence of the reactions is always justified. New York in 1978 is quite a sight and the photographs are the stars of the show. Faye Dunaway is just magical as always and Tommy Lee Jones truly amazing. It's NOT a horror movie, and NOT a slasher so if you're looking for that keep looking. And the pace is the pace of when movies were great: when each cut was not less than 1 1/2 seconds and the camera didn't shake for no reason. So if you want hectic sea-sickening "action" watch something like The Bourne Identity instead. And the list of co-creators is truly amazing: Irvin Kershner, John Carpenter, and the song Prisoner by Barbra Streisand is one of her great ones - if you liked the Guilty era this one is for you.

Faye Dunaway played Laura Mars, a successful, controversial New York City art photographer, with a psychic vision. Tommy Lee Jones played John Neville, a New York City cop who takes an interest in her work and her. Rene Auberjonois played a supportive colleague. Dunaway's performance is believable enough. The film was shot on location in New York City in the late seventies. The cast was first rate and the film is quite rattling. Dunaway did a terrific job in playing Laura Mars and the film is quite entertaining and thrilling to the suspenseful end. The film has a mystery feel and keeps you guessing to the end of the film. I won't spoil the ending.

This movie was made in the late 1970's and still is good. It also captures a type of celebrity that today's celebrities don't have. It was when photography was real and no photo-shop around, yeah there were airbrushes, but talent and marketing made a celebrity, not just marketing. It is one of Tommy Lee Jones' first major roles and he was great. It was one of Faye Dunaway's last great roles. The song by Barbara Streisand still is haunting and great today. One reason it wasn't as well received was due to the producer being Jon Peters who was back then known more for being Barbara's Boyfriend. But the script was written by John Carpenter.Among the film's other assets are all the time-capsule location shots in Manhattan, the now-quaint disco soundtrack, the Helmut Newton-style "photo session scenes", and a strong supporting cast which includes Tommy Lee Jones as a homicide detective who becomes romantically involved with the titular Miss Mars. The plot at times stretches believability to ludicrous heights, such as when Dunaway, "seeing" a murder in progress, drives a car through the streets of Manhattan, even though she's effectively blind, screaming "Donald!" before finally crashing through a show window (How did she manage all those turns? From memory?) But unintentional camp does not hurt "the Eyes of Laura Mars" one bit in fact, it just makes it all the more delicious!Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

The plot = Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) plays a fashion photographer who takes pictures of models in violence situations, but soon she starts having dreams and visions of her friends getting killed, through the eyes of the killer, as she tries to figure out whats going on, she becomes romantically involved with a detective John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones) and they both try solve these crimes before it becomes too late.This thriller from the late 70's is a very slick and stylish affair, a good old fashioned stalk and slash fair, although not entirely a slasher movie per say, but still a pretty decent suspenseful thriller. Blood doesn't always have to be in bulk. You just need an engrossing plot, a good twist, pretty models and some sleaziness to go with it.The tone changes from scene to scene, but it is beautifully shot, with clever writing and great dialogue, along with the actors that makes this movie work on so many levels. The scenes with Laura having a vision of another murder are very repetitive. The same thing happens. She's doing whatever, freezes in place, eyes go wide, mouth drops, and we see a blurred killer's-eye-view of who is dying. It's all very funny, but startling, because we know what Mars must be going through to endure such an eerie thing. The whodunnit element really works well throughout, as I was completely surprised when the true killer was revealed, The body count is quite high as well which will keep all true slasher fans happy, it's full of giallo tendencies. The stalking scenes and close-ups of the ice pick are just enough to add a psycho's tough to this underrated piece.Okay it's not perfect there are a few minor bad points, like the storyline do slow down in parts, like after a murder and the ending is also lacking thrills, but other than those points it's still a thrilling ride.The performances is what truly makes this movie work, Faye Dunaway is excellent as the lead Laura Mars, along with Tommy Lee Jones in one of his early roles as the detective and love interest, they're chemistry with each other and watching they're relationship develop further as the movie progressed was a real highlight. Brad Douriff a familiar face who would go on to play the infamous (Chucky) as a early role as the down and out limo driver, whose creepy and unsettling at the same time really works. The late Raul Julia plays the sleazy husband really well but we don't see enough of him, and the flamboyant friend Donald Phelps (Rene Auberjonois) was brilliant in his role, he switches from funny to serious really well and the models Lulu (Darlanne Fluegel) and Michele (Lisa Taylor) were stunning and a lot of fun, and this movie makes you feel for these characters especially when it comes to they're demise.So all in all a fashionable thriller with excellent performances with a fun 70's disco soundtrack and great suspenseful scenes.