Beantown
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haha, get your *** to church.
What's The Last Movie You’ve Seen?
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haha, get your *** to church.
Safetydan
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R U sure it didn't kick @ss?
I'm pretty sure I explicitly warned you about this problem.
Took the kids to see this at the dollar theater, and it's quite good.
I eagerly await the Cinemax version.
I liked it, and my kids loved it.
Gyp Rosetti
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You never said why. Give me your take.
Archie Moses
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Took the kids to see this at the dollar theater, and it's quite good.
I eagerly await the Cinemax version.
The soundtrack for this movie is amazing.
Quick version: The Departed actually adapts sections of both Infernal Affairs and Infernal Affairs 2. As a result, since the comparison is unavoidable, Infernal Affairs is at a big disadvantage because it can never tell as much story.
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
The Girlfriend Experience: 5/10
I would have given it a 3 or 4/10 but Soderbergh's direction helped carry it.
I would have given it a 3 or 4/10 but Soderbergh's direction helped carry it.
prodigy
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Was recommended this by a saw fan, this is a pretty interesting, thrilling movie. The acting certainly isn't it's strong point, the black dude especially was really bad at overacting. Also some of the things don't make a whole lot of sense and it leaves you with a lot of questions unanswered. But it's worthwhile if you liked the saw movies.
AtheistPreacher
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Now watch Thirst. Same director, almost as good, though it is a little long. Kind of has that "multiple ending syndrome", where it feels like it could (or should) have ended, and then begins a whole other chapter going in a different direction. Makes it feel a bit uneven at times. But it's all worth it, especially for the ending scene, which I just adored in its dark comedic insanity (now that you've seen OldBoy, you know what I mean by "dark comedic insanity").
Watched it last night and this is a movie that stays with you. It's really good movie, so I'd recommend it.
Safetydan
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Review?
AtheistPreacher
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Biggest Ego on the Board was probably just waiting for someone to ask for it.
It was a heist movie. It engages in all the tropes of the genre, right down to lines about "one last job" and reasons why, for the leader of the heist, this is the most important job he's ever pulled.
On those terms, it's a success. But people are acting like it's bigger than that. It's not. There's nothing mind-blowing about it.
Nolan directs this movie the way Earl Boykins played point guard: it's all one speed all the time. No dynamism to the pacing of his film, and that's exhausting when it's two and a half hours long. It's even more exhausting when he compounds the singular pacing of the film with a very aggressive musical score. It's an assault on the viewer.
Marion Cotillard is the best part of the movie and is featured significantly in its best two scenes: the ledge jump, and the venture to the basement level with Ellen Page.
Speaking of Ellen Page: naming her "Ariadne" is Nolan thinking he's too clever by half. New rule when making movies: if you're going for a parallel to mythology and you need to include a character name that's four syllables long just stop right there. Anyone named "Ariadne" would be going by a nickname. In this instance, the use of the Ariadne name is particularly heavy handed given that Ellen Page uses the word labyrinthe multiple times.
Speaking of heavy handed, DiCaprio's world is literally crumbling? Wow.
I could go on, but that's enough for now.
On those terms, it's a success. But people are acting like it's bigger than that. It's not. There's nothing mind-blowing about it.
Nolan directs this movie the way Earl Boykins played point guard: it's all one speed all the time. No dynamism to the pacing of his film, and that's exhausting when it's two and a half hours long. It's even more exhausting when he compounds the singular pacing of the film with a very aggressive musical score. It's an assault on the viewer.
Marion Cotillard is the best part of the movie and is featured significantly in its best two scenes: the ledge jump, and the venture to the basement level with Ellen Page.
Speaking of Ellen Page: naming her "Ariadne" is Nolan thinking he's too clever by half. New rule when making movies: if you're going for a parallel to mythology and you need to include a character name that's four syllables long just stop right there. Anyone named "Ariadne" would be going by a nickname. In this instance, the use of the Ariadne name is particularly heavy handed given that Ellen Page uses the word labyrinthe multiple times.
Speaking of heavy handed, DiCaprio's world is literally crumbling? Wow.
I could go on, but that's enough for now.
Biggest Ego on the Board was probably just waiting for someone to ask for it.
Oh, and completely guilty.
