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I know, right? I was walking down the steet just yesterday and Kurt Wimmer shoved a copy of Ultraviolet straight up my ass.
Fucking Hollywood.
Don't get me started on what he should have done with Equilibrium. That movie had the potential to be something even more badass than most of the action films in the last twenty years, but we got above-average-action-flick instead.
It's not fair to both films to compare them to each other. They have plenty of the same elements, but the themes behind the two films are different enough for each to stand on their own merit.
I laughed all the way through that Mel Gibson movie "We Were Soldiers". The people around me were pissed, but I couldn't help it. The scene where that guy gets hit with the napalm and his entire body is scorched but his teeth are perfectly white got me especially bad. Those fucking Orbitz gum commercials popped into my head (But how does your mouth feel? ...fabulous!) and I just couldn't hold it back.
I laughed loudly during Revenge of the Sith where Anakin ignites his lightsaber in that room full of kids. I got scornful looks from my friends who were all really getting into it. It was such a clumsy and poorly executed scene, though... like most of the movie, really, but let's not derail the thread.
I thought the movie was alright, saw it a couple weeks ago. DiCaprio sucked balls though, he spent the entire movie acting like someone had sprayed him with lime juice, pursing his lips to look all badass the entire time. That's not acting Leo, that's just holding your face in a mildy pissed off way, or a totally "I'm a badass kinda way". Infact, the weakest part of the movie was DiCaprio. If they had a better actor playing him the movie would've been significantly better for me, but I never could stand Leo's utter lack of acting skills. If you find a clip of him on some soap opera when he was 14, and compare it to his acting in any recent movie (Blood Diamond/The Departed) its basically on the exact same level...and that's comparing a 14 year old's soap opera performance to a million dollar movie adult actor's performance. Blood Diamond, the guy just kinda threw on a pseudo english accent.
The plot wasn't as spectacular as everyone involved in the production of the movie thought. There were areas that were confusing, I mean I'm not a total dumbass and I just couldn't follow parts-- I was just sitting there trying to figure shit out waiting for the next action scene in parts because of the lack of clarity. I mean twists etc were predictable and explanations behind them were insufficient. It was certainly entertaining, and it was nice to see the Irish mafia for once instead of just Italian organized crime. The whole sideplot thingy with the psychologist made no sense and wasn't resolved properly in my opinion. It was definetly a good movie though, especially compared to all the crap that's out there. I also think the direction of the movie was spectacular, and the screenplay is probably where my issues with the movie come from-- oh and that unskilled hack they call an actor.
I dunno if they're "different tastes" so much as they are "wrong."
Lewls.
You care to elaborate on that or you know, discuss something?
EDIT: Don't get me wrong, Scorsese has done some good shit. But I don't think this movie is his best, or even close. I'll even argue with civil diologue that it's barely good, and is really borderline on average in some respects.
This movie is pure great, as many people may say it might not be one of his best, to me it was pure gold, how could you hate it, jack Nicholson as an Irish mobster, just like a few other people have said he plays bad guys really well. This is one of those movies that had me at the edge of my seat, haha alot of HOLY SHIT THAT HAPPENED! moments to.
also it had Dropkick Murphys in it what else is there not to like about it?!?
Also, as for laughing at inappropriate times, I have a story to tell about this.
My parents were watching Tears of the Sun, this was like a few years back. A couple of my friends and I had just gotten back from the movie theater. One of these guys is very eccentric, he says shit without thinking if it will be offensive or not. So its at the emotional climax of the film, you know, and he keeps trying to pull out lines like Tom Fucking Servo of MST3K. Its a film about African genocide, there's nothing funny, but no, here he goes.
After the happy rescue ending this African woman is crying and thanking the American soldiers who helped the village escape from the genocide. And through her tears she smiles at them.
At which point my friend goes "Jesus Christ that woman has white teeth."
I liked it, a lot. But I don't think it's as good as Casino.
And it doesn't hold a candle to Goodfellas.
It's still one of Marty's best (I call him Marty), which makes one of the top.. oh.. 100 films of all time ever ever, but it was a little disappointing after hearing everyone gush so much about it and that it was as good/better than Goodfellas.
God, I wish I had a better LCD to watch this on, I can actually see a few defects in the picture, with it being a little fuzzy and such.
The Blu-ray is nothing to write home about either, as far as HiDef goes. It's decent-to-good, nothing bad about it, just doesn't leap off the screen like some Blu-rays do.
People are already bitching that Warner held back on the bit-rate so it would fit on a HD-DVD (which are 30GB, Blu-ray is 50GB) since this is a dual-format release... :zzz:
Hootie, you better be troll-baiting, because Leonardo was awesome in both Blood Diamond and The Departed.
South African accents sound like psuedo-British accents, because that is exactly what they are. I was talking to a South African and she thought he did an excellent job.
I don't like the guy, and I have to admit he is an excellent actor.
That was one of the few "holy fuck" moments in the film. I thought the ending was entirely predictible. It was still a really good film.
Also saw "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which was extremely funny and good. Rent that if you didn't see it. Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer as a gay movie producer and some hot hot hot hot hot hot little lollipop of a chick. A++++ would rent again (and slow-mo thru the nude scenes) god bless you Blu-ray.
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I know, right? I was walking down the steet just yesterday and Kurt Wimmer shoved a copy of Ultraviolet straight up my ass.
Fucking Hollywood.
I haven't seen Infernal Affairs, but I agree.
Don't get me started on what he should have done with Equilibrium. That movie had the potential to be something even more badass than most of the action films in the last twenty years, but we got above-average-action-flick instead.
Fucking Kurt Wimmer.
It's not fair to both films to compare them to each other. They have plenty of the same elements, but the themes behind the two films are different enough for each to stand on their own merit.
I dunno if they're "different tastes" so much as they are "wrong."
Lewls.
I think it was the best movie to come out last year (but The Fountain, and Children of Men are damn close)
muh.
I laughed all the way through that Mel Gibson movie "We Were Soldiers". The people around me were pissed, but I couldn't help it. The scene where that guy gets hit with the napalm and his entire body is scorched but his teeth are perfectly white got me especially bad. Those fucking Orbitz gum commercials popped into my head (But how does your mouth feel? ...fabulous!) and I just couldn't hold it back.
I laughed loudly during Revenge of the Sith where Anakin ignites his lightsaber in that room full of kids. I got scornful looks from my friends who were all really getting into it. It was such a clumsy and poorly executed scene, though... like most of the movie, really, but let's not derail the thread.
The plot wasn't as spectacular as everyone involved in the production of the movie thought. There were areas that were confusing, I mean I'm not a total dumbass and I just couldn't follow parts-- I was just sitting there trying to figure shit out waiting for the next action scene in parts because of the lack of clarity. I mean twists etc were predictable and explanations behind them were insufficient. It was certainly entertaining, and it was nice to see the Irish mafia for once instead of just Italian organized crime. The whole sideplot thingy with the psychologist made no sense and wasn't resolved properly in my opinion. It was definetly a good movie though, especially compared to all the crap that's out there. I also think the direction of the movie was spectacular, and the screenplay is probably where my issues with the movie come from-- oh and that unskilled hack they call an actor.
Considering how much shit Vader's just had dumped on him, he's got every right to express some vocalized agony.
And ESB gave us a Vader-voice bark of pain when Luke clipped him on the arm during the Bespin duel.
If Vader had dropped to his knees and howled in choppy, digitized anguish, the magnitude of his loss would have carried far better.
You care to elaborate on that or you know, discuss something?
EDIT: Don't get me wrong, Scorsese has done some good shit. But I don't think this movie is his best, or even close. I'll even argue with civil diologue that it's barely good, and is really borderline on average in some respects.
These are things I can live with.
i got it for valentines day and i don't think i'm gonna be in the mood for it for a while
Fuck them. I laughed, too. That makes it okay.
also it had Dropkick Murphys in it what else is there not to like about it?!?
Man, you fucking asshole.
No doubt.
Also, as for laughing at inappropriate times, I have a story to tell about this.
My parents were watching Tears of the Sun, this was like a few years back. A couple of my friends and I had just gotten back from the movie theater. One of these guys is very eccentric, he says shit without thinking if it will be offensive or not. So its at the emotional climax of the film, you know, and he keeps trying to pull out lines like Tom Fucking Servo of MST3K. Its a film about African genocide, there's nothing funny, but no, here he goes.
After the happy rescue ending this African woman is crying and thanking the American soldiers who helped the village escape from the genocide. And through her tears she smiles at them.
At which point my friend goes "Jesus Christ that woman has white teeth."
And it doesn't hold a candle to Goodfellas.
It's still one of Marty's best (I call him Marty), which makes one of the top.. oh.. 100 films of all time ever ever, but it was a little disappointing after hearing everyone gush so much about it and that it was as good/better than Goodfellas.
People are already bitching that Warner held back on the bit-rate so it would fit on a HD-DVD (which are 30GB, Blu-ray is 50GB) since this is a dual-format release... :zzz:
it was pretty good, but it wasn't amazing or anything
kinda like this movie
Over 100 people laughed at the ending
that shit was fantastic
it was pretty good
and we were so waiting for whatever his name was to get shot a the end
South African accents sound like psuedo-British accents, because that is exactly what they are. I was talking to a South African and she thought he did an excellent job.
I don't like the guy, and I have to admit he is an excellent actor.
Also saw "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which was extremely funny and good. Rent that if you didn't see it. Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer as a gay movie producer and some hot hot hot hot hot hot little lollipop of a chick. A++++ would rent again (and slow-mo thru the nude scenes) god bless you Blu-ray.
No wait, that was kill bill 2
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
i'm pretty sure he just killed damon as a vigilante act, but i'm hearing that people think he was working for jack nicholson?
anyone have any evidence for either side?