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#691 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 209 weeks ago
Just saw Unhinged.
Russel is another one of my favorite actors. Always had massive respect for both his movie star persona and his acting skills. Obviously I didn't expect to see anything ground breaking in a movie like this but the dude kinda impresses me here. He sells the role completely and I'm left wondering who else in Hollywood could pull this off? Most of the hot shot actors today can forget about it. Leo couldn't do it, maybe. Bale even less so. Tom Cruise? Nah, he would channel is Collateral character I think.
As a movie though it is just okay. They really needed a strong name actress here to pull off all those intense emotional scenes. Emily Blunt would have been perfect. The script it pretty good, the director less so. Lack of directing talent these days in Hollywood. The ending was pretty terrible. You can't have a cliched happy ending in this movie because there's no way you can bring yourself to hate Russel Crowe. He's the reason you are watching the movie in the first place, because you want to see him. He's gotta win somehow.
Talking about Clint, do we know why he basically always did independent movies? He's the only major name in Hollywood I can think of that basically never did a Hollywood movie.
#692 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 209 weeks ago
I saw The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in the theater tonight. It was me and 2 other people in there so I don't think the box office is going to be great.
It was good to see Nic Cage in a real movie again but it was not more than okay. Apart from some mildly funny bits the movie dragged. Good performances, good cast and sort of a good idea but in the hands of the wrong script and a director not up for the task.
Thinking about it they could have made a very funny movie when they got Cage willing to lampoon himself. The guy is a meme and they did not manage to capitalize on it.
#693 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash confirms “one or two” new songs by June » 209 weeks ago
It was 2005 I'm pretty sure.
The fact they played a leaked gnr song on the radio and nobody fucking recorded it is mind boggling.
#694 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash confirms “one or two” new songs by June » 209 weeks ago
My friends dug the Better demo too.
Could have released it in summer 06 with Better, CD and The Blues as singles. 01 would have been even more favorable. Could have had a few albums with Buckethead then maybe an earlier reunion in the late noughties. Before they polished off all the edge CD was a good album, could have had decent success. Like VR did in 04-05. Still a market for hard hitting rock n roll then. So many wasted opportunities.
#695 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 209 weeks ago
There's a new Russel Crowe documentary out. Looks to be quite good!
I'm going to watch the new Nicolas Cage movie tomorrow. He plays himself as a fading actor. For once my expectations are quite high.
#696 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 210 weeks ago
Bruce Willis will always be one of my favorite actors. Seeing him old and frail is a depressing reminder where we are heading. On the other hand you can always put on a movie and enjoy these actors when they are young and bouncing. The unique charm of movies. Take you to another place and another time.
The Silence
This movie is a good example of taking you to another time. Probably the strongest aspect it has. Looking at the career of Scorsese he didn't write a lot of movies, but those he did write are the best. He did write this and while it isn't great it is alright. He really should have written more himself than failing so often with other peoples ideas.
#697 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 210 weeks ago
Thelma is...good, but the feminist angle feels incredibly forced. Ridley has come a long way since then.
Funny, I think Tom Cruise is much more of a natural playing a bad guy than a hero. Matches his personality somehow. What ruins the movie for me is the ending which feels tacked on. After the two first daring acts we suddenly land in a cliched action finale and I think it's a wasted opportunity.
The Insider - to date the only movie I watched in the theater completely alone. It was just me and my father and 500 empty seats around us. Strange because this movie is just perfect. Everything is 10/10. Fantastic cast, great cinematography, music, writing. Perhaps Mann's best work. This type of movie just doesn't exist anymore.
#698 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 211 weeks ago
Watched some lesser De Palma.
Domino - Probably his worst. Opening sequence is the only thing that's barely watchable. Like he just gave up after that. Suddenly you find yourself in a Muslim terror plot.
Sisters - Decent idea, not very well executed. The beauty of the actress playing the lead character was the main take away.
Obsession - Just a mental plot. Older handsome dude is obsessed with his young wife, she dies in a kidnapping plot orchestrated by his business partner, who then proceeds to set him up in a romantic relationship with his daughter (who's in on this scheme). Dude thinks his daughter is dead so when he discovers she is alive he is ecstatic and they have a big hugging scene at the end. Only thing I could think of was the fact they must have had sex.
#699 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 211 weeks ago
What's Teddy Roosevelt going to do when Congress is utterly beholden to special interests and the media is their extended enforcement arm?
The only way Trump was going to get anything done is if he'd declare himself a tyrant and start a civil war.
#700 Re: Guns N' Roses » AfD “Locked n’ Loaded” box set on “Pawn Stars” » 212 weeks ago
I want this but it's crazy expensive. Is there something in there that is really worth it?
