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08-02-2013, 04:45 PM | #13431 (permalink) | |
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I saw 2 Guns last night and if you want to see a funny action movie this weekend. You should definitely check it out. Also ignore the trailer, it doesn't do the movie justice. It has all the one liners and riffing off of each other that buddy cop comedies have but with none of the lame Ebony and Ivory type jokes. Even if you don't like that aspect of the movie, you should see it anyways for all the action sequences and the intrigue about what's going on in the movie. Both of them are undercover agents and think that the other is a real deal trafficker and that's all I'm going to say about it. Don't want to spoil too much.
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08-02-2013, 07:23 PM | #13432 (permalink) | |
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The questions that aroused for me are in spoiler territory... I forget how to put spoiler tags on sh*t so just highlight Was the cop really God? Was the murdered brother ****ing the mom? Why did Gosling want to be near his mothers uterus? What was his childhood like? These aren't huge questions, but just holey-y narrative. Also I'd call the violence even with Drive. The ice pick scene made me squirm more than anything in Drive. Drive was more shocking though. It was quicker. I saw this is a packed theater in an urbanized area. I expected to have a horrible time but I think the fact that I saw it with so many people better’d my experience because I ended up really enjoying the film. This is a tame rated R film but also a very creepy one that capitalizes on scares the never come off cheap and had me jumping on more than one occasion. The biggest reason I enjoyed this was because it actually had good acting. Horror movies always have interesting ideas that are either carried out half assed or are ruined by cheap “talent”. None of those factors were present here as Vera Farminga, Patrick Wilson, and Lilli Taylor were all fantastic in this. It made the film more believable and ultimately more watchable. James Wan gave us the first Saw which I’m grateful for because I still think that’s a great film and he’s now given us one of the better horror films to come out in the last couple years. Lets just see if his next film which comes out in two months (Insidious II) lives up to his recent success. 4/5 |
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08-02-2013, 10:35 PM | #13433 (permalink) | |
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I also believe that non-film buffs will deem it a "mediocre Gosling film" but, admittedly, I'm not great at predicting the future. And I feel that the ice pick scenes are only remarkable because of the talent of the actor who got the picks. RE your spoiler points.. Spoiler for answers?:
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08-02-2013, 11:10 PM | #13434 (permalink) |
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The Science of Sleep (2006) I'm a pretty big fan of Michel Gondry and have been wanting to see this movie since it came out. I'm happy to say, after all that waiting, I'm not disappointed in the least. It's maybe not quite as good as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but then it doesn't boast a Charlie Kaufman screenplay so how could it be. Nevertheless, it's still a great movie that feels a little like a companion piece to that movie. Both Gael García Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg are excellent in here, helping ground this very surreal movie with somecreal emotional weight. |
08-04-2013, 12:42 AM | #13435 (permalink) |
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The Man from Nowhere (2010) I'm kind of a sucker for a good revenge story and this is great one, maybe not quite as amazing as Chan-wook Park's vengeance trilogy, but pretty close. It's the classic "messing with the wrong guy" tale told with with heaps of mood and gorgeous cinematography. I'm not surprised to learn it was the number one movie in South Korea the year it came out, it really is that good. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) I hadn't seen this is ages and figured it was high time to revisit it. I'm happy to report it's held up well. Maybe not my favorite Spielberg movie but still a very good one. I was a little shocked by some of the actors in it. I expected Richard Dreyfus and Terri Garr of course, but was surprised to see Melinda Dillon (A Christmas Story) in a major role, Carl Weathers in a brief cameo, Bob Balaban in a major role, and weirdest of all, François Truffaut in a major role. Night Watch (2004) Continuing my little streak of extremely popular movies in their home country, this movie was (and possibly still is) the highest grossing Russian movie ever. The premise, which concerns the battle between light and dark superhuman forces in contemporary Moscow while regular people remain totally unaware, has some pretty strong echoes of Harry Potter, though much more dark and violent. Pretty damn enjoyable though. I especially appreciated seeing a big blockbuster type movie that wasn't afraid to have a not very likable main character and a thoroughly downer ending. |
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Well **** now I can never use fav movie for security questions again. Oh well.
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08-04-2013, 04:49 PM | #13438 (permalink) | |
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Spoiler for spoiler:
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08-04-2013, 05:58 PM | #13440 (permalink) | |
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The Call
I finally got around to watching this and I enjoyed it for what it was. I don't know if I would want to see a sequel though. Also Abigail's acting in this bothered me in certain scenes. It just didn't feel believable normally she gives a really good performance but I don't know what happened with this movie.
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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes. Quote:
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