Films I watched this week
Discussion
Quickmoose said:
Veeayt said:
SWoll said:
yep
Yeah, I completely forgothave you seen Out of the Furnace?
Escape from New York
still a cracker 35 years later
"The Names Plissken!"
edit
did some looking at the wiki page, Studio IG (the ghost in the shell crew) was planning an anime with Kurt voice acting snake, it went nowhere as no one wanted a bleak dark gritty show in 2003.
how they would jump at it now!
still a cracker 35 years later
"The Names Plissken!"
edit
did some looking at the wiki page, Studio IG (the ghost in the shell crew) was planning an anime with Kurt voice acting snake, it went nowhere as no one wanted a bleak dark gritty show in 2003.
how they would jump at it now!
Edited by cirian75 on Tuesday 17th May 07:30
crossy67 said:
She's Funny That Way
1/10/ Just don't bothr
Could've told you that from the film title 1/10/ Just don't bothr
It sounds like one of those rom-coms that's always advertised in the same voice..
"This summer.. one man.. will realise.. She's Funny That Way / She's Just Not Into You / She's a Pyromaniac / She Has Daddy Issues / She's a Hermaphrodite..' etc
smithyithy said:
Could've told you that from the film title
It sounds like one of those rom-coms that's always advertised in the same voice..
"This summer.. one man.. will realise.. She's Funny That Way / She's Just Not Into You / She's a Pyromaniac / She Has Daddy Issues / She's a Hermaphrodite..' etc
It did have a decent cast with Jennifer Aniston, Rhys Ifans and Owen Wilson.It sounds like one of those rom-coms that's always advertised in the same voice..
"This summer.. one man.. will realise.. She's Funny That Way / She's Just Not Into You / She's a Pyromaniac / She Has Daddy Issues / She's a Hermaphrodite..' etc
I'd have turned it off but we had visitors watching with us and thought they were enjoying the film. Right from the word go (done in a really bad Brooklyn accent) it was annoying. Got to the end and our guests were relieved too, an hour and a half of that garbage.
crossy67 said:
smithyithy said:
Could've told you that from the film title
It sounds like one of those rom-coms that's always advertised in the same voice..
"This summer.. one man.. will realise.. She's Funny That Way / She's Just Not Into You / She's a Pyromaniac / She Has Daddy Issues / She's a Hermaphrodite..' etc
It did have a decent cast with Jennifer Aniston, Rhys Ifans and Owen Wilson.It sounds like one of those rom-coms that's always advertised in the same voice..
"This summer.. one man.. will realise.. She's Funny That Way / She's Just Not Into You / She's a Pyromaniac / She Has Daddy Issues / She's a Hermaphrodite..' etc
I'd have turned it off but we had visitors watching with us and thought they were enjoying the film. Right from the word go (done in a really bad Brooklyn accent) it was annoying. Got to the end and our guests were relieved too, an hour and a half of that garbage.
Rinse & repeat, feel free to replace with Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn.
Hail Caesar
Looked great and some nice scenes but very little else. The guy who's apparently been cast as the young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) was the best thing in it which bodes well. Very light on plot but had a nice 'feel' to it.
Better than Burn after Reading, but that's not saying all that much. It's a shame they went quirky rather than go for more of a Millers Crossing or No Country tone as it could have been another LA Confidential.
6/10
Looked great and some nice scenes but very little else. The guy who's apparently been cast as the young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) was the best thing in it which bodes well. Very light on plot but had a nice 'feel' to it.
Better than Burn after Reading, but that's not saying all that much. It's a shame they went quirky rather than go for more of a Millers Crossing or No Country tone as it could have been another LA Confidential.
6/10
Edited by SWoll on Tuesday 17th May 17:56
Rod200SX said:
It's got Owen Wilson and Aniston so I'm guessing the story goes "Oh man I'm Owen Wilson, I'm a bit of a dick and don't appreciate women, oh look here comes Aniston, I'm going to play her about for a bit, but wait, I'm actually a nice guy and I love her now and I'll dramatically think I'm going to lose her near the end of the film but it turns around"
Rinse & repeat, feel free to replace with Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn.
You've seen it :-) So what did you think of it?Rinse & repeat, feel free to replace with Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn.
I don't mind that sort of thing usually, it was just that one seemed like a very Jewish faster with wither lots of very loud overacting or really grating music. The sort of stuff you get on the New life in the sun sort of programs when they're in France.
easytiger123 said:
I am Wrath.
John Travolta does Liam Neeson/Charles Bronson/Arnie/Kevin Bacon/Mel Gibson/every other wronged man with a special forces background whose wife is murdered or kids are kidnapped. Badly. 4/10
Bit harsh I gave it 6.5.John Travolta does Liam Neeson/Charles Bronson/Arnie/Kevin Bacon/Mel Gibson/every other wronged man with a special forces background whose wife is murdered or kids are kidnapped. Badly. 4/10
10 Cloverfield thingy.Found it a little bit like The Divide.Not sure whether its a 7 or a 5 so I'll go for 6/10.
The Thief
Another of the Arrow Video special edition blurays I bought recently even though I somehow knew nothing of the film, Michael Mann writes and directs made me want to take a look. Essentially James Caan plays a career criminal taking one last big job on which to retire but it's so much more than that.
If you like MM's style (& how couldn't you) this film hits all the right buttons. It's blatently the template for a lot of his later work-using real life criminals and cops as supporting cast members, tangerine dream providing an electro soundtrack, detailed realistic use of tools to perform the robberies-and even some of the scenes are copied. Manhunter's ocean scene and Heat's diner monologues are almost rip offs!
James Caan apparently lists it as his best performance, if you like Heat, Drive or even Miami Vice I'd recommend a watch.
9/10
Another of the Arrow Video special edition blurays I bought recently even though I somehow knew nothing of the film, Michael Mann writes and directs made me want to take a look. Essentially James Caan plays a career criminal taking one last big job on which to retire but it's so much more than that.
If you like MM's style (& how couldn't you) this film hits all the right buttons. It's blatently the template for a lot of his later work-using real life criminals and cops as supporting cast members, tangerine dream providing an electro soundtrack, detailed realistic use of tools to perform the robberies-and even some of the scenes are copied. Manhunter's ocean scene and Heat's diner monologues are almost rip offs!
James Caan apparently lists it as his best performance, if you like Heat, Drive or even Miami Vice I'd recommend a watch.
9/10
LaurasOtherHalf said:
The Thief
Another of the Arrow Video special edition blurays I bought recently even though I somehow knew nothing of the film, Michael Mann writes and directs made me want to take a look. Essentially James Caan plays a career criminal taking one last big job on which to retire but it's so much more than that.
If you like MM's style (& how couldn't you) this film hits all the right buttons. It's blatently the template for a lot of his later work-using real life criminals and cops as supporting cast members, tangerine dream providing an electro soundtrack, detailed realistic use of tools to perform the robberies-and even some of the scenes are copied. Manhunter's ocean scene and Heat's diner monologues are almost rip offs!
James Caan apparently lists it as his best performance, if you like Heat, Drive or even Miami Vice I'd recommend a watch.
9/10
Yes, great film. "Back to work, Frank".Another of the Arrow Video special edition blurays I bought recently even though I somehow knew nothing of the film, Michael Mann writes and directs made me want to take a look. Essentially James Caan plays a career criminal taking one last big job on which to retire but it's so much more than that.
If you like MM's style (& how couldn't you) this film hits all the right buttons. It's blatently the template for a lot of his later work-using real life criminals and cops as supporting cast members, tangerine dream providing an electro soundtrack, detailed realistic use of tools to perform the robberies-and even some of the scenes are copied. Manhunter's ocean scene and Heat's diner monologues are almost rip offs!
James Caan apparently lists it as his best performance, if you like Heat, Drive or even Miami Vice I'd recommend a watch.
9/10
You can almost imagine Neil (Heat) as an older Frank; it would certainly explain his reluctance to get involved in a relationship.
LaurasOtherHalf said:
The Thief
Another of the Arrow Video special edition blurays I bought recently even though I somehow knew nothing of the film, Michael Mann writes and directs made me want to take a look. Essentially James Caan plays a career criminal taking one last big job on which to retire but it's so much more than that.
If you like MM's style (& how couldn't you) this film hits all the right buttons. It's blatently the template for a lot of his later work-using real life criminals and cops as supporting cast members, tangerine dream providing an electro soundtrack, detailed realistic use of tools to perform the robberies-and even some of the scenes are copied. Manhunter's ocean scene and Heat's diner monologues are almost rip offs!
James Caan apparently lists it as his best performance, if you like Heat, Drive or even Miami Vice I'd recommend a watch.
9/10
I love MM's films (Heat possibly being on of my favourite movies of all time) but somehow this has passed me by. Looking forward to tracking it down now so thanks for that.Another of the Arrow Video special edition blurays I bought recently even though I somehow knew nothing of the film, Michael Mann writes and directs made me want to take a look. Essentially James Caan plays a career criminal taking one last big job on which to retire but it's so much more than that.
If you like MM's style (& how couldn't you) this film hits all the right buttons. It's blatently the template for a lot of his later work-using real life criminals and cops as supporting cast members, tangerine dream providing an electro soundtrack, detailed realistic use of tools to perform the robberies-and even some of the scenes are copied. Manhunter's ocean scene and Heat's diner monologues are almost rip offs!
James Caan apparently lists it as his best performance, if you like Heat, Drive or even Miami Vice I'd recommend a watch.
9/10
Halmyre said:
You can almost imagine Neil (Heat) as an older Frank; it would certainly explain his reluctance to get involved in a relationship.
I thought this too while watching it, in fact I did wonder why MM didn't change Neil into Frank and make Heat a follow up.Obviously I know about the path from LA Takedown to Heat, but it would be really interesting to hear Mann's thoughts on all three films I think.
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