Anyone seen any good movies?

[sbjj]

Saw the 3-D owl movie with my daughter. Any of you that have kids...they will enjoy it, and you might also.

[Mr. IWS]

I finally saw Heat. All Star cast, it was pretty good, ending sucked though.

I wanted to see dude get away like Val Kilmer.

The scened when Pachino and DeNiro were in the coffee shop was fuckin awesome.

[Luke]

^^^ yeah DeNiro getting killed did ruin the ending for me too. If you like Heat you'll like The Town

[SPX]

The scened when Pachino and DeNiro were in the coffee shop was fuckin awesome.

One of the best scenes in the history of cinema. . .

[zY|]

^^seriously?

I thought that scene was kind of a letdown, to be honest. It was good but it could've been so much more. There's basically zero tension to the scene and the dialogue is pretty bland.

Heat is actually a fairly flawed movie. There's entirely no reason for it to be 3 hours long for one thing, but the parts that are good are spectacular. The main shootout in particular is completely insane.

[Mr. IWS]

^^seriously?

I thought that scene was kind of a letdown, to be honest. It was good but it could've been so much more. There's basically zero tension to the scene.

I thought those dudes were gonna start shooting at each other towards the end of it.

[zY|]

[quote=IWS Zak]

^^seriously?

I thought that scene was kind of a letdown, to be honest. It was good but it could've been so much more. There's basically zero tension to the scene.

I thought those dudes were gonna start shooting at each other towards the end of it.[/quote:t5davczu]

I thought they were going to become facebook friends.

[Mr. IWS]

I thought they were going to become facebook friends.

You liar! Facebook wasnt even invented yet. pshhhhh

[Luke]

I thought they were going to become facebook friends.

facebook

[SPX]

^^seriously?

I thought that scene was kind of a letdown, to be honest. It was good but it could've been so much more. There's basically zero tension to the scene and the dialogue is pretty bland.

I disagree about the tension . . . although hardcore tension was probably not what Mann was going for. I think it was a great scene for a few reasons:

1. It was the first time Pacino and De Niro had been on screen together. This real-world reality in itself gives it a certain gravitas regardless of the any purely film-related elements of the production.

2. It was inherently interesting. Two men--a white hat and a black hat--sit down together. The bad guy, we realize isn't really a bad guy, he's just in a line of work the government--an amoral organization--doesn't happen to agree with. We also know by this point that the good guy isn't so good, and is actually quite flawed. Professionally, they have this relationship that keeps them at odds, but when it comes down to it, they're actually very similar people and, in another life, would probably be friends.

3. The scene is just performed well, in my opinion. But as a friend of mine said just the other day, "Art cannot be measured, only appreciated." So it's no surprise that we look at the same scene and come away with differing impressions.

[timbob]

I just sat through Fred: The Movie That Lucas Cruikshank is one fine actor. And John Cena gave an Oscar worthy performance

[SPX]

Went and saw two movies this weekend:

The Social Network: Really good. Everything comes together: cinematography, the story, the performances, the music. . . Recommended. The critics are going too far, though. It's good, but it's not THAT fucking good.

Let Me In: Remake of the Swedish film Let The Right One In. Also good, but if you require balls-to-the-wall action then you'll probably think it's too slow. Also, I probably prefer the original, but only by a hair. It's available for streaming on Netflix for anyone who has an account, but be aware that it's subtitled.

[Mr. IWS]

I wanna check out Social network too. I might grab it some time during this week.

[SPX]

Watched a documentary called The Bridge.

Pretty crazy shit, with footage of people committing suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge. Pretty powerful.

[Mr. IWS]

Watched a documentary called The Bridge.

Pretty crazy shit, with footage of people committing suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge. Pretty powerful.

I saw some of it myself. Fucked up shit. I wonder if those guys filming have a guilty conscience for not trying to stop some of them.

[SPX]

I saw some of it myself. Fucked up shit. I wonder if those guys filming have a guilty conscience for not trying to stop some of them.

There was a making-of documentary on the DVD, and they said they did actually call bridge patrol when it became obvious that someone was thinking of jumping, and apparently the cops got there before a lot of them actually jumped. But that obviously wasn't the case for everyone.

It's kind of an odd concept to even come up with, though: Let's spend a year watching the Golden Gate Bridge and film people committing suicide. What's even more surprising to me is that some of the friends and family of the jumpers were willing to be interviewed and tell their story for the documentary.

[Mr. IWS]

I watched Wall St. For the first time last night.

Followed that up with the sequel

It was funny as shit when Charlie Sheen made a cameo in the second one though.

[Luke]

I watched Wall St. For the first time last night.

Followed that up with the sequel

It was funny as shit when Charlie Sheen made a cameo in the second one though.

I havent seen the first Wall Street either. The second one was that bad?

[Mr. IWS]

I didnt like it. Ending kinda sucked IMO.

Ill have my Gordon Gecko avatar up today though.

Gecko = Boss

[Luke]

I just watched The Expendables . Its was pretty good but could have been better.

Props to Stallone for bringing Ivan Drago back from Rocky IV after 30+ years to play in the movie


ohh... Couture is not a very good actor