For what it's worth, MR. BROOKS is worth seeing

[abcdefz]

Yeah, you've got to shut your eyes for most of the Demi and Dane stuff, but there's still about 70 minutes of really really good, creepy, well-acted, well-done movie in there.

Man, did they blow it.

To some degree, Costner's got himself to blame, because I'm fairly sure that TIG is his production company. If, as a producer, he'd kept a little tighter reignh on things, this could've been a minor classic.

B-.

[MC Moot]

Waterworld was on while I was gettin ready for work this morn....I had an almost irrepressible urge to call in sick, get very stoned, and go rent the Postman....you know make a double feature of it......I was wondering about the Dane Cook casting.....:confused:

[cosmo105]

we went to the premiere. costner looks good for an old guy. :cool:

demi could fit in my pants pocket though. she's teensy.

good flick, but that whole techno shootout scene had me rolling my eyes so far back i could see my butt.

[abcdefz]

good flick, but that whole techno shootout scene had me rolling my eyes so far back i could see my butt.




Oh, God. That was the nadir of all Demi's bad, bad scenes.

Good thing the thugs had tattoos and piercings so we knew they were the B-A-D G-U-Y-S. :rolleyes:



Yeah, but the Brooks parts were really effective. It's a frew days later and I still get the creeps at some of it.


Dane Cook... well, at least he was making choices. Bad choices, but choices.

Can you imagine what a real actor could've done with that part? What Paul Bettany busy? Mark Ruffalo? Philip Seymour Hoffman?

[cosmo105]

hah! i loooove how movies portray "crazy bad guys." they always have TATTOOS and PIERCINGS! and wear CRAZY COLORS! and live in MESSY APARTMENTS! shit, i'm a bad guy! :(

[marsdaddy]

Oh, that's another movie we could have seen this weekend, but mrs. marsdaddy didn't want to see a psycho flick. There's always next weekend.

[marsdaddy]

I liked it, but there were a couple of large holes in the story. Mrs. marsdaddy found it too gorey.

[Waus]

Yeah, you've got to shut your eyes for most of the Demi and Dane stuff, but there's still about 70 minutes of really really good, creepy, well-acted, well-done movie in there.

Man, did they blow it.

To some degree, Costner's got himself to blame, because I'm fairly sure that TIG is his production company. If, as a producer, he'd kept a little tighter reignh on things, this could've been a minor classic.

B-.

Have you ever considered starting a movie review blog? I'd read it.

[abcdefz]

I liked it, but there were a couple of large holes in the story. Mrs. marsdaddy found it too gorey.




The set-up has real promise, though. It'd be kind of cool if they took another stab at it, so to speak.

[abcdefz]

Have you ever considered starting a movie review blog? I'd read it.


For the life of me I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

Good job! (y)

[Waus]

For the life of me I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

Good job! (y)

No, I was serious. (y)

[abcdefz]

Ah. Well, thanks.

I used to have a review section on the website at my former job, but, yeah. Not any more. I don't have my own blog or website. No internet access at home, so it's not really feasible anymore.

Nice of you to say, though. (y)

[hpdrifter]

Me too. Your taste is a little film-geeky (not in a bad way) for me sometimes but I think you're usually spot on. Except for Ocean's 12 over Ocean's 11. I still don't get that.

[abcdefz]

Ocean's 11 was pretty disappointing to me, because it really wasn't much at all. 12 was a complete throwaway -- the whole denouement basically meant that the last 60 minutes or so meant absolutely nothing, plot-wise; I liked the cheekiness of that. It was much looser and more charming, to me. Even still, I'm talking about the difference between, like, a 6.5/10 and a 6.8/10.

Really, I'd like to see the Ocean's movie where everyone just sits around in a diner and banters. That'd probably be more rewarding than anything else we've had so far. I loved the little character shit, like Damon trying to figure out code language for the gangster and reciting the lyrics to "Kashmir." That was gold.

[hpdrifter]

That makes sense. I actually shouldn't talk about Ocean's 12, I was confused for the first half and then fell asleep.

[abcdefz]

It's not essential, by a long shot. Except maybe that Hagrid/Damon scene.

[hpdrifter]

I'll probably try to watch it again at some point. Maybe when its on HBO or something. I love that whole cast, their chemistry is infectious. They have such a good time and it really shines through in the films. I don't usually watch interviews with people promoting their movies but I did with this one. Their jokes on each other crack me up.

I like your idea of a just sitting around trading banter, that would be awesome.

[abcdefz]

For what it's worth, Cheadle's accent seems to have improved greatly in the third movie.

I have no idea what the fuck he was doing with that.