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[Magnus Malcolm]

You find Gary Oldman bland?

This seems to be a problem. The man's a chameleon, regardless of my thoughts on JFK, the man was Lee Harvey Oswald. Film to film, IMO, there are few actors who achieve Oldman's versatility and fluidity, diverse in every way imaginable, from the characters he plays to the accents he can pull off. Come to think of it, he fucking blows my mind.

[feisty]

Maybe I should re-educate myself!

Is Chattahoochee good? Until I marry rich my movie choices are mostly limited to what I can siphon from my parents' Netflix instant viewing account.

[Pavement Ist Rad]

I am a little ashamed of loving Oliver Stone movies as much as I do.

Have you seen Talk Radio? Sooooooo good.

Ha, I was ready to make this post. Talk Radio is the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the name Oliver Stone. Great film.

Caller: "Hello, I'm black."
Barry: "What do you want, a fuckin' mettle?"

Anyways, I just watched this:



I would definitely consider this to be some sort of mind-melting cinematic triumph.

So I'm one step closer to thinking that this is some deepass groundbreaking shit that "you just don't get." Unfortunately, I'm the one who didn't "get" it. The whole thing pretty much bored the shit out of me, save the scenes with Heath and Charlotte. Most of the acting seemed laughably bad. Ben Whishaw was horrible. Christian Bale sucked. I wanted to punch Cate Blanchett in the face. It clearly had the feel of an "important" film that could easily capture the hearts of "critics" and those who "appreciate art" or whatever the fuck. As is the case with many of my favorite films. But those actually do something for me. There was next to nothing in this film that I could even remotely care about.

Why the fuck didn't Gere jump out of the train car to be reunited with his faithful dog? Miserable sack of shit.

[Magnus Malcolm]

Maybe I should re-educate myself!

Is Chattahoochee good? Until I marry rich my movie choices are mostly limited to what I can siphon from my parents' Netflix instant viewing account.

It's not a great film, but Oldman is strong in it as always. Basically, you can't go wrong when it comes to him, no matter the movie, he's great, whether it is or not. Which, to be fair, may not be much of a reason to see the movie unless you're a fan. If you do see him in something though, just file it away and think about how entirely different it probably is from whatever you see him in next.

[Magnus Malcolm]

I am a little ashamed of loving Oliver Stone movies as much as I do.

Have you seen Talk Radio? Sooooooo good.

Ha, I was ready to make this post. Talk Radio is the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the name Oliver Stone. Great film.

Caller: "Hello, I'm black."
Barry: "What do you want, a fuckin' mettle?"

It is a great one, but I can't help but always think of Born on the 4th of July as 'my' Stone film.

Was bored and watched this last night-



One of my preferred John Wayne films. Quite a fun little escapist romp set in "my homeland", if I may be so obnoxious. I never seem to tire of this one, I love Barry Fitzgerald in anything I see him in. Great scene when Thornton and Danaher finally got at it.

[Tony]

'Kung Fu Panda' I'll be damned but it was pretty good. Traditional, fairly slow paced storytelling with no pop culture references to make up for a lack of content. Some thought actually went into the narrative and all the humor comes out of the characters, situations and comic timing. The fight scenes are really well staged and have an old school 'Tom and Jerry' style violence that it was gratifying to see again in an animated film. Greast backgrounds too. This really beats the shit out of 'Iron Man'. Much better action scenes too.

[caley]

'Kung Fu Panda'

I'll be damned but it was pretty good.

Traditional, fairly slow paced storytelling with no pop culture references to make up for a lack of content. Some thought actually went into the narrative and all the humor comes out of the characters, situations and comic timing. The fight scenes are really well staged and have an old school 'Tom and Jerry' style violence that it was gratifying to see again in an animated film. Greast backgrounds too.

This really beats the shit out of 'Iron Man'. Much better action scenes too.

I agree with almost everything, maybe save the 'Iron Man' comment (I haven't decided, yet, you may be right, though).

The only real problem I had with it is that the opening segment, Po's dream, was all done in beautiful 2D animation, and I would have loved to have seen the whole film in this style, but that's a minor issue.

Spoiler

I loved how Po's dad was a bird of some sort, and how you're just waiting for the "Your dad was a famous ninja and I raised you for him" speech and they set it all up with Po going "Sometimes I can't believe we're actually related" and the bird says it's time to come clean...and tells him the secret ingredient for his noodle soup. And they never give you that tired old reveal of Po's "real" father.

Beautiful score, too. Hans Zimmer is so great.

[Magnus Malcolm]

'Kung Fu Panda'

I'll be damned but it was pretty good.

Traditional, fairly slow paced storytelling with no pop culture references to make up for a lack of content. Some thought actually went into the narrative and all the humor comes out of the characters, situations and comic timing. The fight scenes are really well staged and have an old school 'Tom and Jerry' style violence that it was gratifying to see again in an animated film. Greast backgrounds too.

This really beats the shit out of 'Iron Man'. Much better action scenes too.

I agree with almost everything, maybe save the 'Iron Man' comment (I haven't decided, yet, you may be right, though).

The only real problem I had with it is that the opening segment, Po's dream, was all done in beautiful 2D animation, and I would have loved to have seen the whole film in this style, but that's a minor issue.

Beautiful score, too. Hans Zimmer is so great.

You all might end up making me actually watch this. It has quite the comedy cast, I suppose, and I do love Zimmer. I don't know what made me against seeing it actually, now that I think about it.

[Bob Loblaw]

'Kung Fu Panda'

I'll be damned but it was pretty good.

Traditional, fairly slow paced storytelling with no pop culture references to make up for a lack of content. Some thought actually went into the narrative and all the humor comes out of the characters, situations and comic timing. The fight scenes are really well staged and have an old school 'Tom and Jerry' style violence that it was gratifying to see again in an animated film. Greast backgrounds too.

This really beats the shit out of 'Iron Man'. Much better action scenes too.

Hell, I bet it's so good that it ends up in Aggy's eoy top 20.

[Slackmo]

'Kung Fu Panda'

I'll be damned but it was pretty good.

Traditional, fairly slow paced storytelling with no pop culture references to make up for a lack of content. Some thought actually went into the narrative and all the humor comes out of the characters, situations and comic timing. The fight scenes are really well staged and have an old school 'Tom and Jerry' style violence that it was gratifying to see again in an animated film. Greast backgrounds too.

This really beats the shit out of 'Iron Man'. Much better action scenes too.

Hell, I bet it's so good that it ends up in Aggy's eoy top 20.

Even higher if he winds up seeing it.

[Agrimorfee]

Hell, I bet it's so good that it ends up in Aggy's eoy top 20.

Even higher if he winds up seeing it.

[mouthbreather]

Into The Wild
Kind of bland, and lonnngggg. No real revelations here... some nice cinematography, a bit heavy-handed, but ultimately forgettable.
I liked Hal Holbrook though.

[Magnus Malcolm]

Into The Wild
Kind of bland, and lonnngggg. No real revelations here... some nice cinematography, a bit heavy-handed, but ultimately forgettable.
I liked Hal Holbrook though.

I liked Holbrook too, but I did not like this film one bit. You said it, I didn't think it could have been much for heavy-handed. However, I more or less despise Sean Penn, especially as a director.

[mouthbreather]

Into The Wild
Kind of bland, and lonnngggg. No real revelations here... some nice cinematography, a bit heavy-handed, but ultimately forgettable.
I liked Hal Holbrook though.

I liked Holbrook too, but I did not like this film one bit. You said it, I didn't think it could have been much for heavy-handed. However, I more or less despise Sean Penn, especially as a director.

Even the role Holbrook played was very contrived. He had lost his son, and the main character deserted his father... how convenient.
Holbrook's acting was impressive though.

[Slackmo]

Into The Wild
Kind of bland, and lonnngggg. No real revelations here... some nice cinematography, a bit heavy-handed, but ultimately forgettable.
I liked Hal Holbrook though.

I liked Holbrook too, but I did not like this film one bit. You said it, I didn't think it could have been much for heavy-handed. However, I more or less despise Sean Penn, especially as a director.

Even the role Holbrook played was very contrived. He had lost his son, and the main character deserted his father... how convenient.
Holbrook's acting was impressive though.

Yes, he did a great job of convincingly delivering the pederast overtones.

[feisty]

In the summer, pretty much all I have the appetite for are mysteries or political and legal dramas with charismatic male leads.



This one includes almost all of my Male Actors Short-List--all acting southern.

[WesterMats]

Maybe I should re-educate myself!

Is Chattahoochee good? Until I marry rich my movie choices are mostly limited to what I can siphon from my parents' Netflix instant viewing account.

It's not a great film, but Oldman is strong in it as always. Basically, you can't go wrong when it comes to him, no matter the movie, he's great, whether it is or not. Which, to be fair, may not be much of a reason to see the movie unless you're a fan. If you do see him in something though, just file it away and think about how entirely different it probably is from whatever you see him in next.

My favorite Oldman performance:

[WesterMats]

I hate it when I leave the teevee on and some bad show or movie comes on and then I want to see how it turns out.

[Bob Loblaw]

Just saw In Bruges. Not really what I expected, which is weird since I didn't really have any expectations going in. Not bad, worth a rental, but won't be in my year end list unless this year sucks balls.

[Slackmo]

Just saw In Bruges. Not really what I expected, which is weird since I didn't really have any expectations going in. Not bad, worth a rental, but won't be in my year end list unless this year sucks balls.

Just saw that, too, and I think I might have really, really liked it. Will probably see it again to see how it holds up, but it's definitely worth a look, folks.