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Don't disagree with you there. The shitty make-up job doesn't do her any favors.
I think she made the most of an already underwhelming character. She definitely the least effective presence in the film, so I'm with you there, but I can't call her terrible in a film where none of the line readings are really any good (aside from some moments from Rorshach and Ozzy). If we're looking for the real offense to the art of acting in this film we should be giving Carla Gugino way more flack than she's received. Given she's a minor character, but holy shit is she fucking awful in every frame.
Don't disagree with you there. The shitty make-up job doesn't do her any favors.
Definitely agree with the retro look. It was an interesting film visually, but obviously not as striking as The Girlfriend Experience, which was one of the more visually stunning films I've seen in recent memory.
Didn't dig the score at all, but there's no accounting for taste.
I wasn't familiar with the story either, but you're right about the script. Everything really unraveled quite well. Corporate intrigue is sometimes difficult to follow, but everything registered with me and all of the later developments were really cool.
The ever-escalating number of millions stolen especially.
Definitely agree. Probably my favorite Damon character and performance now, beating out Tom Ripley. And his inner monologues were uniformly fantastic and often quite funny.
As far as THE BERGH! goes, this is definitely another fine entry into his filmography. He's cemented himself as one of the best, and now he's got two films in my top five for the year. Not too shabby.
I watched Teen Witch again and it was so cheap/teenage plot that the film felt like just a half hour long.
LOL!
Oh, good. You finally caught it. Welp, I haven't made it to the theater much this year. The only things really jumping out at me right now are The Girlfriend Experience, The Hurt Locker, Basterds, and The Informant.
Was Whatever Works disappointing then? I had high hopes for that.
Excluding The Informant!, those three are in my Top 10, along with Trek, Up, Watchmen, Funny People, District 9, Brothers Bloom, and 500 Days of Zooey
Observe and Report is one I think you'd really dig if you haven't seen it already.
Public Enemies, Moon, and Whatever Works are playing at the school theater soon, none of which I'm dying to see again. Feeling that way about Public Enemies makes me sad.
I've also got Bruno coming down the ole chute.
Was Whatever Works disappointing then? I had high hopes for that.
Likewise. With LD and Woody, the likelihood of my not liking it is very slim anyway.
And I haven't seen a single one of those. So uh.... neat.
It's in the queue and would be here a lot sooner if I ever got around to watching Atonement and Jackie Brown. They've been here for about two weeks.
We've got a free advanced screening of Zombieland at our school theater Tuesday. Might try to head to that, if only because Emma Stone looks really damn hot in it. We've also got Boogie Nights (!), Public Enemies, Bruno, ROBOT HEAVEN, HP6, Ghostbusters (!), and Funny People coming down the ole chute.
Still refuse to see it.
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Still refuse to see it.
So I was flippin through the channels and stumbled onto the opening minutes of this movie called "Before Sunset." Ethan Hawke and some French girl were walking around shootin the shit. They had had a one night stand 9 years ago and this was their first time seeing eachother since. Something about it mesmerized me and I sat there and watched the rest of the movie without changing the channel. Loved it. Really good, honest dialogue and a sweetness to the relationship between the two leads. Reminded me of "My Dinner With Andre" except with a bit of a romance storyline. Great ending, too. I'm gonna have to go back and watch the first one now.
So I was flippin through the channels and stumbled onto the opening minutes of this movie called "Before Sunset." Ethan Hawke and some French girl were walking around shootin the shit. They had had a one night stand 9 years ago and this was their first time seeing eachother since. Something about it mesmerized me and I sat there and watched the rest of the movie without changing the channel. Loved it. Really good, honest dialogue and a sweetness to the relationship between the two leads. Reminded me of "My Dinner With Andre" except with a romance storyline. Great ending, too. I'm gonna have to go back and watch the first one now.