Originally posted by Punker69
"The Gospel"
Dude...why..😆
Originally posted by MildPossession
I've seen April Fools Day, so is it pointless renting Cry Wolf now? I'm also thinking of making Lord of War a blind buy on dvd for me, worth it?
The two are VERY similar, and there are elements of "Scream" thrown in for good measure. Naturally, blind buys are just that, but if you value my opinion, it's rewatch value is NIL.
As for "Lord of War", to me, it seemed liked a 2 hour long opening narrative. You know, how someone is narrating a series of events, in chronological order. It's precisely that, stretched over 2 hours, but presented in conflicting fashions. First a dark comedy, then a drama, then an action element, back to a "make you think" drama again. The script was great, the message was clear, it was based on true events, but it was just too wishy-washy. Again, the killer was the narrative that ran THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE FILM.
Originally posted by Wolfie
Lord of War? How early does the Hollywood Video you work at get their DVDs?
Well, we recieved "Lord of War" and "Two For the Money", which I recommend, 2 weeks early for some reason. Otherwise, it's 5 days in advance.
Hide and Creep, really bad. I mistakenly expected something from it because the quote on the cover says, "Even better than Shaun of the Dead" - Kevin Smith's MoviePoopShoot.com. I read that as Kevin Smith himself saying that. Well, it was crap. There were a couple funny parts in it that had nothing to do with the story. But those didn't make the movie.
I saw that as well, pretty ****in' stupid if you axe me. There's another movie, "Feeding the Masses", and the quote says "We hold Feeding the Masses in higher regard than any of the Romero Dead films!". Naturally, this quote was taken from stoners who have obviously been paid to make such a stupid remark, or given a few bricks in compensation.
Anywho, watched "Dark Passage" with Bogart and Bacall, which was great, and tried to watch "Network", but it just never hooked me.
Rented:
To Have and Have Not (Another Bogie/Bacall flick)
All Souls Day (Pre-street)
Originally posted by Wolfie
Lord of War, great movie. I was really drawn in by the story of it. It also had a couple funny parts to lighten the mood a little.
Ugh. "Lord of War", aka "The 2 Hour Long Opening Monologue". I hated the feature length narration, the inconsistant pace, and the fact it never really went anywhere.
Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Ugh. "Lord of War", aka "The 2 Hour Long Opening Monologue". I hated the feature length narration, the inconsistant pace, and the fact it never really went anywhere.
Never went anywhere? How so?
Spoiler:I found it a very good movie.
He was a powerful man in the business of illegal firearms, started a family, his family found out and made him quit, he was pulled back in, his brother was killed and he still continued, and finally he had the courts backing him up when Ethan Hawke had finally caught him.
But "Fight Club" was consistantly evolving into something you never expected, and it had a special gimmick. "Lord of War", seriously felt like one of those opening monologues where someone dictates what happened between this time and that time...just this opening monologue was 2 hours long. I didn't like that, coupled with the chronological order.