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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #735 on: November 16, 2012, 01:26:18 pm »
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« Reply #736 on: November 16, 2012, 03:47:29 pm »
Had a bit of an unintentional Kevin Spacey film festival over the last couple of days.

I THINK it started with re-watching Horrible Bosses where Kevin Spacey played, of course, a horrible boss.  I'd forgotten about Colin Farrell's brill and underused character in the movie, and I love that he gets to do these sorts of crazy roles, I always want to see more of him now.  And I know I could have gone for more of Julie Bowen's slutty wife character.

After that, or possibly the day before, I can't be certain, was Swimming With Sharks which I had never seen before despite liking the promos for it on various videotapes in the 90s.  And of course I remember it from "Rebel Without A Crew."  Spacey hit this great venom-spitting abusive high in this movie and I think he'd been around before then but I'm sure this is what put him on a lot of peoples' radar (whereas I don't think I've seen the actual MAIN ACTOR from that movie again).  Benicio Del Toro also has a small role as Spacey's first assistant.

I think at this point I watched the full-length trailer for "House of Cards," the David Fincher Netflix-exclusive series where Spacey is a prick in politics (I think a whole lot of these roles are "Spacey is a prick in..." but he's so entertaining to watch, I'm fine with that.  I would LOVE to see a tongue-in-cheek "Making of" where Kevin Spacey plays himself AS the **** he plays in so many movies.  But I wonder if that might get lost on people (and if I can say, I think my favourite prick role of his was as the man who invented sarcasm on Saturday Night Live, which I think he's overdue to host again).

Then poking around Netflix's menus and it's insane amount of doubles, I found Margin Call which I had never seen before, chronicling the night before the 2008 Wall Street collapse began.  It's got great people like Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto, Demi Moore, and Paul Bettany in it and the fact it all takes place over one night really ratchets up the "you are there" feel to it.  Unfortunately, the movie commits the sin of "tell me in plain english" SEVERAL times, and one literal "explain it to me like I'm a child" (delivered by m-f-ing JEREMY IRONS, who you'e just like "h-ll yes!" when he shows up), but they still do a TERRIBLE job at explaining exactly what the problem is.  It reminded me of something Lewis Black said, "if you have a company, and you can't explain in one sentence what it DOES, it should be illegal!"  And the low budget and style of shooting makes it feel like a movie from the 80s in a GOOD way, like the kind of serious movies that were coming out for adults t watch like "Wall Street" and the like without being crummy like the second "Wall Street."  And we seriously need more Paul Bettany in our movies.  And Jeremy Irons, 'cause he delivers a nice bit about the true nature of money at the end.

And from an unclear issue to good-old-fashioned greed, we move to C asino Jack, based on the book and starring Kevin Spacey as Jack Abramoff, and I gotta say I really liked his turn in this movie.  Abramoff apparently produced two Dolph Lungdren movies (he had a poster of Red Scorpion in the office, and I accidentally found out that movie is ALSO on Netflix!) and a big movie buff, so Spacey had a chance to pull out his impressions and I think it actually adds to the character.  The movie focuses on Spacey and his partner-in-crime (Barry Pepper, who I liked but couldn't help thinking of Denis Leary the whole time) deciding to make some extra green ripping off an indian tribe that wants to open a c asino, then they decide to get into the gambling business themselves, dealing with a Greek immagrant-turned-mobster who owns a fleet of c asino boats, and them going money crazy.  What really makes it for me is just how great and full-of-himself Spacey's character is, he's got delusions of grandeur but they're justified and he believes them, he doesn't play himself as a bad guy, just a bit of an **** who wants way too much and decides to take it (his whole justification is laid out right at the start of the movie and you could totally agree with it, which is how he draws you in).  And of course, their front guy for the c asino boats is about the best casting I've seen in a while and the role that guy needed.

I don't know what'll be next, but I think I'd have to revisit this short that came out that Spacey did with Erin Cahill:


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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #737 on: November 16, 2012, 04:50:35 pm »
Swimming With Sharks is awesome. But I'm surprised that you didn't finish your Spacey marathon with his crown jewel: The Usual Suspects. And you certainly can't lose with L.A. Confidential either.
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« Reply #738 on: November 16, 2012, 04:56:59 pm »
Well, it's not really over, and I don't HAVE either of those movies (shocking, I know).  Getting the mailers would arrive after the "mood" has worn off so they technically wouldn't count.

And BTW, I can't believe "ca sino" gets censored automatically on this board.  What the heck?

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« Reply #739 on: November 16, 2012, 05:46:41 pm »

And BTW, I can't believe "ca sino" gets censored automatically on this board.  What the heck?

No sh*t. I've told the software guy that built the forum software that it's too restrictive. I can't even talk about John Lee  H o o k e r on here without some creative workarounds.
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« Reply #740 on: November 16, 2012, 06:06:44 pm »
Especially considering at the moment there only seems to be THREE of us on here and we're all adults.  I'm amazed it hasn't occurred to us to just Skype or something.  And kick it off with a curse-a-thon.

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« Reply #741 on: November 16, 2012, 06:09:08 pm »
Well there is the fact that he has set it up this way so that he can charge money to unlock it to do whatever you want. F u c k  that. I have ways around it.
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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #742 on: November 16, 2012, 09:42:34 pm »
Chinatown (1974)



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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #743 on: November 17, 2012, 08:04:25 pm »
The Big Bang Theory (Season 3 - 2009)



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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #744 on: November 19, 2012, 05:38:13 pm »
Friends With Kids



To be honest I picked this up thinking about my wife. She looooooves this stuff. I have found most of them to be throw away and sometimes down right unbearable. Friends with Kids was a nice diversion. I wasn't even planning on watching it. With a pretty slick cast (most from Bridesmaids) and a thought provoking script, this does tackle some obvious questions. Yes, it's still a rom-com, but I found the dialogue witty and not running out of steam like a lot of these films do. It's still a stupid premise, yes I'm looking at you Sex and the City, because of two two friends who think it's a good idea to have a kid.

With Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt (who I've never seen before) did have chemistry and believable characters. The rest of the cast was actually more interesting with small snippets of comedic lines. Kristen Wiig, for some reason didn't do much, which was surprising.

I thought it went on a little to long. You really knew where this was heading, but you had to watch the roller coaster of evolution to reality formulate. It just went on and on.

I will say the last 3 minutes totally f ucked this movie over. I honestly dropped my jaw. I had to look at my wife and ask if I really saw what I saw. I mean the whole movie, as I said, was fun and well written, but they suddenly didn't know how to end it. It was brash, unexpected, stupid and not at all like the rest of the movie.

Bizarre ending is all I can say.

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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #745 on: November 19, 2012, 05:42:20 pm »
Never even heard of this flix till now. So, does the ending negate everything that came before? Refrain from spoilers if possible. Thanks dude.
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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #746 on: November 19, 2012, 05:43:27 pm »
Neither had I.


Added the trailer.

by the way, Jennifer Westfeldt, is totally hot in the girl next door kind of way.
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Re: What Are You Watching? (DVD's & Blu-ray's)
« Reply #747 on: November 20, 2012, 06:58:05 am »
Brave - Disney/Pixar



Believe it or not, my wife actually sat down and watched this with me... and she enjoyed it. As did I. It's not amazing like some of the Pixar flicks. The art is amazing, the story is fun and well paced. It will please both kids and adults, which must really be a challenge.

I did find the odd turn events half way through the film to really make me do a double take. Not bad... just odd. Was not expecting that at all. I rolled with it and continued to enjoy the rest of the movie. Brave's red hair is amazing actually. It does stick out like a flame, as probably intended.

I highly recommend Brave. You won't be disappointed.
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« Reply #748 on: November 20, 2012, 07:00:08 am »
Already on my radar.
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« Reply #749 on: November 20, 2012, 08:46:27 pm »
Gone Baby Gone (2007)



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