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January 13, 2014, 06:47:08 PM |
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I love it! People tend to forget that he can actually be quite good... Though he also seems to work a lot for the proverbial paycheck.
A friend of mine went to high school with him for a brief period of time (I don't know if they had classes together) but she remembered him as being a goofy kid.
I don't think he's that good of an actor to be honest. He's not totally terrible, but can be. I haven't seen much of his early stuff though. Roger Ebert went on about him as if he deserves to be mentioned along with the greats. Don't know what films that guy was watching. Leaving Las Vegas is one. Adaptation is another. He's definitely not one of the "greats", but he can be solid with the right script and right director. You know... When he doesn't just make a film to get a paycheck (which is 90% of his stuff now). Apparently he was going to be the lead in Aronofsky's The Wrestler but the director asked him to step down when Rourke became available. I can't image the film being that great with him in it though. No, the material definitely didn't fit him. Rourke was perfect for it. He might not have fit that script, but he's definitely perfect for other projects. He usually picks characters that can be played by anybody, but his neurosis was perfect for Adaptation, for example. His being over the top serves other movies perfectly as well. Him being the way he is, he pulled off both parts of Face/Off pretty well. The contrast he brought between the two was, in my opinion, hard to beat. I think he went way overboard on the overacting in Face/Off. Rourke was perfect for that role. Couldn't see Cage in it at all. I've only seen Adaption once and it was years ago. I'm not that crazy about Charlie Kaufman / Spike Jonze. I find them both a bit pretentious. |
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January 14, 2014, 02:18:12 AM |
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Amazing Foreign Movies you may have not seen (but you must see):
+City of God
+Amores Perros
+Sin Nombre
+Un prophète
+Elite Squad (both 1 and 2)
Other great movies (some of my favorites):
+Django
+Gravity
+District 9
+Lord of War
+Blow
+Casino
+Se7en
+Pulp Fiction
+Reservoir Dogs
+Training Day
+Boyz n da Hood
+Fight Club
+Blood Diamond
+The Departed
+No Country for Old Men
+Looper
Great horror/slasher movies (if you're into that stuff):
+High Tension
+À l'intérieur (Inside)
+Sinister
+REC
....that's all I can think of off the top of my head. If you guys are into good movies I recommend you at least look them up
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January 14, 2014, 02:21:21 AM |
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I just watch Frozen and Last Vegas, Frozen is actually better than I thought, it is like a musical but in cartoon. Last Vegas is like Hangover but with older people.  |
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guybrushthreepwood
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January 14, 2014, 10:27:56 AM |
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Amazing Foreign Movies you may have not seen (but you must see):
+City of God
+Amores Perros
+Sin Nombre
+Un prophète
+Elite Squad (both 1 and 2)
Other great movies (some of my favorites):
+Django
+Gravity
+District 9
+Lord of War
+Blow
+Casino
+Se7en
+Pulp Fiction
+Reservoir Dogs
+Training Day
+Boyz n da Hood
+Fight Club
+Blood Diamond
+The Departed
+No Country for Old Men
+Looper
Great horror/slasher movies (if you're into that stuff):
+High Tension
+À l'intérieur (Inside)
+Sinister
+REC
 Great list. |
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January 14, 2014, 11:37:17 AM |
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I just watch Frozen and Last Vegas, Frozen is actually better than I thought, it is like a musical but in cartoon. Last Vegas is like Hangover but with older people. There was a few laughs in this. Thought they had great chemistry. |
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Frost000 (OP)
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January 15, 2014, 04:50:59 AM |
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Just finished Escape Plan... Definitely a fun flick, though it's fairly stupid.
It's nice to see Arnold having fun again.
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January 15, 2014, 07:36:59 AM |
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Just watched "wolf of wallstreet". Must watch, similar to boiler room and other business related.
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guybrushthreepwood
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January 15, 2014, 12:59:00 PM |
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Just watched "wolf of wallstreet". Must watch, similar to boiler room and other business related.
I'm downloading Boiler Room now. Not heard of it before, so thanks for the rec. I was gonna download Wolf of Wall Street but apparently all the nude/orgy scenes are cut out so I'll probably just wait lol. |
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Frost000 (OP)
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January 15, 2014, 01:10:02 PM |
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I just went and saw it in theaters... The pace really makes the 3 hours fly by as if it was 90 minutes.
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January 15, 2014, 01:15:58 PM |
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I just went and saw it in theaters... The pace really makes the 3 hours fly by as if it was 90 minutes.
Are there a lot of nude/orgy scenes in it?  |
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Frost000 (OP)
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January 15, 2014, 03:34:07 PM |
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I just went and saw it in theaters... The pace really makes the 3 hours fly by as if it was 90 minutes.
Are there a lot of nude/orgy scenes in it? Definitely a lot of tits. You even see Jonah Hill's (fake) dong. |
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January 15, 2014, 03:59:13 PM |
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I just went and saw it in theaters... The pace really makes the 3 hours fly by as if it was 90 minutes.
Are there a lot of nude/orgy scenes in it? Definitely a lot of tits. You even see Jonah Hill's (fake) dong. Haha, how did you know it was fake? I didn't even know Joah and his (fake?) dong was in it. Seems to be getting some big roles recently. |
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Frost000 (OP)
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January 15, 2014, 04:16:35 PM |
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I just went and saw it in theaters... The pace really makes the 3 hours fly by as if it was 90 minutes.
Are there a lot of nude/orgy scenes in it? Definitely a lot of tits. You even see Jonah Hill's (fake) dong. Haha, how did you know it was fake? I didn't even know Joah and his (fake?) dong was in it. Seems to be getting some big roles recently. It just *has* to be fake, haha... Made me think of Marky Mark in Boogie Nights. I'm not a huge fan of Jonah from his older and more comedic stuff, but he's been pretty solid with Moneyball and Wolf of Wall Street. |
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January 15, 2014, 04:53:03 PM |
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January 15, 2014, 05:07:42 PM |
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yatsey87
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January 15, 2014, 05:14:04 PM |
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I think he means the TV series lol. |
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January 15, 2014, 06:00:19 PM |
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I think he means the TV series lol. Oh, well this is a MOVIE thread lol.Only seen the first film but thought it was pretty meh. I've not seen any of the Sherlock TV series. Any good? |
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Frost000 (OP)
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January 15, 2014, 06:03:33 PM |
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I think he means the TV series lol. Oh, well this is a MOVIE thread lol.Only seen the first film but thought it was pretty meh. I've not seen any of the Sherlock TV series. Any good? Yeah, I thought the Guy Ritchie film was utter shit. Haven't seen the sequel... But the BBC Sherlock series is pretty good! |
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January 15, 2014, 06:06:30 PM |
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Just watched "wolf of wallstreet". Must watch, similar to boiler room and other business related.
I'm downloading Boiler Room now. Not heard of it before, so thanks for the rec. I was gonna download Wolf of Wall Street but apparently all the nude/orgy scenes are cut out so I'll probably just wait lol. Just watched Wolf of Wallstreet too.  It's good. Will check out Boiler Room. |
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