tragabigzanda wrote:I've never heard of The Pledge, but I keep thinking it's somehow related to The Secret.
Please go into the movie with that expectation.
tragabigzanda wrote:I've never heard of The Pledge, but I keep thinking it's somehow related to The Secret.
Hes great in Glory so is Morgan Freeman and M Broderick, Have you seen Fallen with Denzel and Goodman?tragabigzanda wrote:I really like Denzel in these flicks:
Training Day
Glory
Inside Man
He Got Game
Philadelphia
Malcolm X
And I've never seen Mo Better Blues, but I bet I'd like him in that based on his other works with Spike Lee.
bada wrote:Denzel was great it Glory but outside of that he never really hit for me.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
I think it does, but I also think the 90s had some of the best movies ever but I agree some of the action movies look totally dated. Terminator 2 still holds up tho idc what anyone saystragabigzanda wrote:Yea, in high school, but I can't remember it. Does it hold up? Most of those late 90s Hollywood flicks are pretty bad.melonhead4 wrote:Hes great in Glory so is Morgan Freeman and M Broderick, Have you seen Fallen with Denzel and Goodman?tragabigzanda wrote:I really like Denzel in these flicks:
Training Day
Glory
Inside Man
He Got Game
Philadelphia
Malcolm X
And I've never seen Mo Better Blues, but I bet I'd like him in that based on his other works with Spike Lee.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
Another great flick. That Nicole Kidman intro...theplatypus wrote:Eyes Wide Shut
Sometimes I think this is my favorite movie of the 90s
Then I think about it some more and I change my mind
But it's really good
It's a beautiful movie. I was surprised how good it was when I rewatched it a couple of years ago.theplatypus wrote:Eyes Wide Shut
Sometimes I think this is my favorite movie of the 90s
Then I think about it some more and I change my mind
But it's really good
Fallen has no right to be as good as it is.melonhead4 wrote:Hes great in Glory so is Morgan Freeman and M Broderick, Have you seen Fallen with Denzel and Goodman?tragabigzanda wrote:I really like Denzel in these flicks:
Training Day
Glory
Inside Man
He Got Game
Philadelphia
Malcolm X
And I've never seen Mo Better Blues, but I bet I'd like him in that based on his other works with Spike Lee.
It's parts were funnier than the sum of it all, I agree.Biff Pocoroba wrote:Hail Caesar.
It was in my queue so I watched it before the debate. Clooney was great in a silly supporting role but over all I was disappointed and I had lower expectations going in. Lots of familiar faces throughout, it became more fun to see who would pop up instead of actually watching.
That could be an idea for a new thread: standout performances in otherwise bad movies.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
I meant to single out that particular scene; actually re-watched it a couple times.tragabigzanda wrote:That scene with the various religious leaders debating the merits of the film with Brolin was gold.
That one and the scene with Clooney and Brolin at the end.tragabigzanda wrote:That scene with the various religious leaders debating the merits of the film with Brolin was gold.bune wrote:It's parts were funnier than the sum of it all, I agree.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.