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Zip - excellent post about the Departed. While I don't feel that it is the same quality of previous "Best Pictures", I do believe it was the best of the year due to the fact that 2006 really had some shitty movies.
The entire movie was stressful, and I felt like I was living through DeCaprio's stress with him, so the film accomplished what it set out to do.
I agree with both your points MoTown
Having said that, I think it's a great movie, certainly one you can watch more than once.
Just saw Lord Of War, a Nick Cage movie that came out in 2005 and didn't get much love domestically. It's actually quite good and enjoyable. If you like movies where you root for the bad guy (in this case, Cage is an international arms dealer who gets into some fucked-up shit), then this is definitely worth watching. It's not really an action movie, though there's suspenseful moments. While not as good, it has a Goodfellas kinda vibe to it.
Saw Lady of the Water, Running with Scissors, and Shopgirl all in a 2 day span (the wife is home this week recovering from minor surgery). All three sucked something terrible.
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300 opened today... I assume you saw the midnight showing Gutz - how was it?
naw, saw it on friday. Best movie of the year so far(though there isnt much competition). Terrific movie though. Plenty of blood, sex, murder, and ballsy attitude with a story that never slowed down too long. its everything the preview made it out to be in all its barbaric glory, which you can't say too often for a movie. Also the director did a real good job of keeping the same feel as the graphic novel. probably the best adaptation of such i've seen.Quote:
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9 out of 10 and i'm seeing it again on IMAX next week.
I saw 300 last night -- I'll give it an 8.3 out of 10. The action and effects were everything I hoped for, but the character development was so lax that it hurt the story for me. Still, though, a pretty solid movie and like Gutz said, best of the year so far.
I saw The Invincible Iron Man animated feature. The animation itself was great, but the story was less so. They played too many shenanigans in retelling Iron Man's origin story, which by and large isn't all that interesting and isn't needed to tell a good Iron Man story. If you want cartoon superheroics that kick butt, stick with the Ultimate Avengers DVDs or anything from Bruce Timm/Paul Dini.
if your complaint was lack of sappy story and character development in between the fighting, then I'd say your gf has you watching too many slow movies. this movie was meant to be like it was. the characters needed no background developing when they are that straight to the point. the only one who did was the king, and i thought they nailed his character's depth perfectly. Its a man movie man. MAN LAW.:yingyang:Quote:
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also after getting time to soak in the seeing of it i give it a 10 out of 10 instead of 9.