Johnny Mac Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Anyone been to see this at the cinema yet?I thought it was pretty awesome.Starring:Bruce WillisJosh HartnettMorgan FreemanLucy LiuLots of killing, a bit of comedy in there, just a really well put together film.Recommended.Oh, and i loved all the badass wallpaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKMartin Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 You neglected to mention that it also stars SIR Ben Kingsley. Expect to hear from his lawyers.AKM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 I saw the trailer for it a few days ago, and I have to see this film. It looks the dog's bollocks.Which means good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 i thoroughlly enjoyed it too. really well put together. /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam the Eagle Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 ...but slevin's not a number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 ...but slevin's not a numberLet's just pretend a Russian came up with the idea, and couldn't pronounce seven properly?It's shite, I know, but just go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I know it's stupid but the name of the film really puts me off seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig B Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 The postes on the bus stops annoy me, for soem reason. I think it's that S7evin thing. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin_Ling Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Anyone been to see this at the cinema yet?I thought it was pretty awesome.Starring:Bruce WillisJosh HartnettMorgan FreemanLucy LiuLots of killing' date=' a bit of comedy in there, just a really well put together film.Recommended.Oh, and i loved all the badass wallpaper.[/quote']Yeah, it was a great film, really cleverly done. I agree that the wall paper was pretty interesting..... They could have made the wall in the Rabbi's son's room a less fake looking It's like in playstation games when the wall thats going to move is a little off shade to the normal colour!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael MacLennan Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 It far exceeded my expectations, very nicely put together, and it even made me swoon over Lucy Liu, something I previously thought impossible after suffering her performance (and that of everyone else's, Bill Murray excluded) in Charlie's Angels I and II. And the snazzy wallpaper was indeed ace.The director Paul McGuigan, previously did Gangster No 1, which had some great moments, though petered out when it had Malcolm McDowall rather than Paul Bettany in the lead. He's also Scottish too, which is pretty groovy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Definately a rare film, but although it was far superior to the avarage shoot-em-up story there's a few downfalls. The dialogue is stuck between that of an old mobster film, and that of some seriously fake cheese. The story and twists are good but the conclusion's totally dumbed down for the Audience, by things like re-emphasising the watches, guns, rings and details you should have noticed.Overall definately worth seeing, much better all the other horse-shit out just now. All-star cast, with top knotch acting, like a modern goodfellas with a different ending for the 'good guy'.7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I saw it a few weeks ago, and I would defintely recommend anyone to go and see it. I thought it was pretty clever.Paul is right though, they really shouldn't have emphasised those things at the end, because anyone who was watching closely enough would have taken that in already, but still, a very good watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat your parents Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I thought it was absolutely shit. As Subsisty said, Paul McGuigan is of Gangster No. 1 fame, however he's also known to be one of the most criticised directors in film, and I'm not surprised.The cinematography and the camera work was inconsistent, the story for the first two thirds cliched (every character was from some sort of boring hap-hazard detective novel, Lucy Liu - ditzy, sporadic, cute, love interest, Josh Hartnett the downtrodden good looking hero, Bruce Willis - every assassin role ever, Freeman/Kingsley - one was the smooth talking, Homer/Sun-su quoting boss, the other the interestingly, oddball, it honestly felt that the Jewish thing was thrown in there for some differation).The acting was okay in areas, average in others - Willis, the same role he's done in so many films *yawn*, Hartnett, very average, Liu, where is her career going?The film couldn't make up its mind where it was going, and referenced Pulp novella's so badly it was supposed to redeem itself? It was jarred and fragmented. Themes and styles clashed: comedy, pulp, thriller, action, dark noir, love story, hitchcockian finale, in the end it, just seemed misguided.It was almost as if the producers and director where trying to be immensely clever, creating a document on the 40s thriller, 70s pulp novella mixed with techniques currently in use in film today. It didn't work.Those flashbacks as well looked awful with that jerky camera, ugh.I'm sorry, but it's the worst film I've ever seen, not because it was simply awful (Freddie Vs Jason, Doom as two recent examples), but because it was done by people who can actually formulate good ideas and portray them well on film, who then made a monstrosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 ...Or if you want to watch it instead of analysing it folks, go and see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The music of keg Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 i thought it was a really good film......its clever with it's twists its a chief film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eat your parents Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 ...Or if you want to watch it instead of analysing it folks' date=' go and see it.[/quote']I watched it, and it was complete garbage. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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