I'd never even heard of it before, erika, but I just checked imdb and almost all the user comments (aside from the puzzlers like the person who notes that this completely unknown Levitt newcomer may get a career boost from his fine performance here, and the idiots who complain that scenes exploring his character and how he copes with trauma don't contain any action sequences or advance the plots) are raving about the excellent screenplay and stellar cast. That, plus your love, is definitely enough to move it onto my want list.
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Oh, Sean, I like JGL, too. He's a good actor. And funny. And I totally believed he had a brain injury for two hours. Which is not something you could fool me about very easily, even if his was different than mine. Seen it. You know? JZ, where do they find these morons that only want to see shit blowing up and naked tit? Because I thought most things in the movie advanced the plot, but in a very delicate way that demands you not carry on three conversations and fold laundry while you watch it. By the end though, everything pays off. Have some patience, imdb people! Damn.
Damn, I saw a trailer for the lookout ages ago and thought it looked very awesome and intriguing. *adds to queue*
Can you tell I've got some issues with the ADD plot junkie filmgoer? And I'm even totally out of my Merchant-Ivory period. But something doesn't have to be non-stop thrill-a-rama to be worth it...because that was fuckin' "Domino", which was completely incomprehensible and cost me an hour of my life, but, to be fair, it never stopped moving.
I really liked that film a lot, Erika. Kind of an undiscovered gem.
Oh don't even get me started on the let's-take-a-great-real-life-bisexual-character-and-make-her-straight disaster that was Domino.
Complete with wacky jump-cuts.
Wow, I feel like that character should have been set up with the version of John Forbes Nash that appeared in A Beautiful Mind.
Okay, there must be something I'm missing, but I keep hearing about how people were originally huge fans of Damian Lewis from The Forsyte Saga first, which led them over to Life. After Band of Brothers, I tried checking out TFS and couldn't drag myself through it, even for the DL love. Does his character become more sympathetic, despite the creepiness? I found his character very unattractive (ugly in spirit and therefore looks) in TFS and seeing as the actor was the only reason I rented it.... can someone please esplain this to me? Is there something wonderful that I missed?
Um, I'm pretty sure he's the snottastic villain of the piece, and that's the point.
(All your bohemian Rupert Graves are belong to me.)