Pfft. If you did not see Crank, you do not know how awesome the sequel will be. Guaran-fucking-teed.
All I can say about Crank is that when the car wound up on the escalator, I stopped worrying and embraced the madness. Okay, also, I was drunk, and we were watching it on PPV. But we were all like "?????" for the first third and then we decided this was the greatest movie ever. And I hope to be as drunk and delighted when I see the sequel. For free, ideally, because god knows it won't be worth paying for, but that's the charm.
In conclusion: you may mock Crank, but only if you conclude with "...So it was the stupidest thing ever, and it KNEW it was stupid, that's why it was AWESOME."
when the car wound up on the escalator
Oh my God, I must see this movie.
"...So it was the stupidest thing ever, and it KNEW it was stupid, that's why it was AWESOME."
This is what I hear about
Shoot Em Up
as well.
Shoot Em Up was far far better. I never reached the "stupidly awesome" point in Crank.
Oscar noms
I blame lolcats for making me think "Oscar noms...oooh, Robert Downey Jr. nom nom nom!!!"
Oh, I'm glad that Melissa Leo got nominated!
Just because I like her - haven't seen the movie yet but I hear it's great.
I have not heard of "The Visitor" at all.
The Visitor is supposed to be a great little film. About a guy who comes to his pied a terre in NY to find two illegal immigrants staying there. And he lets them stay. I think it came out last spring and was in theatres for like, a week. It's on my list to rent since it was actually in my local theatre for only a week.
I did not find the film as good as the critics' reviews. But perhaps I am a crank.
I found the film to be actually very sad - when considered from the perspectives of individuals who weren't the main character.
I am desperately hoping that Richard Jenkins and Josh Brolin both being nominated means that their scenes as domestic partners in Flirting with Disaster will be somehow featured at the Oscars.
I am desperately hoping that Richard Jenkins and Josh Brolin both being nominated means that their scenes as domestic partners in Flirting with Disaster will be somehow featured at the Oscars.
I'd settle for any part of Jenkins' LSD trip in the same film.
"I feel...vivid."
