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He really blew the delivery of the big speech to the judge at the end of the film, when he says (IIRC), "I have become what I have beheld, and I am content to have done so." That was a key statement for Elliot Ness, and he buried it in the midst of the rest of the monologue.
Costner really only had one good speech in him. Thank God he made it to Susan Sarandon!
Costner really only had one good speech in him. Thank God he made it to Susan Sarandon!
I concur. Wholeheartedly.
Oh my.
Speaking of Point Break. The director has a new movie out this weekend, The Hurt Locker, set in Iraq. From the NYT Review: [link]
There is more friction between James and Sanborn: competition, incomprehension, but also a brand of masculine love similar to the passion between Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in “Point Break.” In one scene Mr. Mackie and Mr. Renner trade stomach punches in a ritualistic display of affectionate aggression that looks as if it will end in either sex or murder, and Ms. Bigelow’s insight is that the tense comradeship of soldiers rests, often tenuously, on barely suppressed erotic and homicidal impulses.
Clues about moviemaker Michael Bay's decision to leave the Transformers world behind have been revealed in a leaked email to Paramount studio bosses.
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He said, "After the three and a half years I've spent making these movies, I feel like I've had enough of the Transformers world. I need to do something totally divergent, something without any explosions."
something without any explosions
Where is the real Michael Bay, and what did he do with him?
Aliens. Has to be.
I just watched The Wrestler. I'm not sure what I think of it.
I don't think I'll ever watch another Aronofsky.
Pi was good and interesting, and I loved Requiem for a Dream, but The Fountain was just nonsense. The Wrestler was a very different kind of movie, and I couldn't even see what was so Aronofsky about it except for the occasional editing quirks. There wasn't a lot of narrative thrust, but it was still interesting to watch the guy's life, just as it was. I didn't like the end, though. I guess I was expecting something more uplifting?