I wasn't crazy about The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It had a few things going for it (Levon Helm's character, for instance), but the story seemed unnecessarily convoluted (and that means a lot coming from me) and I never believed for a second in either Tommy Lee Jones's character or what's-his-face, the twitchy guy who played the border patrol agent. I know Jones was wanting to make a Peckinpah movie - I'm pretty sure I read that Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia was one of his primary influences - but he did the movie wrong by hiring Guillermo Arriaga to write it. That guy overwrites everything he's done: Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel. The location shots at Big Bend were awful purty, though.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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Hayden - Feb 24, 2009 5:43:20 am PST #96 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Frankenbuddha - Feb 24, 2009 7:11:07 am PST #97 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ooh. Criterion is putting out WISE BLOOD in May. Can't wait.
Hayden - Feb 24, 2009 8:13:47 am PST #98 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Excellent! One of Brad Dourif's finest moments. Maybe they'll get around to putting out The Dead soon, too.
Vonnie K - Feb 24, 2009 8:48:43 am PST #99 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Has anyone seen the new Clive Owen thriller, International? It's getting lukewarm (although not excoriating) reviews, but the presence of Owen goes a long way to mitigate a mediocre script.
What's with all the "I" titles and political thrillers anyway? The Insider. The Interpreter. International. I'm sure I'd forgotten some.
Owen's also shot a movie with Julia Roberts called Duplicity, where they're playing spies/ex-lovers bent on out-scamming each other, which looks like it might be frothy fun, unless you hate JR with the death of thousand burning supernovas.
0 - Feb 24, 2009 11:24:46 am PST #100 of 30000
Has anyone seen the new Clive Owen thriller, International?
I saw it and I'd say the reviews are about right. I liked the first two thirds of the movie, but then it lost me with all the exposition and nonsensical narrative, which kinda pissed me off because I was enjoying myself up to that point.
I guess you could summarize it as Bourne Lite. Visually, it's very pretty with the different locales.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 24, 2009 12:01:06 pm PST #101 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Owen's also shot a movie with Julia Roberts called Duplicity, where they're playing spies/ex-lovers bent on out-scamming each other, which looks like it might be frothy fun, unless you hate JR with the death of thousand burning supernovas.
It'll be like Mr. & Mrs. Smith only without the pesky dithering about which one you want to win!
Theodosia - Feb 24, 2009 2:38:23 pm PST #102 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
:: briefly burns with the death of a thousand burning nuns ::
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2009 2:39:19 pm PST #103 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She brays in the trailer. It's horrific.
le nubian - Feb 24, 2009 2:52:45 pm PST #104 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I like the director of International so I was thinking I might see it. But his movies haven't grabbed me for 5-10 years.
Sue - Feb 24, 2009 5:36:57 pm PST #105 of 30000
hip deep in pie
She brays in the trailer. It's horrific.
It is. Even my overwhelming lust for Clive may not cancel out the horror that it JR is full JR mode.