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Rate the movie "LA Confidential" (spinoff from Ned's 90s movies thread) (1 Viewer)
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Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Great acting, great immersion into the era. Not perfect but close enough to fool anyone who didn't live through that time. Gave it a 9.
rockaction
Footballguy
Must be a bunch of Elvis Costello fans in here.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I've always felt like this was a movie that I should have absolutely loved, but just didn't. I don't know why this film doesn't really click with me. The story is good, the cast is phenomenal, it's well shot, etc. I don't know. Anyway, I voted for 8.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Great movie.
That shootout at the end is an all-timer.
The two lead actors, playing men with deep roots in Los Angeles--were both Australian.
That shootout at the end is an all-timer.
The two lead actors, playing men with deep roots in Los Angeles--were both Australian.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
10/10
Amazing film on every level. Not just one of the best of the 90s, but one of the best ever.
Amazing film on every level. Not just one of the best of the 90s, but one of the best ever.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I went 9. Been awhile since I’ve seen it, I considered a 10
Ilov80s
Footballguy
This is where I’m at. The fact they took that labyrinthine novel and made a coherent film of it was a miracle. Plus the casting was inspired getting Spacey, Crowe and Pierce just as they were all on an incredible upward trajectory.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Which way are we supposed to vote for street cred?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I voted 8, but it’s more like 8.5 for me.
massraider
Footballguy
Original choice for the role of Jack Vincennes, but scheduling conflicts.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
10/10
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Same on both movies. Chinatown is a good comparison.
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
Props to the description of each numerical ranking. I dig that ranking system.
rockaction
Footballguy
Who’s Ned?
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
8
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah, I just noticed that as well. Who is Ned? Did he mean nerds?
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
massraider
Footballguy
I always thought the biggest stars being supporting roles to lesser known actors worked out really well.
Actually, every single casting decision in this movie was a home run, come to think of it. Down to Johnny Stompanato and Mrs. Lefferts.
Actually, every single casting decision in this movie was a home run, come to think of it. Down to Johnny Stompanato and Mrs. Lefferts.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
10. Great movie. And one of the better years for best picture nominees. This, As Good As It Gets, Good Will Hunting, Full Monty and Titanic.
Titanic was the worst movie of the group.
Titanic was the worst movie of the group.
Jayrod
Footballguy
Dwayne Hoover
Footballguy
I read the book which is incredible. The layers of storytelling in the book was James Ellroy at his best.
The movie just was not going to live up to it and it didn't. It was definitely entertaining enough but just couldn't quite get it done for me
The movie just was not going to live up to it and it didn't. It was definitely entertaining enough but just couldn't quite get it done for me
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Watched once. Remember nothing about it.
Not real compelled to watch again but I know I probably should.
Not real compelled to watch again but I know I probably should.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Interesting. I love the novel (and the whole LA quartet) but I thought the movie streamlined a lot and found a nice coherent story. It’s not the book, not by any stretch but that book could never be adapted perfectly into a movie. There’s just too much going on. The movie is a perfect adaptation of something seemingly I adaptable.
Ellroy hated the movie but he’s also a serious weirdo. He said he doesn’t care about anything after May 1972. He thinks Raymond Chandler sucks. He doesn’t believe WW2 has ended. He’s just either totally out there, somewhat ill or a contrarian to the power of 10.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
LA Confidential.
So many great scenes.
Best scene and one of the all-time greatest scenes in film history.
L.A. Confidential (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Interrogation (1997)
Second best scene, so many to choose from, could easily post a half dozen scenes.
L.A. Confidential (5/10) Movie CLIP - Shotgun Ed
So many great lines.
Best line.
"Av ya a valediction Boyo?"
L.A. Confidential(1997) - The Death Of Jack Vincennes
Second best line.
"Is that how you used to run the Good Cop/Bad Cop?"
L. A. Confidential Good Cop/Bad Cop
Jayrod
Footballguy
So many great scenes.
Best scene and one of the all-time greatest scenes in film history.
L.A. Confidential (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Interrogation (1997)
Second best scene, so many to choose from, could easily post a half dozen scenes.
L.A. Confidential (5/10) Movie CLIP - Shotgun Ed
So many great lines.
Best line.
"Av ya a valediction Boyo?"
L.A. Confidential(1997) - The Death Of Jack Vincennes
Second best line.
"Is that how you used to run the Good Cop/Bad Cop?"
L. A. Confidential Good Cop/Bad Cop
So there ARE spoiler tags? When did we find this out? And why is it "ISPOILER"?
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Spoiler tags from the pull-down 3-dot menu.
I used spoiler in case someone hadn't seen the film.
Jayrod
Footballguy
I get why, I just hadn't figured out how to do them on the new board. I know see the crossed-out-eye icon.
WUNDERBAR!!!
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
L.A., especially during that time period, had so many rabbit holes that led to other rabbit holes that I wouldn't be surprised if writing 4 books about it led to his 'quirkiness.' Or, the only way he could have endured writing them was that he was crazy beforehand and the subject matter drew him like a moth to a flame.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The article I read seems to indicate he’s always been bizarre (or at least that’s how he chooses to paint himself). He said ask a kid he would tell his mom WW2 was still going on. She would explain it ended before he was born but he refused to believe it.
Dwayne Hoover
Footballguy
My take on Ellroy is that he is a contrarian publicly but some of his takes he is just playing with people. Don't get me wrong, he's a strange guy but I don't think he's that disconnected from reality.
Dwayne Hoover
Footballguy
His mother was murdered when he was 10 years old so IMO impossible to be "normal" after something like that happens
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Terrible. I didn't know about his past. Hope writing was at least a little therapeutic.
massraider
Footballguy
L.A. Confidential: Off the Record - Behind the Scenes
Featurette looking into the making of "L.A. Confidential", the 1997 award winning neo-noir crime film..CAUTION - CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE.Copyright Warner Ho...
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Ellroy had very nice things to say about the movie in this lil documentary-type thing.
One of the things I really liked was that the director was saying he had chosen songs for the movie, and they were able to really make the scenes fit because they knew which songs they were using. Personally, I am a bit shocked that doesn't happen more often.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
His Wiki page includes some 'other' disturbing aspects of his childhood.
...At the age of 7, Ellroy saw his mother naked and began to sexually fantasize about her. He struggled in youth with this obsession, as he held a psycho-sexual relationship with her, and tried to catch glimpses of her nude.[6][7] Ellroy stated that "I lived for naked glimpses. I hated her and lusted for her..."[8]
On June 22, 1958, when Ellroy was ten years old, his mother was raped and murdered.[8] Ellroy later described his mother as "sharp-tongued [and] bad-tempered",[9] unable to keep a steady job, alcoholic, and sexually promiscuous. His first reaction upon hearing of her death was relief: he could now live with his father, whom he preferred.[10] His father was more permissive and allowed Ellroy to do as he pleased, namely be "left alone to read, to go out and peep through windows, prowl around and sniff the air."[4] The police never found his mother's killer, and the case still remains unsolved. The murder, along with reading The Badge by Jack Webb (a book comprising sensational cases from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department, a birthday gift from his father), were important events of Ellroy's youth.[5][9]
Ellroy's inability to come to terms with the emotions surrounding his mother's murder led him to transfer them onto another murder victim, Elizabeth Short. Nicknamed the "Black Dahlia," Short was a young woman murdered in 1947, her body cut in half and discarded in Los Angeles, in a notorious and unsolved crime...
I think we can understand why he was drawn to crime from that era and how his books delve deeply into the seedy underbelly of LA since that was the defining backdrop of his childhood.
nirad3
Footballguy
This is where I'm at too, at least from what I can remember. Been awhile since I've seen it. Definitely something I'd watch again.
rockaction
Footballguy
Copyrights and time issues. I am also surprised it doesn't happen more often, but we know why. Some of L.A. Confidential's music is probably in the public domain for copyright, so you can find a song and use it.
rustycolts
Footballguy
I know I should like this one better but it doesn't even make it into my top 6 crime films based in LA.
I am basically the same. I watched it once.......probably a couple years ago. I didn't think it lived up to the hype. Maybe I need to watch it again.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
This is me.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
FWIW, it's free on youtube now.
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