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Face/Off is a lot of fun. And Cage's freakout scene in prison is why I like him. No one would ever confuse Cage with Liam Neeson or Kenneth Brannaugh. But that scene in the prison is so gleeful in its excess, how can you not be entertained?
When Toy Story came out, my Pixar buddy invited me to the premiere. I passed, and regretted it. So as some kind of twisted make up call, I went to see the Pearl Harbour premiere in Hollywood.
Thank you.
I am so happy I saw this.
It's a must-see. And if you enjoy any kind of mind-altering substance (even alcohol) I'd highly recommend mixing the two.
Nah. Theyre all awesome action movies but nice try.
I'm with you JDogg. How anybody can sit through any Michael Bay Crapfest is beyond meI am totally in the minority here, so I'd never claim my opinion to be "right." Just not my cup of tea.I was actually going to draft this in the Great Movie Draft as an action movie, but after a couple PMs with some people I learned that the majority don't hold this in the same light I do.Best action movie in the last 20 years if you ask me.
really? I just thought it was a regular action flick.
Watch Miss COngeniality 2.
That's just silly.I was actually going to draft this in the Great Movie Draft as an action movie, but after a couple PMs with some people I learned that the majority don't hold this in the same light I do.
Best action movie in the last 20 years if you ask me.
You just lost a lot of movie credibility, pal.7.2 on IMDB
If a Michael Bay movie gives you "movie cred". For the record the Rock is enjoyable but I file it under guilty pleasures such as Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider movies or the Rundown. IMDB is a poor resource for movie ratings. It's like going to ask a Home Depot employee the specifics on grills or the people at Wal-Mart about a picture. Do they have items such as this? Yes. Are they rated highly by the folks that sell and use them? Yes. Does the true connoisseur know that they are peddling cheap crap? Absolutely.
I was being sarcastic with the movie cred thing. If you wouldnt have told me this was a Michael Bay movie, I wouldnt have known it. Not liking or going in thinking you wont like a movie because it was directed by someone, or stars someone, is foolish though. I actually think IMDB is a pretty good rating source as movies with above an 8 are few and far between and if a movie has at least a 6, they are consistently worth watching. I dont care what anyone says, The Rock is a top notch action movie and gives you everything you ask for with an action movie - suspense, style, decent acting, great cast, awesome car chase, some witty/funny dialogue, and oh yeah - ACTION and VIOLENCE.I actually might agree with Hooter as it being the best pure action movie in the last 20 years. Something like T2 is clearly better, but is just as much sci-fi as it is an action movie.You just lost a lot of movie credibility, pal.7.2 on IMDB
...this movie doesnt look like one that will get him off his #### movie streak either.
That does look pretty good.
Michael Bay is to movies as Hannibal Lecter is to fine dining.I'm with you JDogg. How anybody can sit through any Michael Bay Crapfest is beyond meI am totally in the minority here, so I'd never claim my opinion to be "right." Just not my cup of tea.I was actually going to draft this in the Great Movie Draft as an action movie, but after a couple PMs with some people I learned that the majority don't hold this in the same light I do.Best action movie in the last 20 years if you ask me.
Oh, it's far worse than regular - it's total ####. But it's the kind of #### that is so bad it's almost hilarious.
Loved it. Huge thumbs up from me.
Problem with this one is that he didn't learn his lesson and we have to watch him act again.Saw Inception. Not going to copy my whole review from that movie's actual thread, but lets just say youre denying yourself something mindblowing by not seeing it in theaters. Not sayin, just sayin.
A comedic highlight though was during the previews for the movie where the people are trapped in an elevator when onscreen it said "from the mind of m night shamalan" and in unison about 20 people go "Oh No" and the rest of the crowd just bursts out in laughter afterwards...this movie doesnt look like one that will get him off his #### movie streak either.
Also, Ben Affleck as a director might be onto something too as the preview for his upcoming movie "The Town" looked quite awesome. I did chuckle when it said "from the critically acclaimed director of Gone Baby Gone" but didnt mention Affleck by name actually directing it though. Since we were talking about Jeremy Renner earlier, this looks like another potentially great performance from him. The RDJr and Galifianakis comedy also looks like it should be good.
Casey seems to be a far better actor than Ben.Problem with this one is that he didn't learn his lesson and we have to watch him act again.Saw Inception. Not going to copy my whole review from that movie's actual thread, but lets just say youre denying yourself something mindblowing by not seeing it in theaters. Not sayin, just sayin.
A comedic highlight though was during the previews for the movie where the people are trapped in an elevator when onscreen it said "from the mind of m night shamalan" and in unison about 20 people go "Oh No" and the rest of the crowd just bursts out in laughter afterwards
Also, Ben Affleck as a director might be onto something too as the preview for his upcoming movie "The Town" looked quite awesome. I did chuckle when it said "from the critically acclaimed director of Gone Baby Gone" but didnt mention Affleck by name actually directing it though. Since we were talking about Jeremy Renner earlier, this looks like another potentially great performance from him. The RDJr and Galifianakis comedy also looks like it should be good.
I think Judge's movies would be viewed through a different lens had he not made Office Space. Extract wasn't great, but I thought it was enteraining.
Not really but it doesn't get worse.
I didn't like this movie as much as some others on here did. Maybe because I accidentally watched Training Day right beforehand (just had a stack of "cop films" to get through and didn't know anything about BF beforehand, so didn't realize same director w/ Hawke). Or maybe because I just didn't click with the story that much.
I like almost all these actors, and the movie has nice production values.
I'm surprised they exhumed the "veteran teaches the rookie" model for this movie. It's been done to death.
While I would say Cheadle's rep has benefitted from being in a plethora or good or better movies with rarely a miss, I think he's an above average actor.Its hard to say on his range as a lot of roles have been similar, but I think he is charismatic and that is why he is considered as good of an actor as he is. He's rarely been the lead actor in a movie, and I think that is something that has kept him in so many good movies, but not necessarily wowed some people.
I'm just not compelled to watch Cheadle the way I am compelled to watch every other top tier actor.
What are you talking about? Cheadle rocked The Golden Palace.
Haven't seen it.
Cheadle is a darling of the critics.
I won't flame you for this opinion.I do think he elevates standard or substandard material material, but I don't like when he is relied on to carry films and I don't think he outshines excellent material.
Agree with most of this and the bolded was basically my main point as to why he is better than average
Which material is he required to elevate? Cheadle, more than most actors, has appeared in a huge string of fantastic movies. And when he appears in bad movies like Oceans 11, he isn't talented enough to elevate the material.
It's been awhile but I really enjoyed his character in Ocean's 11. I thought it was one of the few departures from his standard Brooklyn's Finest/Traitor/Hotel Rwanda characters (which I all find to be remarkably similar).
Hotel. Rwanda.
I think Cheadle is great.He had a four or five episode stint on "ER" a few years ago and his performance was heartbreaking.
He's averagely average, not awesomely average or terribly averageClear now?
Yea, that does look good. LOL @ from the STUDIO that brought you the departed. jesus
Ocean's 11 was good (12 sucked, 13 was okay). If JDD is going to cherrypick a movie, picking Ocean's 11 for Cheadle is a cop out as not only was Cheadle in a very minor role in that movie, but there were a handful of actors who are bigger names and it isnt even debatable. According to IMDB, Cheadle was actually uncredited in Ocean's 11. If you want to say Cheadle couldnt elevate a bad or average movie, bring up Swordfish or After the Sunset.And like I mentioned, Cheadle has been in about a dozen movies that his performance made better. Its not totally a coincidence he has been in so many good movies.
This goes to what we were talking about: Miles Davis was an angry, charismatic guy. And I don't think Cheadle has the range to pull this off.
