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[Socrates11]

47 Ronin

This caught a lot of flack when it came out in the theaters but as a freebie from the library I thought I'd give it a look and ended up enjoying the hell out of it. Keanu Reeves isn't good but he's not terrible either, and when you can accept that you're going to get the same old wooden performance then the story can win out and not be dragged down.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Django Unchained.

I was entertained. I'm kinda over the too much blood to look cool way of making movies at this point though.

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

The Darkest Hour - Space aliens in invisible balls of energy decend on Moscow and incinerate people on contact. Acting was bad, plot holes were worse. Not good.

Dark Skies - Aliens terrorize a family in the guise of ghosts. Yep.

Vanishing on 7th Street - Lights go out, something in the dark disappears people. Hayden Christiansen is in it, but he is surprisingly ok. A lot of plot holes and the rules seem to change as needed, but overall it wasn't bad. I did get a little bored toward the end.

Lawless - This movie was terrible. Shia played his most believable character, a crybaby tool. So it had that.

C_ckneys vs. Zombies - I laughed. It was worth a watch.

 

[mr fancypants]

All is Lost - Good R. Redford film where he basically emulates Gravity but on the high seas. The guy can still bring it even though he almost 80. 8/10

 

[Rick James]

Godzilla sucked.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Another Way Way Back watcher over the weekend..i enjoyed it

Entertaining flick. Had an 80's feel to it.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Her:

Really loved this movie - easily one of the best of last year. At a basic level, the premise does seem silly, but I thought it handled it so well and really had a lot to say about how we connect to each other. As I was watching it, I was nervous about how it would end, and I thought even that Jones nailed. Can't recommend this one enough, and I am sure most lingering in here will like it. 8/10

Was looking for a movie, I think I will give this a try.

 

[El Floppo]

Saw Prisoners... pretty terrible. Too many eye-rolling, cringeworthy, goofy writing moments to swing the story around to it's own purposes. Not many if any surprises. I was ready to turn it off pretty early on.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Saw Prisoners... pretty terrible. Too many eye-rolling, cringeworthy, goofy writing moments to swing the story around to it's own purposes. Not many if any surprises. I was ready to turn it off pretty early on.

looked fantastic though

 

[El Floppo]

Saw Prisoners... pretty terrible. Too many eye-rolling, cringeworthy, goofy writing moments to swing the story around to it's own purposes. Not many if any surprises. I was ready to turn it off pretty early on.

looked fantastic though

I guess it rained a lot.

 

[sports_fan]

Godzilla sucked.

unfortunately

 

[tommyboy]

Star trek - into darkness. Wife liked it after complaining she didnt want to watch it. I thought it was good 7.5/10

 

[cstu]

Saw Prisoners... pretty terrible. Too many eye-rolling, cringeworthy, goofy writing moments to swing the story around to it's own purposes. Not many if any surprises. I was ready to turn it off pretty early on.

looked fantastic though

I guess it rained a lot.

Do you have kids?

 

[cstu]

Godzilla sucked.

unfortunately

Did you like guys like Pacific Rim? Apparently the story doesn't matter in these movies and as long as there are big battles people seem to love them.

 

[saintfool]

"neighbors" last night with the gf. in the vein of "superbad" in that it is a broad comedy with enough raunchy humor to keep you laughing. it doesn't cop out on the gags it sets up. i was pleasantly surprised.

 

[sports_fan]

Godzilla sucked.

unfortunately

Did you like guys like Pacific Rim? Apparently the story doesn't matter in these movies and as long as there are big battles people seem to love them.

Pacific Rim is what Godzilla should have been. The buildup in Godzilla is painfully slow, Cranston doesn't get enough screen time and the main characters are completely uninteresting. Once the action gets started it's awesome but then it ends too soon.

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Her:

Really loved this movie - easily one of the best of last year. At a basic level, the premise does seem silly, but I thought it handled it so well and really had a lot to say about how we connect to each other. As I was watching it, I was nervous about how it would end, and I thought even that Jones nailed. Can't recommend this one enough, and I am sure most lingering in here will like it. 8/10

Movie was well done, it's watchable. I can't say I really liked it though.

 

[El Floppo]

Saw Prisoners... pretty terrible. Too many eye-rolling, cringeworthy, goofy writing moments to swing the story around to it's own purposes. Not many if any surprises. I was ready to turn it off pretty early on.

looked fantastic though

I guess it rained a lot.

Do you have kids?

yes

 

[IC FBGCav]

Her:

Really loved this movie - easily one of the best of last year. At a basic level, the premise does seem silly, but I thought it handled it so well and really had a lot to say about how we connect to each other. As I was watching it, I was nervous about how it would end, and I thought even that Jones nailed. Can't recommend this one enough, and I am sure most lingering in here will like it. 8/10

Movie was well done, it's watchable. I can't say I really liked it though.

I am in this camp. The best part of the movie was the video game white kid. 6.5/10.

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

Godzilla sucked.

unfortunately

Did you like guys like Pacific Rim? Apparently the story doesn't matter in these movies and as long as there are big battles people seem to love them.

I'm wondering what amount of story needs to be in a movie about a giant lizard attacking a city...

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Django Unchained.

I was entertained. I'm kinda over the too much blood to look cool way of making movies at this point though.

Loved this movie ...great characters and great pace

 

[Sarnoff]

Neighbors B (spoilers)

Some good acting and funny scenes (Zach and Seth fighting in the bedroom and the Dance Off with Rose Byrne and Halston Sage kissing were my favorite scenes) but a little inconsistent.

That is on rental?

Should probably start up an in-theater side thread.

 

[Chaka]

Neighbors B (spoilers)

Some good acting and funny scenes (Zach and Seth fighting in the bedroom and the Dance Off with Rose Byrne and Halston Sage kissing were my favorite scenes) but a little inconsistent.

That is on rental?

Should probably start up an in-theater side thread.

I think we moved beyond that about 669 pages ago.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Neighbors B (spoilers)

Some good acting and funny scenes (Zach and Seth fighting in the bedroom and the Dance Off with Rose Byrne and Halston Sage kissing were my favorite scenes) but a little inconsistent.

Not great. But fun to watch in a packed theater.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just saw a Tarantino double feature this week: True Romance and Reservoir Dogs.

Both are good movies, although Dogs is not nearly as entertaining on the big screen as Romance.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Star trek - into darkness. Wife liked it after complaining she didnt want to watch it. I thought it was good 7.5/10

This just came out on Netflix streaming so we re-watched. Love it.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Star trek - into darkness. Wife liked it after complaining she didnt want to watch it. I thought it was good 7.5/10

This just came out on Netflix streaming so we re-watched. Love it.

We watched this again over the weekend as well. I'm still slightly (and I mean slightly) unhappy with them going to the Khan storyline, but it was a very good movie, the cast continues to be great in their roles and I really do like how they have moved canon around and still be different. The ending was perfect in that I think it should open them up to being completely free to do whatever they want to do in the next 2 or 3 movies.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Star trek - into darkness. Wife liked it after complaining she didnt want to watch it. I thought it was good 7.5/10

This just came out on Netflix streaming so we re-watched. Love it.

We watched this again over the weekend as well. I'm still slightly (and I mean slightly) unhappy with them going to the Khan storyline, but it was a very good movie, the cast continues to be great in their roles and I really do like how they have moved canon around and still be different. The ending was perfect in that I think it should open them up to being completely free to do whatever they want to do in the next 2 or 3 movies.

My one complaint is Spock. In the original series, Spock was by far the coolest dude. This new Spock is fine in the role. But he's just not cool.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Star trek - into darkness. Wife liked it after complaining she didnt want to watch it. I thought it was good 7.5/10

This just came out on Netflix streaming so we re-watched. Love it.

We watched this again over the weekend as well. I'm still slightly (and I mean slightly) unhappy with them going to the Khan storyline, but it was a very good movie, the cast continues to be great in their roles and I really do like how they have moved canon around and still be different. The ending was perfect in that I think it should open them up to being completely free to do whatever they want to do in the next 2 or 3 movies.

My one complaint is Spock. In the original series, Spock was by far the coolest dude. This new Spock is fine in the role. But he's just not cool.

Yeah, I've seen similar comments that Zachary Quinto isn't great in that role but I think he is doing a great job. I think they nailed the cast perfectly.

 

[Rick James]

Godzilla sucked.

unfortunately

Did you like guys like Pacific Rim? Apparently the story doesn't matter in these movies and as long as there are big battles people seem to love them.

I absolutely L-O-V-E-D Pacific Rim. It's in my top 5 of 2013 for sure.

The problem w/ Godzilla was that the story sucked, and the action was too sparse and couldn't make up for the crap story. I wouldn't call Godzilla the main focus of the movie, actually.

 

[Sarnoff]

Just saw a Tarantino double feature this week: True Romance and Reservoir Dogs.

Both are good movies, although Dogs is not nearly as entertaining on the big screen as Romance.

True Romance. What a well done film.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Star trek - into darkness. Wife liked it after complaining she didnt want to watch it. I thought it was good 7.5/10

This just came out on Netflix streaming so we re-watched. Love it.

We watched this again over the weekend as well. I'm still slightly (and I mean slightly) unhappy with them going to the Khan storyline, but it was a very good movie, the cast continues to be great in their roles and I really do like how they have moved canon around and still be different. The ending was perfect in that I think it should open them up to being completely free to do whatever they want to do in the next 2 or 3 movies.

My one complaint is Spock. In the original series, Spock was by far the coolest dude. This new Spock is fine in the role. But he's just not cool.

Yeah, I've seen similar comments that Zachary Quinto isn't great in that role but I think he is doing a great job. I think they nailed the cast perfectly.

I like most of the casting. I'm not saying Quinto is bad.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just saw a Tarantino double feature this week: True Romance and Reservoir Dogs.

Both are good movies, although Dogs is not nearly as entertaining on the big screen as Romance.

True Romance. What a well done film.

Very entertaining.

 

[17seconds]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

 

[Mr. Mojo]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

I agree with you. The fact that not only was there no shred of humanity in the South, the characters seemed only to exist to inflict as much cruelty on the poor slaves as possible. Oh, and the North was like Shangri La.

 

[El Floppo]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

I agree with you. The fact that not only was there no shred of humanity in the South, the characters seemed only to exist to inflict as much cruelty on the poor slaves as possible. Oh, and the North was like Shangri La.

well... that's pretty much it anyways.

signed,

NYer.

 

[jdoggydogg]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

I agree with you. The fact that not only was there no shred of humanity in the South, the characters seemed only to exist to inflict as much cruelty on the poor slaves as possible. Oh, and the North was like Shangri La.

Sitting through Django Unchained was hard enough. I really am not motivated to see 12 Years a Slave. There comes a point where I just can't withstand the ugliness of humanity.

 

[KarmaPolice]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?

I thought there was good acting, but maybe not from where the praise mostly came from. I thought fassbender, dano, and giamatti were great in it, but watching those guys act usually make my pants tight so it is a biased view.

 

[jdoggydogg]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?

I thought there was good acting, but maybe not from where the praise mostly came from. I thought fassbender, dano, and giamatti were great in it, but watching those guys act usually make my pants tight so it is a biased view.

I always said, if I had to #### a guy...I mean had to, if my life depended on it...I'd #### Elvis.

 

[KarmaPolice]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?I thought there was good acting, but maybe not from where the praise mostly came from. I thought fassbender, dano, and giamatti were great in it, but watching those guys act usually make my pants tight so it is a biased view.

I always said, if I had to #### a guy...I mean had to, if my life depended on it...I'd #### Elvis.

evidently gay and a necrophiliac.

 

[jdoggydogg]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?I thought there was good acting, but maybe not from where the praise mostly came from. I thought fassbender, dano, and giamatti were great in it, but watching those guys act usually make my pants tight so it is a biased view.

I always said, if I had to #### a guy...I mean had to, if my life depended on it...I'd #### Elvis.

evidently gay and a necrophiliac.

Not today's Elvis. Elvis back then.

 

[jdoggydogg]

R.I.P. Gordon Willis, famed cinematographer of The Godfather

Look at this guy's resume:

Manhattan, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Annie Hall, The Parallax View, All the President’s Men, Klute, etc.

The fact that Willis wasn’t nominated for a single Oscar further cements the fact that the Oscars are a joke.

 

[17seconds]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?

See that bugged me. There's the slave owner with a heart of gold and also the movie's producer (Pitt) comes in to save the guy. Yawn.

This movie brings nothing to the table in the genre.

Django took a completely new angle to a slavery movie so I respect that one a lot more.

 

[Chaka]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?

See that bugged me. There's the slave owner with a heart of gold and also the movie's producer (Pitt) comes in to save the guy. Yawn.

This movie brings nothing to the table in the genre.

Django took a completely new angle to a slavery movie so I respect that one a lot more.

I'm fine if you didn't like it but I get the feeling that you formulated your opinion on the whole film before the end of the first act and didn't give it much of a chance afterwards.

Benedict Cumberbatch did not have a heart of gold, he may have saved Ejifor's life in the film (which may have had just as much to do with his dislike for the incompetence of Dano as a foreman as anything) but he also brutally ripped a mother from her children shortly before that. He hardly had a heart of gold.

It was a rough movie, and I don't think it really broke any new ground, but it was based on the memoirs of Solomon Northup and the actors, particularly Fassbender, brought a lot more nuance to their roles than you are giving credit for.

 

[Daywalker]

R.I.P. Gordon Willis, famed cinematographer of The Godfather

Look at this guy's resume:

Manhattan, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Annie Hall, The Parallax View, All the President’s Men, Klute, etc.

The fact that Willis wasn’t nominated for a single Oscar further cements the fact that the Oscars are a joke

He didn't get a nod for Manhattan? Geez, seems iconic.

 

[KarmaPolice]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?

See that bugged me. There's the slave owner with a heart of gold and also the movie's producer (Pitt) comes in to save the guy. Yawn.

This movie brings nothing to the table in the genre.

Django took a completely new angle to a slavery movie so I respect that one a lot more.

Pitt was distracting, but that was about 5mins of a 2hr movie, so I let it go. I haven't read it, but like Chaka said, it was based on a memoir, so I would assume a lot of the stuff in the movie is what he experienced. Is it possible that his memory and perception of the events are a little biased and jaded? absolutely, and with good reason. I don't think the movie pretended to do anything but tell one man's struggle through his perspective. It wasn't trying to give an all sides accounted for breakdown of slavery. For it's limitations, I thought McQueen did a great job of getting out of the way of the story, the movie looked great, and I liked quite a few of performances. I don't think it was the best movie of the year, but I bet it would be in my top 10.

I guess by your statement, you would have liked/respected the movie more if Solomon upon his release went back in to cap some mutha ####ers while some JayZ blares in the background.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

12 Years a Slave

I can't believe this won Best Picture. Well, I guess I can since the voters love certain themes... This movie was exactly what I thought it would be and it was dark and depressing as hell for the entire 2+ hours. It wasn't a bad movie, but it gave me absolutely nothing more than what I expected. And I wasn't that thrilled by the acting. A free man is forced to be a slave for 12 years, and white people in the pre civil war south are evil. Got it.

3 out 5 stars

see, I had similar feelings going in, but thought the movie did a good enough job to present some moral ambiguity that made it exceed expectations. there were some evil people, but brad helped him and his first master treated him respectably (yes, he was still a slave owner). wasnt it a black man who helped trick him to begin with?

See that bugged me. There's the slave owner with a heart of gold and also the movie's producer (Pitt) comes in to save the guy. Yawn.

This movie brings nothing to the table in the genre.

Django took a completely new angle to a slavery movie so I respect that one a lot more.

Pitt was distracting, but that was about 5mins of a 2hr movie, so I let it go. I haven't read it, but like Chaka said, it was based on a memoir, so I would assume a lot of the stuff in the movie is what he experienced. Is it possible that his memory and perception of the events are a little biased and jaded? absolutely, and with good reason. I don't think the movie pretended to do anything but tell one man's struggle through his perspective. It wasn't trying to give an all sides accounted for breakdown of slavery. For it's limitations, I thought McQueen did a great job of getting out of the way of the story, the movie looked great, and I liked quite a few of performances. I don't think it was the best movie of the year, but I bet it would be in my top 10.

I guess by your statement, you would have liked/respected the movie more if Solomon upon his release went back in to cap some mutha ####ers while some JayZ blares in the background.

I thought it was really well done (the scene where he was on his toes in the noose for hours was really well shot and haunting). One thing that stood out for me was that I can't say I was impressed with the Oscar winning performance of Lupita Nyong'o. It seemed like she won the award for the very tough role she had to play, but her over-emoting and overacting did not ring true to me. Did anyone else feel that way?

Re Brad Pitt, I'm in the camp that thought he was terrible, and his presence in the film was odd and distracting, really took me out of the moment in a big way. It isn't like I think he is a bad actor, as I've liked many things that he has done in the past, but he really dragged his scenes with Solomon down in a big way. Somewhat amusing that I bought Cumberbatch and Fassbender (Europeans) as Southern slave owners, but Pitt could not pull off a Southern accent despite the fact that he was raised not too far from a place where people had the very accent he was trying to replicate.

 

[jdoggydogg]

R.I.P. Gordon Willis, famed cinematographer of The Godfather

Look at this guy's resume:

Manhattan, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Annie Hall, The Parallax View, All the President’s Men, Klute, etc.

The fact that Willis wasn’t nominated for a single Oscar further cements the fact that the Oscars are a joke

He didn't get a nod for Manhattan? Geez, seems iconic.

We could watch Manhatten with the sound off and it would still be one of the greatest movies ever made.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

Just saw a Tarantino double feature this week: True Romance and Reservoir Dogs.

Both are good movies, although Dogs is not nearly as entertaining on the big screen as Romance.

True Romance. What a well done film.

one of my favorites ever. still surprised that so many people have never seen it.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

Saw Prisoners... pretty terrible. Too many eye-rolling, cringeworthy, goofy writing moments to swing the story around to it's own purposes. Not many if any surprises. I was ready to turn it off pretty early on.

watched this last week, and we actually kinda liked it. but I think that probably had more to do with the performances by Jackman & Gyllenhaal.