Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 One of my favorites in a while. The Town.
Deranged Rhino Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 5:20 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: One of my favorites in a while. The Town. Stop encouraging Batfleck! (Kidding, I think he's becoming a fine director... )
KD in CA Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 5:22 PM, Deranged Rhino said: Stop encouraging Batfleck! (Kidding, I think he's becoming a fine director... ) Meh....cartoonish violence, flipping over desks, etc., none of which serves any purpose. Typical mindless, modern crap. I'll take Dog Day Afternoon, A Fish Called Wanda or Butch Cassidy for bank robberies.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 5:36 PM, KD in CA said: Meh....cartoonish violence, flipping over desks, etc., none of which serves any purpose. Typical mindless, modern crap. I'll take Dog Day Afternoon, A Fish Called Wanda or Butch Cassidy for bank robberies. Have you actually seen the movie? It's not cartoonish or mindless at all, IMO. Good story. Good acting. Well directed. Give it a chance old timer!
Pete Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 On 7/6/2017 at 1:27 PM, Wooderson said: (M) (Dazed and Confused) I took a films class in college. We watched M. And I will always remember this film. Dark German films, from a dark German era. It is one of the better films I have seen. Battleship Potemkin, Bonnie and Clyde, Persona, Birth of a Nation, Citizen Kane, Annie Hall...were a few of the other films we watched
Deranged Rhino Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 5:36 PM, KD in CA said: Meh....cartoonish violence, flipping over desks, etc., none of which serves any purpose. Typical mindless, modern crap. I'll take Dog Day Afternoon, A Fish Called Wanda or Butch Cassidy for bank robberies.
NobesBLO13 Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 4:56 PM, Fan in San Diego said: Some of the best lines in movies came out of that movie. DCTom just quoted one but I'll toss out another one. "The state will give you $10,000 for my head, how much did they give you for your legs?"There are two kinds of people in this world, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.
BillsPride12 Posted July 8, 2017 Posted July 8, 2017 A Bronx Tale...just watched it earlier today and can't believe I forgot it the first time around!
Mark Vader Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 On 7/6/2017 at 7:11 PM, Doc Brown said: I was going to mention this one as the best opening of any Tarantino's movies imo. Also introduced me to Christoph Waltz's talents. For cartoons I'd go with The Lion King and Up. Excellent choices. For comedies I would add: "Ghostbusters", and I'm including Dr. Venkman's study on negative enforcement on ESP ability. "Beverly Hills Cop"
KermitMcDermott Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 Dont Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood.
Mark Vader Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 5:20 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: One of my favorites in a while. The Town. On 7/8/2017 at 5:22 PM, Deranged Rhino said: Stop encouraging Batfleck! (Kidding, I think he's becoming a fine director... ) On 7/8/2017 at 5:36 PM, KD in CA said: Meh....cartoonish violence, flipping over desks, etc., none of which serves any purpose. Typical mindless, modern crap. I'll take Dog Day Afternoon, A Fish Called Wanda or Butch Cassidy for bank robberies. On 7/8/2017 at 5:40 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Have you actually seen the movie? It's not cartoonish or mindless at all, IMO. Good story. Good acting. Well directed. Give it a chance old timer! I think "The Town" is overrated. As far as Ben Affleck directed movies, I would say that "Gone, Baby, Gone", is a much better film. I know a lot of people love "Argo", and it is a very good movie, but it did not deserve all the awards it won.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 On 7/9/2017 at 4:45 PM, Mark Vader said: I think "The Town" is overrated. As far as Ben Affleck directed movies, I would say that "Gone, Baby, Gone", is a much better film. I know a lot of people love "Argo", and it is a very good movie, but it did not deserve all the awards it won. Interesting. Overrated by whom? And relative to what? Anyway, responding directly to the OP's question. I love the opening sequence to The Town. Thrown right into he middle of a modern bank robbery. Dudes with scary masks. The getaway scene is pretty cool. Love it.
KD in CA Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 5:40 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Have you actually seen the movie? It's not cartoonish or mindless at all, IMO. Good story. Good acting. Well directed. Give it a chance old timer! I was just going off the clip....wasn't impressed.
Wooderson Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 On 7/8/2017 at 5:40 PM, Pete said: I took a films class in college. We watched M. And I will always remember this film. Dark German films, from a dark German era. It is one of the better films I have seen. Battleship Potemkin, Bonnie and Clyde, Persona, Birth of a Nation, Citizen Kane, Annie Hall...were a few of the other films we watched My buddies and I decided to try and watch the entire imdb.com Top 250 movie list. None of us finished, we pretty much all got bored with it but this movie stuck with me. You get so much information about the plot of the movie in the few minutes it's amazing.
Mark Vader Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 On 7/9/2017 at 6:31 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Interesting. Overrated by whom? And relative to what? Anyway, responding directly to the OP's question. I love the opening sequence to The Town. Thrown right into he middle of a modern bank robbery. Dudes with scary masks. The getaway scene is pretty cool. Love it. Just by how many people who told me how great "The Town" was, and that I really needed to see it. Also by the high marks it got from critics. I thought it was an alright movie. Affleck is a better director than he is an actor, so his presence doesn't really add much. Rebecca Hall is good and so is Jeremy Renner, but did he really deserve an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor? I just wasn't as impressed by this film as others were, that's all.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 On 7/10/2017 at 3:20 PM, Mark Vader said: Just by how many people who told me how great "The Town" was, and that I really needed to see it. Also by the high marks it got from critics. I thought it was an alright movie. Affleck is a better director than he is an actor, so his presence doesn't really add much. Rebecca Hall is good and so is Jeremy Renner, but did he really deserve an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor? I just wasn't as impressed by this film as others were, that's all. Gotcha. I really enjoyed it (obviously), and I think Jeremy Renner was particularly awesome in this film. To each his/her own I suppose.
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