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OK, I don't like having 2 threads going at once (so pardon me) but I went to see Mr. Brooks last night and was blown away. I go to a lot of movies and hadn't seen a single trailer for it, hadn't seen any upcoming adds for it or anything at all until it hit the theaters. And it has a GREAT cast. I'll just say that, Whoa!!!, 'Mr. Brooks' is a seriously heavy-duty movie (something I had hardly expected), intense and interesting, with great acting by all especially Demi Moore and William Hurt. And, finally, Kevin Costner in a role he seems made for.

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How did Demi look? She still as raspy as ever?

fyc

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It's a 56% on RT, and 52% in the "Cream of the Crop". The reviews I read generally trashed it.

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It's a 56% on RT, and 52% in the "Cream of the Crop". The reviews I read generally trashed it.

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Yep. Pretty much every review I've read said it was fairly terrible. At some point in my life, I started feeling bad for Kevin Costner. I thought, 'This guy's not a terrible actor, but for some reason he just stars in dud after dud after dud." Then I realized he is a terrible actor.

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hadn't seen a single trailer for it, hadn't seen any upcoming adds for it or anything at all until it hit the theaters.

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Watching a great movie under the above conditions in a theater is rare pleasure indeed. Its adds so much to the experience yet given the amount of media saturation/interwebs it is nigh on impossible for a movie to sneak in under the hypedar.

I think the last film I saw under these conditions was Pulp Fiction due to me being a foreign country (America)

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It's a 56% on RT, and 52% in the "Cream of the Crop". The reviews I read generally trashed it.

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This movie is GOOD and I know movies. There isn't a dull, lagging, moment in it. It's horrifying, mesmerizing, disturbing and 'funny' at varying times.

Demi Moore looks fine (boy, is she EVER good enough for me, as if) and gets her own great action scene. William Hurt is absolutely delicious.

And it has the incredibly adorable semi-newcomer Danielle Panabaker who is close to replacing Anne Hathaway as my new dream girl.

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/20/35/19f.jpg

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I thought it was awesome. Cool premise, hot wife /daughter, suspenseful, William Hurt/Demi Moore, whats not to like?

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Roeper liked it.

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It's a 56% on RT, and 52% in the "Cream of the Crop". The reviews I read generally trashed it.

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This movie is GOOD and I know movies. There isn't a dull, lagging, moment in it. It's horrifying, mesmerizing, disturbing and 'funny' at varying times.

Demi Moore looks fine (boy, is she EVER good enough for me, as if) and gets her own great action scene. William Hurt is absolutely delicious.

And it has the incredibly adorable semi-newcomer Danielle Panabaker who is close to replacing Anne Hathaway as my new dream girl.

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/20/35/19f.jpg

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Please share five to 10 examples of movies you like in the same or similar genre.

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There IS no similar genre and that's one of the great things about this movie. It's fresh. Sure, there are movies with these elements separately but not brought together like this.

If I had to list movies that I like because I think they were different from everything else I'd pick movies like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Brazil', 'Adaptation', 'Memento' and 'Requiem for a Dream' as examples.

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There IS no similar genre and that's one of the great things about this movie. It's fresh. Sure, there are movies with these elements separately but not brought together like this.

If I had to list movies that I like because I think they were different from everything else I'd pick movies like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Brazil', 'Adaptation', 'Memento' and 'Requiem for a Dream' as examples.

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So you're saying it's better than those?


J/K but thats a pretty strong list

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I've heard costner and hurt are fantastic but the other storylines--demi/dane cook hurt the film.

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Roeper liked it.

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Ouch. This really hurts your argument, Howard.

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There IS no similar genre and that's one of the great things about this movie. It's fresh. Sure, there are movies with these elements separately but not brought together like this.

If I had to list movies that I like because I think they were different from everything else I'd pick movies like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Brazil', 'Adaptation', 'Memento' and 'Requiem for a Dream' as examples.

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So you're saying it's better than those?


J/K but thats a pretty strong list

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I considered editing my reply because you're right, that is a strong list and Mr. Brooks doesn't really belong with them but it was the only way I could think of to convey the experience I had. The movie gets going, you don't know what to expect and the next thing your thinking is 'Wow, what's this?' and you can't wait to see what happens next while you enjoy everybody's performance.

So, no, it's not that good but it's pretty darn good, imo.

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Yes because any movie Roeper likes must be crap and vice versa. I guess I should run out and see Norbit quick!

Btw - he said he's a huge poker fan and is playing in the WSOP this year. He may even read this. Right.

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I'd pick movies like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Brazil', 'Adaptation', 'Memento' and 'Requiem for a Dream' as examples.

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I'd doubted OP to begin with. Not now.

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I've heard costner and hurt are fantastic but the other storylines--demi/dane cook hurt the film.

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Dane Cook is the weakest link. They should've gone with someone else. He's not horrible but not very good. Demi has a distracting side story but is ok in her main part and has a great knockemdead action scene that makes up for any prior lack. Come to think of it, her side story is vital to the movie so I take that part back.

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I enjoyed it - It was better than Collateral if that makes any sense.

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The movie gets going, you don't know what to expect and the next thing your thinking is 'Wow, what's this?' and you can't wait to see what happens next while you enjoy everybody's performance.

This is a good way to describe how I felt about "Brick".

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I'd pick movies like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Brazil', 'Adaptation', 'Memento' and 'Requiem for a Dream' as examples.

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I'd doubted OP to begin with. Not now.

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See above, please. It's not as good as those but it IS good.

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The movie gets going, you don't know what to expect and the next thing your thinking is 'Wow, what's this?' and you can't wait to see what happens next while you enjoy everybody's performance.

This is a good way to describe how I felt about "Brick".

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Brick was a damn fine film.

Thanks to the OP I might check out this film tonight with the lady.

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It's a 56% on RT, and 52% in the "Cream of the Crop". The reviews I read generally trashed it.

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This movie is GOOD and I know movies. There isn't a dull, lagging, moment in it. It's horrifying, mesmerizing, disturbing and 'funny' at varying times.

Demi Moore looks fine (boy, is she EVER good enough for me, as if) and gets her own great action scene. William Hurt is absolutely delicious.

And it has the incredibly adorable semi-newcomer Danielle Panabaker who is close to replacing Anne Hathaway as my new dream girl.

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/20/35/19f.jpg

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Base on this discussion, just went to see it. OUTSTANDING MOVIE. Highly recommend it. Sick, sick, sick.

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i also saw this having heard nothing about it, only because it wasn't the sequel to fantastic four or oceans 12, and thought it was great

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I thought it was awesome. Cool premise, hot wife /daughter, suspenseful, William Hurt/Demi Moore, whats not to like?

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http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/jpg/C...vinCostner.jpg

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I've never even heard about this flick...will at least rent it (if I remember)

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There IS no similar genre and that's one of the great things about this movie. It's fresh. Sure, there are movies with these elements separately but not brought together like this.

If I had to list movies that I like because I think they were different from everything else I'd pick movies like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Brazil', 'Adaptation', 'Memento' and 'Requiem for a Dream' as examples.

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Howard, while I'd tend to trust your judgment, Hurt is coming off the worst performance of his career, Demi hasn't done a thing in forever, Dane Cook is unbearable, Panabaker is cute but <<<<<Hathaway, and it's f'crisssweetsakes a freaking COSTNERAMENT!

Surely you can't be saying MB is remotely on the level of the five movies you mentioned above....? [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Not to mention the whole serial killaz is really good guyz deep down impression. The reviews made it sound just like an awful script, forget the casting.

That said I can prolly see it for free tomorrow and with cheap beer to boot, but still. Really?

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Howard - my usually reliable Costner sources told me to pass on this one.

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who is close to replacing Anne Hathaway as my new dream girl.


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The movie itself sucks, but I do recommend "Havoc".

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Most of the movies I like reviewers/critics hate anyways. I am sure "Anchorman" got 2 thumbs down. It happens all the time. I will hear about a movie getting trashed and I will go in and absolutely love this.

This doesn't happen to anyone else?

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I've heard costner and hurt are fantastic but the other storylines--demi/dane cook sucks major dick and hurt the film .

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fyc

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My girlfriend dragged me to this movie. The whole William Hurt part of the movie was totally lame, Dane Cook was terrible, the plot was stupid, and Demi Moore was a bad actress (although hot). I do not reccomend.

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There IS no similar genre and that's one of the great things about this movie. It's fresh. Sure, there are movies with these elements separately but not brought together like this.

If I had to list movies that I like because I think they were different from everything else I'd pick movies like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Brazil', 'Adaptation', 'Memento' and 'Requiem for a Dream' as examples.

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Howard, while I'd tend to trust your judgment, Hurt is coming off the worst performance of his career, Demi hasn't done a thing in forever, Dane Cook is unbearable, Panabaker is cute but <<<<<Hathaway, and it's f'crisssweetsakes a freaking COSTNERAMENT!

Surely you can't be saying MB is remotely on the level of the five movies you mentioned above....? [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Not to mention the whole serial killaz is really good guyz deep down impression. The reviews made it sound just like an awful script, forget the casting.

That said I can prolly see it for free tomorrow and with cheap beer to boot, but still. Really?

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Yeah, I mentioned above that it doesn't really rate with those other movies but I was trying to put it in with a group of movies that look at 'been there, done that' stuff with a fresh eye.

I thought Hurt was great in this part. Moore was decent enough and could use the boost to her career. You've got to see Panabaker in this movie. She's very similar looking to Hathaway to begin with and is as pretty as they come. She's only 19 and played her part well. I'm really looking forward to her future roles.

I've been as disappointed with most of Costner's movies as everybody else even though I actually liked Waterworld. In THIS movie, though, he's good imo, finally! Really, it's as if the role was written for him.

I think the movie is certainly worth a look. Don't take the kiddies or anybody who's prone to nightmares.

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I watched it online and the end of it got cut off. I didn't even mind.

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This is interesting. Judging by the replies in this thread ppl either love or hate the movie. No middle ground. That's different in itself.

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Cute!

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She's hot as hell in the movie. Shes on the CBS show with....what's his name who plays poker (he's a genius, no?).

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She's hot as hell in the movie. Shes on the CBS show with....what's his name who plays poker (he's a genius, no?).

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Shark. James Woods.

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i agree with a lot of the early analysis in this thread. good movie, and it was really nice to watch without ever seeing a trailer for it in advance. All i knew is that it was about Kevin Costner being a killer. After seeing all the sequels that have recently came out (pirates, shrek, fantastic 4, um and whatever that fourth/fifth one was), I think this is one of the better (maybe best?) movies to come out this season(knocked up was way overrated, but good).

on the con side, the premise and plot is very cheesy/silly. i can't say more without getting spoily, but it wasn't that bad unless you are the type of person that has a very hard time suspending disbelief for the sake of a movie.

Also, people trashing on dane cook are just haters imo. its so cool to think dane cook is a tool for some reason. I think its a good point that cook's character was written very poorly and acted very very unrealistically (the character not dane), but its not like he got to write his part, his acting was fine. better than fine imo. and no i am not a dane cook fanboy. in fact i think he is a tool, so that makes me cool right?