'Mr. Brooks'. How is this movie not getting talked about? No spoiler

[Howard Beale]

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.

[firstyearclay]

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

fyc

[Dids]

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

[otnemem]

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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.

[Howard Beale]

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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.

[otnemem]

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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.



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

[Howard Beale]

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.

[React1oN]

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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.



[/ QUOTE ]It was a great movie, but, her action seen was not "awesome." It went from sharp realism, to no sound and trance music with flickering lights, with bullets whizzing by. That seem really hurt some of the realistic aspects of it in my mind. Overall a good film.

[kmak]

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

[samjjones]

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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".