Fall '07 Movie Thread

[CharlieDontSurf]

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i thought AG looked pretty crappy in that preview. denzel vs the cop. looks like its going to be reaching for alonzo harris with a lame plot unfortunately.

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Its written by Steve Zaillian who is generally regarded as the best writer in Hollywood.

[Gildwulf]

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i thought AG looked pretty crappy in that preview. denzel vs the cop. looks like its going to be reaching for alonzo harris with a lame plot unfortunately.

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Its written by Steve Zaillian who is generally regarded as the best writer in Hollywood.

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I just looked him up...pretty solid resume for screenplays:

# American Gangster (2007) (completed) (written by)

# All the King's Men (2006) (screenplay)
... aka Spiel der Macht, Das (Germany)
# The Interpreter (2005) (screenplay)
... aka Interprète, L' (France)
# Gangs of New York (2002) (screenplay)
... aka Gangs of New York (Germany)
# Hannibal (2001) (screenplay)

# A Civil Action (1998) (screenplay)
# Mission: Impossible (1996) (story)
... aka Mission Impossible
# Clear and Present Danger (1994) (screenplay)
# Schindler's List (1993) (screenplay)
# Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) (screenplay)
... aka Innocent Moves
# Jack the Bear (1993) (screenplay)
# Awakenings (1990) (screenplay)

[NoMeansYes_]

Wow Juno looks good. Got to say, Rescue Dawn is looking to be a great film, because Christian Bale is the lead.

Trailer of Rescue Dawn

[CharlieDontSurf]

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i thought AG looked pretty crappy in that preview. denzel vs the cop. looks like its going to be reaching for alonzo harris with a lame plot unfortunately.

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Its written by Steve Zaillian who is generally regarded as the best writer in Hollywood.

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I just looked him up...pretty solid resume for screenplays:

# American Gangster (2007) (completed) (written by)

# All the King's Men (2006) (screenplay)
... aka Spiel der Macht, Das (Germany)
# The Interpreter (2005) (screenplay)
... aka Interprète, L' (France)
# Gangs of New York (2002) (screenplay)
... aka Gangs of New York (Germany)
# Hannibal (2001) (screenplay)

# A Civil Action (1998) (screenplay)
# Mission: Impossible (1996) (story)
... aka Mission Impossible
# Clear and Present Danger (1994) (screenplay)
# Schindler's List (1993) (screenplay)
# Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) (screenplay)
... aka Innocent Moves
# Jack the Bear (1993) (screenplay)
# Awakenings (1990) (screenplay)

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He's rewritten half the major movies you've seen to.
Highest paid script doctor in hollywood.. 500K per week

[SNOWBALL]

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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem - Wow, I am such a sucker. I was pumped for AVP, but wow, that was pretty much the worst movie ever. At least I didn't see it in a theater. Anyway, saw this preview and somehow managed to get really pumped up, it looks awesome. I am sure it will suck hard, though.


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This makes no sense to me. The movie was exactly what it looked like in the previews, and maybe better. The action was solid. The set design was good. Lotsa gore, good production value. They didn't get chincy on us with showing the aliens and predators doing a bunch of cool stuff. They involved them in a lot of scenes. Overall, this movie rocked for what it was supposed to be.

edit: I saw another poster say that it was pg-13. Maybe the dvd version I saw was unrated or something, because I remember it being fairly gorey.

[private joker]

Rescue Dawn was only so-so. Jeremy Davies gives a really bad performance. Steve Zahn is good and so is Bale, but the middle act drags and Herzog's direction is getting lazy. Some good stuff there, though. Just don't have high expectations.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

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American Gangster seems like a can't miss for me- I can't remember the last bad movie that Russel Crowe made, and a smiliar sentiment can be said for Denzell, although he's had a questionable movie or two.

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back story on Frank Lucas from New York Magaine

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Wow, cool link. Scorsese shouldve made this movie!

[Boris]

We Own the Night will be awesome simply because Mark Wahlberg is in it. I can't recall any bad movies with Marky Mark.

[kutuz_off]

I went to see "The Brave One" and wasn't too disappointed or too thrilled. It's a good movie, but you can wait for it to watch at home. Terrence Howard is an excellent actor, by the way.

[Cancuk]

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American Gangster seems like a can't miss for me- I can't remember the last bad movie that Russel Crowe made, and a smiliar sentiment can be said for Denzell, although he's had a questionable movie or two.

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I wasn't a big fan of Master and Commander... and "a good year"... not so good. I actually looked these up on IMDB, because I thought there are more [censored] Crow movies... i was wrong.

Also, i'm going to LOVE American Gangster