Friends who think Boondock Saints is a good movie

[ghostrunner]

I still think it's weird that this movie barely rings a bell with me. It came out in 1999 and there was a crapload of good movies out that year. I saw a ton that year. I was single with disposable income so I hardly missed anything. Yet I think my closest acquaintance with it is scrolling past it on Netflix.

[JL21]

I still think it's weird that this movie barely rings a bell with me. It came out in 1999 and there was a crapload of good movies out that year. I saw a ton that year. I was single with disposable income so I hardly missed anything. Yet I think my closest acquaintance with it is scrolling past it on Netflix.

IIRC, per cpebbles, it was straight to video because the director pissed off the distributor (Harvey Weinstein? I think).

[thrill]

There are like a billion f bombs, a butt load of guns and a cat accidentally gets shot and explodes all over the wall. Of course I loved this movie when I first saw it.

[Maclowery]

It's obviously marketed at the 16-22 year old or so male market. It had a lot of things appealing to that demographic. I remember having a discussion about it years ago that we were both surprised that it didn't have any throwaway female nudity; it had pretty much everything else an 18 year old guy wants in a hard-R movie.

I don't think you guys should analyze it for anythign more than it is; dorm-room poster fare. Similarly, Scarface is a pretty crappy movie, really, but it's just as popular on the walls.

[thrill]

I remember having a discussion about it years ago that we were both surprised that it didn't have any throwaway female nudity; it had pretty much everything else an 18 year old guy wants in a hard-R movie.

Dead stripper boob which Rocco fondles.

[haltz]

There are like a billion f bombs, a butt load of guns and a cat accidentally gets shot and explodes all over the wall. Of course I loved this movie when I first saw it.

The Latin tats, zippos and peacoats seemed cool when I was 16. So did the exploding cat, the double-wine bottle smashing, toilet-hurling, and spinning upside down from a ceiling shooting bad guys. None of this seems cool at all now (OK, the cat thing is still funny), but it was pretty sweet then.

I'm pretty sure my friends and I laughed at the plot and the "dramatic moments" (eg, Willem Dafoe screaming "it was a FIRE FIGHT!") from the first time we saw it though.

[cardsfansince82]

Scarface is a pretty crappy movie, really, but it's just as popular on the walls.

I'm going to have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there.

/lumbergh

[obucard]

I remember having a discussion about it years ago that we were both surprised that it didn't have any throwaway female nudity; it had pretty much everything else an 18 year old guy wants in a hard-R movie.

Dead stripper boob which Rocco fondles.

Technically she wasn't dead; she'd merely passed out.

[JCShutout]

There are like a billion f bombs, a butt load of guns and a cat accidentally gets shot and explodes all over the wall. Of course I loved this movie when I first saw it.

The Latin tats, zippos and peacoats seemed cool when I was 16. So did the exploding cat, the double-wine bottle smashing, toilet-hurling, and spinning upside down from a ceiling shooting bad guys. None of this seems cool at all now (OK, the cat thing is still funny), but it was pretty sweet then.

I'm pretty sure my friends and I laughed at the plot and the "dramatic moments" (eg, Willem Dafoe screaming "it was a FIRE FIGHT!") from the first time we saw it though.

That's pretty much it right there.

[Blitzer]

I thought Willem Dafoe was pretty good in that movie, but thats the best part of it. For months everyone had told me about how its their favorite movie and how great it was, so I watched it one day. It was Ok, but it was definitely far from being one of my favorite movies. I dunno, maybe I didnt understand it or something, but it wasnt that good.


Blitzer