movies

[vinsanity]

Anyways back on topic.

I watched 25th Hour the other night - Ed Norton and Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Rosario Dawson.

I didn't get it. Has anyone seen this? I had a little to drink (go figure) and watched it, but I didn't see the point of it.

[thrill]

I didn't get it. Has anyone seen this? I had a little to drink (go figure) and watched it, but I didn't see the point of it.

What?

I don't get what you didn't get. It's fairly straight forward.

[vinsanity]

I didn't get it. Has anyone seen this? I had a little to drink (go figure) and watched it, but I didn't see the point of it.

What?

I don't get what you didn't get. It's fairly straight forward.

The movie. The 'plot'. I went and read Roger Ebert's take on it and I guess I just flat missed alllll of the symbolism in it.

All three men are willing to see others suffer, in one way or another, or even die, so that they can have what they want. The movie suggests a thought that may not occur to a lot of its viewers: To what degree do we all live that way? The film is unusual for not having a plot or a payoff. It is about the end of this stage of Monty's life, and so there is no goal he is striving for--unless it is closure with Naturelle and his father.

So to steal from him, there was no payoff - so I didn't get the point of the movie. It'd be like the 6th Sense ending before Willis helps the kid solve his ghost issue or solving his own issue. It seemed like it started, then he went to a bar, then he went to jail.

[vinsanity]

I didn't get it. Has anyone seen this? I had a little to drink (go figure) and watched it, but I didn't see the point of it.

What?

I don't get what you didn't get. It's fairly straight forward.

The movie. The 'plot'. I went and read Roger Ebert's take on it and I guess I just flat missed alllll of the symbolism in it.

All three men are willing to see others suffer, in one way or another, or even die, so that they can have what they want. The movie suggests a thought that may not occur to a lot of its viewers: To what degree do we all live that way? The film is unusual for not having a plot or a payoff. It is about the end of this stage of Monty's life, and so there is no goal he is striving for--unless it is closure with Naturelle and his father.

So to steal from him, there was no payoff - so I didn't get the point of the movie. It'd be like the 6th Sense ending before Willis helps the kid solve his ghost issue or solving his own issue. It seemed like it started, then he went to a bar, then he went to jail.

[jeffbgoofy]

finally saw The Men Who Stare at Goats this morning and I was not impressed...

[Maclowery]

I saw that a week ago or so. I kind of liked it. Quirky and slow. Wasn't really sure if it was trying to be laugh-out-loud ever, but I smiled enough times at it.

[TGantz]

I saw that a week ago or so. I kind of liked it. Quirky and slow. Wasn't really sure if it was trying to be laugh-out-loud ever, but I smiled enough times at it.

+

Not what I expected though.

[jeffbgoofy]

I saw that a week ago or so. I kind of liked it. Quirky and slow. Wasn't really sure if it was trying to be laugh-out-loud ever, but I smiled enough times at it.

+

Not what I expected though.

exactly, not at all what I expected

[JL21]

I just saw the trailer for "Let Me In", the remake of "Let the Right One In".

[expletive] jackasses.

[cardsfansince82]

I just saw the trailer for "Let Me In", the remake of "Let the Right One In".

[expletive] jackasses.

Yeah, that made me angry.