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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Tony-Ranger on May 31, 2011, 11:31:41 pm ---I finally got around to seeing this. Jeff was good, but if I am not mistaken was playing the same damn part that he played in The Big Lebowski, was he not?
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Well, there are some similarities, but I see a lot of differences, too. The Dude is pretty happy-go-lucky and content with his life. And he drinks a lot, but he's not really a drunk. Bad Blake is a more somber and complex role, I think.
--- Quote --- Oh, yes, he sang a few songs, pretty well too. In fact, I think the big star of this movie was the soundtrack!! Many of the songs were written by T-Bone Burnett.
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I really liked the music, too. Especially this one
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwwkqABItLA[/youtube]
--- Quote ---Why was Colin Farrell not credited in the movie? I thought his role as Tommy Sweet was one of his best.
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Seriously? His name didn't appear in the credits? That's strange. It's right at the top on IMDb. I thought he was good, too. Not exactly who you'd expect Central Casting to send for the part of a country singer!
--- Quote ---I wasn't really impressed with Maggie Gyllenhaal's portrayal as the love interest, Jean.
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I thought she did the best she could. But i didn't like her character much. In fact her whole relationship with Bad Blake -- the way he had to be redeemed by the love of a good (30 years younger) woman -- was the movie's big flaw. Come to think of it, that movie sucked. :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
No, I didn't see Ferrell's name appear in the credits. Sometimes that happens due to contractual problems.
The problem I had with Maggie's performance was mostly because she brought such a small bag of tools to the role...facial expressions, body language, etc. But I agree with you that she probably did the best she could with a role that was incidental to the main event, i.e. Jeff. Reviewers also think Robert Duvall's role was a waste but I thought he did well.
That Jeff Bridges...he must have the best agent on earth to get these roles!
One thing that really irritated me was the reverse angles, showing Jeff's back of head when he was having a conversation with someone. It showed an obviously fake head of blond hair on some stand-in. Those shots stood out like a sore thumb. Really made me appreciate Ang Lee more.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 01, 2011, 08:31:29 am ---I really liked the music, too. Especially this one
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwwkqABItLA[/youtube]
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What a tragic song! I've never heard of Ryan Bingham, but he is one talented musician! His voice has that tragic ring to it. Thanks!!
serious crayons:
I'm just especially open to any movie in which the main character(s): 1) are over 40 2) didn't originate in a comic book or video game and 3) don't kill anybody.
southendmd:
I saw "The Tree of Life" tonight, and I'm not really sure what I think about it.
For its first week, it showed exclusively at an art house theatre, but was shown at the multiplexes starting tonight. Sparsely attended, several people walked out early on.
It is certainly visually stunning, yet perplexing. Light on dialogue and even lighter on plot, I suppose it's very personal to filmmaker Terrence Malick, in that it seems to be his own brand of spirituality. Some of the images will stay with me. Especially one sequence showing a huge flock of birds from a great distance as they swoop and swerve, almost as a single unit following some mathematical formula. (I once witnessed this exact same phenomenon on a much smaller scale, in a tidal pool of tiny minnows, and was completely mesmerized by it.)
I thought Brad Pitt was very good (he produced the film as well), and had a hard time imagining Heath in the role. In fact, I thought Heath might have been better in Sean Penn's role. Lots of wordless closeups.
Creation and loss and grace. I'm still not sure what it's all about, but I'm glad I saw it.
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