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Chris' Movie Questions: My MYSTIC RIVER Review
littleguitar:
--- Quote from: The CHRIS on July 14, 2006, 05:33:27 pm ---Ok another double feature....
Secretary....doe eyed Maggie Gyllenhaal...James Spader....I believe Maggie got a nomination for this...any good?
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Any good? Chris, seriously, this is one of my all time favorite movies! you have to see it, I can't believe you haven't. Maggie Gyllenhaal is perfect, and James Spader is weird as usual but that's why I love him. It is a very good, sweet, funny, sad, strange alternative love story. i can't say enough about it. And it has a very beautiful ending. Watch it!
ednbarby:
I loved Secretary. But I found Gangs of New York unwatchable. I turned it off after 15 minutes, and that was when it was first out on DVD. And I usually really dig Scorsese movies.
Can I please add Daniel Day-Lewis to my list of most over-rated actors? The only thing I've ever found him good in was In the Name of the Father. Other than that, he always comes off in that same smarmy-ass way of his. And he's right up there with Sean Penn in the over-emoting department. I actually quite like Leo, but Danny Boy I just cannot stand.
vkm91941:
--- Quote from: littleguitar on July 14, 2006, 08:27:20 pm ---
Any good? Chris, seriously, this is one of my all time favorite movies! you have to see it, I can't believe you haven't. Maggie Gyllenhaal is perfect, and James Spader is weird as usual but that's why I love him. It is a very good, sweet, funny, sad, strange alternative love story. i can't say enough about it. And it has a very beautiful ending. Watch it!
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ditto what my sweet Mandy said :D Excellent film and I love Maggie and James together in it they click...good chemistry, good quirky story.
and Gangs of New York, I can't stand Leo or Cameron Diaz so that colored my experience of the film but Daniel Day Lewis's performance was worth the price of admission
littleguitar:
--- Quote ---Daniel Day Lewis's performance was worth the price of admission
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Could not agree more! I loved Daniel Day Lewis in this, and hadn't been a big fan of his until I saw it. I also am not a big fan of Cameron Diaz, but I do think that Leo was alright in this, not great, but not terrible. He keeps growing on me as an actor though, I liked him in Catch me if you Can and The Aviator...
slayers_creek_oth:
Cool...I'll check em both out!
Ok next is Monster...Charlize Theron in what is supposed to be one of the most incredible performances in cinematic history (Roger Ebert)...
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