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oilgun:
Hesher is the story of a family struggling to deal with loss and the anarchist who helps them do it—in a very unexpected way.
TJ is 13 years old. Two months ago, his mom was killed in an accident, leaving TJ and his grieving dad to move in with grandma to pick up the pieces. Hesher is a loner. He hates the world—and everyone in it. He has long, greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He likes fire and blowing things up. He lives in his van—until he meets TJ.
Hesher is that rare film that manages to be a completely original vision, a thoroughly entertaining story, and a provocative metaphor. Joseph Gordon-Levitt brings the character of Hesher to life with anger and angst, and Devin Brochu makes quite a splash as the young boy dealing with both the loss of his mother and an unwanted houseguest. Cowriter/director Spencer Susser crafts a multidimensional, darkly humorous film that exhibits an immensely talented storyteller at work. —Sundance Film Festival
Anyone see this?
Sophia:
--- Quote from: oilgun on December 06, 2010, 07:14:38 pm ---
Hesher is the story of a family struggling to deal with loss and the anarchist who helps them do it—in a very unexpected way.
TJ is 13 years old. Two months ago, his mom was killed in an accident, leaving TJ and his grieving dad to move in with grandma to pick up the pieces. Hesher is a loner. He hates the world—and everyone in it. He has long, greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He likes fire and blowing things up. He lives in his van—until he meets TJ.
Hesher is that rare film that manages to be a completely original vision, a thoroughly entertaining story, and a provocative metaphor. Joseph Gordon-Levitt brings the character of Hesher to life with anger and angst, and Devin Brochu makes quite a splash as the young boy dealing with both the loss of his mother and an unwanted houseguest. Cowriter/director Spencer Susser crafts a multidimensional, darkly humorous film that exhibits an immensely talented storyteller at work. —Sundance Film Festival
Anyone see this?
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haven´t heard about it. but it do sound very interesting, I will check it out.
Mandy21:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on August 07, 2010, 12:00:45 am ---
The Lookout
2007[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFKRYBgjaYE[/youtube]
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I finally got The Lookout from the library over the weekend, and I must say it's one of the best movies I've seen in 2010. The time passed in an instant, watching it, because you're so deeply invested in JGL's character, as well as almost even feeling a kind of empathy for the bad guys. (Except for Bone, of course, who is a heartless prick who reminded me, oddly enough, of Gene Simmons of KISS fame.) Here's one of the IMDB reviews for it:
An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme... Written by John Sacksteder <[email protected]>
I loved especially the portrayals done by Isla Fisher, Matthew Goode and from Jeff Daniels. They were hilarious and heart-wrenching at the same time. Never ceases to amaze me how Brits (Isla and Matthew) can pull off perfect American accents. And JGL's performance, and the production design/cinematography/camera work, whatever you want to call it, just watching his face close-up in silence, pondering something, is incredible. I just wanted to reach through the screen and give him a giant bear-hug. If you rent the DVD, make sure you watch the Special Features where JGL is talking about his research into playing the part of a moderately brain-damaged young man. This came out in 2007, but I hadn't heard much about it until I decided to check out everything my local library had with him in it. The more I see of him, the more I believe he will be one of the greatest actors of our generation(s). Please share your thoughts if you get a chance to check it out.
And BTW, I've now watched Killshot (see my previous posts on earlier pages here) more than a dozen times, and still can't get over how sexy he is in it. Hell, even when he's jumping on a wall, hanging by deer antlers, hysterically trying to threaten somebody, and landing flat on his ass, I'd have still hit that, LOL:) Did you other folks here get to see that, and what did 'ya think?
Aloysius J. Gleek:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/joseph_gordon-levitt_may_join.html
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Could Join
Dark Knight Rises
By: Julie Gerstein
2/2/11 at 01:14 AM
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to sign on to Christopher Nolan's latest project, Dark Knight Rises. The follow up to 2008's The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises has already signed on Anne Hathaway and JGL's Inception co-star Tom Hardy. This isn't the first time rumors of Gordon-Levitt's involvement in the film have surfaced. Back in August 2010, Gordon-Levitt's rep denied that he'd be playing Batman foe The Riddler ("This is not true" he said), so we're curious to see if he denies the story this time, too. [Deadline]
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Monika:
I suspect JGL would make an excellent Riddler.
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