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Love this movie.
 
Sirkickyass said:
It's too uneven. Although I'll admit that I'd probably watch "Ow! my balls!" on a regular basis.
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I'm not really sure what you mean by that, but I found the movie highly enjoyable and in the end it was a somewhat smart satire of society and people. 8/10.
 
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As many of you know, I watch a lot of films. Thus, it means something when I say that this is the best movie I've seen in months.
 
Regarding The Apostle, I don't remember the movie that well but I don't remember being that impressed by it. Duvall was certainly deserved of his Oscar nomination but beyond that, it was a little meh for me.
 
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I enjoyed it... Jonah Hill was his regular fat self. I appreciated Russel Brand's British aura, it was almost Ricky Gervais-esque. P-Diddy was pure gold in this one.
 
I was about half-way through Crazyheart when I realized I saw it 20 years ago - only then it was called Tender Mercies and that version was written for adults.

Over-rated hack job - Bridges saved the movie from being a total waste.
 
candrew said:
I was about half-way through Crazyheart when I realized I saw it 20 years ago - only then it was called Tender Mercies and that version was written for adults.

Over-rated hack job - Bridges saved the movie from being a total waste.
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This post made me laugh. Like a real laugh, without sarcasm.

I've never seen TM but I trust you there. I did like Farrell's performance as well though. He was terrific and is a vastly underappreciated actor imo. He's shown nice versatility with movies like this, In Bruges, and going back a ways, Minority Report. He was quite strong in that Woody Allen flick as well.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
Regarding The Apostle, I don't remember the movie that well but I don't remember being that impressed by it. Duvall was certainly deserved of his Oscar nomination but beyond that, it was a little meh for me.
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This was basically Duvall's pet project, he's also the writer and director.

It has a handful of scenes that work extraordinarily well where the degree of difficulty is off the charts. The film is a delicate balancing act that could have gone of the rails any number of times and somehow works the whole way.

Fundamentally you have to believe a) that this completely crazy pentecostal preacher is not a fraud and b) that he could believe himself to be an apostle of god while on the run from the law for a murder that you personally watch him commit and that other people wouldn't think he was insane despite strong evidence that he was a criminal background. That's a hard movie to play seriously, and it's a hard movie to make without cheating or falling into cliche religious scenes. The characters are complex while the plot is not. Frankly, the film should have had a nomination for best original screenplay.
 
Sirkickyass said:
This was basically Duvall's pet project, he's also the writer and director.

It has a handful of scenes that work extraordinarily well where the degree of difficulty is off the charts. The film is a delicate balancing act that could have gone of the rails any number of times and somehow works the whole way.

Fundamentally you have to believe a) that this completely crazy pentecostal preacher is not a fraud and b) that he could believe himself to be an apostle of god while on the run from the law for a murder that you personally watch him commit and that other people wouldn't think he was insane despite strong evidence that he was a criminal background. That's a hard movie to play seriously, and it's a hard movie to make without cheating or falling into cliche religious scenes. The characters are complex while the plot is not. Frankly, the film should have had a nomination for best original screenplay.
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All valid points but it still doesn't change the fact that the movie didn't wow me.

What were the five movies nominated that year for BOS by chance?
 
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