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ANALYZE THIS
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**I recently caught a Sneak Preview of ANALYZE THIS and this is what I
had to say about it**
ANALYZE THIS
THE MATRIX!!!!!!!!!! That's all I gotta say. Even though Keanu Reeves
and Laurence Fishburne bug the living bejesus out of me, every clip
they showed in the trailer for the upcoming futuristic thriller THE
MATRIX will make up for it. Oh no. Wait a minute, Folks, I smell
another DARK CITY amongst Hollywood hype. What do I mean? I'll tell
you! When I first saw the trailer for DARK CITY, you can imagine how
stained my jeans were, but after THE MATRIX trailer... OH G O D! Okay,
anyway, that just about put a reservation sticker on every seat in
every cinema in America with my name on it the day that THE MATRIX
hits general release.
And another thing... what in Edgar Allen Poe's holy name is up with
two of the most inane films out in theatres right now battling for No.
1 at the Box Office this weekend? Okay, I can possibly see how
PAYBACK's making out pretty well, cuz that Mel Gibson's a bad mutha...
SHUT YO MOUTH!
I'm just talkin about Blue Mel! Anyway, but MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE? Is
this a joke? Pardon me, Mr. Costner, but you suck! What did you do?
SLEEP through that performance? You know, I can kinda realize why so
many people are piling into the theatre to see MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.
Truthfully, I can. IT'S BECAUSE KEVIN COSTNER DOESN'T LIVE THROUGH THE
END! Yeah, sure, every so often there's an old, fat woman sitting in
the back row, munchin' down on those goobers and hot dogs that
actually cares about the picture, but otherwise they're just going
because SHE'S ALL THAT was sold out.
ANALYZE THIS
Let me get this out of the way first...
Lisa Kudrow sucked. Chazz Palminteri sucked.
Okay, now that THAT'S out of the way, I can get on to reviewing the
funniest film since THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY.
My favorite experience in probably all my life is to be able to sit in
a packed theatre with fellow subUrbians and watch a Sneak Preview of a
film. The reason I pick a Sneak Preview is because NO ONE knows what
to expect. Or atleast very little. Like with THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
MARY, I had NO idea what to expect. There was no possible way anyone
was able to ruin the whole hair gel bit for me. And that's why I had
so much fun. With ANALYZE THIS, I did know a little, but not enough to
take away the humour.
Robert DeNiro is funny. Now, this shouldn't be any surprise, but
Robert DeNiro is damn funny. And I'm pretty sure that most of his
funniest lines in ANALYZE THIS were ad-libbed. After seeing this film,
it's gonna be kinda hard to take Bob DeNiro seriously. All I'm gonna
be able to think about is that great, great line after he tells Billy
Crystal about all the "wierd" problems he's having and how he broke
down crying after seeing a commercial with a kid playing with a coupla
puppies... "Slap a pair of tits on me, and I'm a woman!" That got me.
I was laughing into the credits.
Billy Crystal is funny. Of course this is no surprise to anyone, but
Billy hasn't been too funny in awhile. He's gonna make a semi-comeback
with this film. He's so believable as a psychiatrist, it's scary. But
you just can't help but love him.
Once again, Harold Ramis and his ability to direct, splits the sides
of the public. If one guy can get out of college and write his first
screenplay with ANIMAL HOUSE printed on the cover page, he's got my
seven bucks no matter what! Seriously, Harold Ramis knows exactly what
he's doing. It really shows when we see Robert DeNiro break down
crying after seeing a Packard Bell-esque commercial.
ANALYZE THIS will scoop up what's left of the broken bottle that the
'message' was left in and 'payback' the studio all the money that it
needs to qualify this movie as a big hit. Look for it at the box
office. You'll see it up there with the next mind-numbing piece of
garbage that the people are all drooling over.
Go see ANALYZE THIS. Stay away from all the crap that's out there.
You'll, for once, feel that your money was actually spent on something
that's worth two hours.
Mango
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The sneak preview I went to had a Q and A with Harold Ramis himself. He was funny as shit too. The last seen with Crystal in the shoes of Deniro he said was mostly ad-libbed. he also said that he couldn't believe how Deniro was able to cry so much. Someone brought up Ghostbusters 3 which he said was being scripted by Ackroyd and that they were trying to go through Columbia to get it done. He said this movie would focus more on the "Y2K" GHostbusters basically just meaning that it would be a new generation of Ghostbusters that they would be passing the torch on to.
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I could jump right into the movie too, but I must state that I felt the trailer for "Matrix" was pretty darn impressive, but it can't even touch "Dark City". Hell, it looked like a fun movie, but it didn't look all that smart to me - not nearly as intelligent as "Dark City". It's a Keanu movie. Do we really expect more than "Point Break" in space? Sorry, but I still have a sinking suspiscion it'll suck big time. Put a real actor in it - hell, even a halfway decent actor and maybe the movie would be good.
Anyway, on with "Analyze this." shockingly enough I enjoyed this movie. Quite a bit. At the outset I must admit I do not like DeNiro at all. He's made maybe one good movie and the rest of his work has been hype and bullshit. The only decent movie he's made, he wasn't even the star of, Chazz got that honor in "A Bronx Tale." Beyond the disadvantage of having DeNiro, the film also got stuck with Crystal who has been in a tailspin ever since his one truly good movie ("When Harry Met Sally. . ."). Please point to another good Crystal movie? That giant thing? The mid-life crisis cowboy crap? Please, I could find better movie ideas in my laundry lint basket.
But then along comes "analyze this" and I get dragged to the La Jolla AMC 12. Shockingly enough, I had a great time. The movie was unbearably loud at time (a common problem with that crappy theater) and I must say the consistent use of the word f$%^ made me wonder why writers become so lazy, but beyond that and Lisa Kudrow's mere existance, this movie had laughs that kept going into the next scene, which is quite an accomplishment. Rarely do I see movies labelled comedies which really pull off this feat. Have you sat through bilge like "Blast from the Past" or "She's All That" (although that Rachel Leigh Cook isn't too bad on the eyes)? Comedies that can't touch the greatness achieved by "Real Genius" or "Sixteen Candles" or "The breakfast Club" and while "Analyze this isn't at that level of entertainment, it's still a good way to waste two hours of your life. -
On the use of the F word so mush in the movie, Ramis said that they wanted to originally make this a PG-13 movie but he could not see Deniro saying freakin 80 times or even once for that matter. He says that during he and others had a pool on how many times Deniro used the word in the movie.
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"The Princess Bride"!!! Sure, he has a bit part, but it's a great film. Can I get a witness? Hah-Unnnnhh!
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I opened your link to get a look at Analyse This, not listen to you give away the plot to random films you find annoying.
If you want to rant and give away movie endings, at least label your links better. Movies you may find annoying...other people might enjoy (and not want to know the ending before they see it)
So, next time I'd personally appreciate it if you didn't give away the ending to an unrelated movie in the middle of a childish rant. -
That's where I attended a special screening last night. I've seen the movie twice. I paid to see it last Saturday and I got in free last night. I enjoyed the movie just as much. One complaint, though. Did you notice the bad sound system. Everyone sounded like a chipmunk. As for Ramis, he sounds like a pretty cool guy.
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De Niro - all hype and bullshit? You must be fucking nuts. You call TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL, THE DEER HUNTER, AWAKENINGS, MIDNIGHT RUN, HEAT, WAG THE DOG, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, MEAN STREETS, THE KING OF COMEDY, BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY, THE GODFATHER PART II, GOODFELLAS hype and bullshit?
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Omega Man, I hope you read Cady's comment above (and to add to Cady: Stanley and Iris, Guilty by Suspicion, etc..). DeNiro, 'hype and bullshit', do you actually believe that? There may have been some poor movie choices of late, but come on, lay off the pipe.
When I first heard word of this movie I was sure it would suck. All I can say is, if it is anywhere near as funny as Midnight Run, then I am there. What a hilarious movie, with a perfect comedy match of Grodin and DeNiro. Not to mention the supporting cast of: Yaphet Kotto, Joe Pantoliano and Dennis Farina. -
I'm going to a free screening at my University tomorrow where we meet the cast via satellite at UCLA. I've heard nothing but good things about this movie. As for the comment, "At the outset I must admit I do not like DeNiro at all. He's made maybe one good movie and the rest of his work has been hype and bullshit." Can we say ridiculous?
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WAG THE DOG SUCKED! How dare you add that to the list of great Deniro movies!
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I was going to read all of these Talkbacks. . .but then I read the first one and some guy said that Deniro only made on decent movie.
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I've read through a number of posts, basically directed at my asessment of the new DeNiro/Crystal movie. I'm terribly sorry if my opinion bothers you. I thought I delivered a positive reivew of a film I was certain I would hate. I admitted I was wrong for judging the film by its trailer. It's rare that trailer are bad and movies are good. Usually trailers are fairly good and 90% of movies are a pain in the ass. Don't label me some movie-hater - I saw about 90 of them in the theaters last year. To steal a line Mike Myers, I think most movies (rather than English cuisine) are based on a dare. I think producer sit around pitching lame ideas and their friends say, "Bullshit, Bruckheimer, you'll never get that trash made into a movie." And then he does it. And the world suffers. Not all of the world, because there is after all as much of a market for lame WWII movies as there is for boot fetish films and silly mafia flicks. I'm not big on the same old re-hashed stuff and from what I've seen of Mr. DeNiro, most of his acting and films have a very been there, done that feeling. Although, I must admit, I did forget about "Midnight Run", but I liked that in spite of his presence. It's sort of like begruddingly enjoying "Sliding Doors" or "Shakespeare in Love" even though that coat rack of an actress is in it.
As for the crack about "Real Genius" - well to each his own. I'll take a thousand naked women throwing pickles at me any day over Cameron Diaz's latest opus.
If one is confused by "Dark City" then I am terribly sorry. should you be admitting that in public? It's quite a simple story really, you just had to pay attention the whole way through. But that's not very Hollywood-esque anymore. People want their movies to be explained as if we were all three years old (Sorry Jonathan Demme, I really hate quoting your films - particularily bad ones). In this day and age, fine movies like "The Usual Suspects" rarely get noticed while Nic Cage's latest brain-numbing muscle flexer rakes in 100 mil. The studios rarely have the 'nads to make films like "The Maltese Falcon" or "The Big Sleep" anymore. When they do, the public ignores the "LA Confidentials" at the multiplex, opting for movies with semen jokes and wrinkled breasts. -
".....reviewing the funniest film since THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY." What a comment to put in the intro to your review. I would like to think of myself as an objective person, but due to the nature of this comment I am going to attack you on a purely personal level. What the blue friggin jesus is wrong with you!!! SOMETHING ABOUT MARY lines up well next to DUMB AND DUMBER and other Jim C. classics. You are a disgrace. The meer fact that you have compared this movie to anything staring Cameron Diaz means I will burn down my local cinema rather than let anyone I know watch it. I know nothing about this movie apart from your review and a simple comparison you have drawn means I will now apply for a frontal lobe labotomy without anisthetic rather than pay $9.50 to shit through near on 2 hours of SOMETHING ABOUT MARY wannabe. That is like wanting to be a turd. With flies on it...... I have no idea who you are but because you liked SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, I loath you......
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It may not be as good as the other De Niro films I mentioned, but it's very good. It is also a different kind of role for De Niro. Hoffman had the flashier role and got most of the attention, but De Niro was more believable. And he also showed how generous an actor he is by underplaying his part and not trying to out-act Hoffman. The part called for him to stay in the background and he stayed true to his character at the expense of being overshadowed by Hoffman. Selfish actors (like Hoffman) would not have allowed that and would've insisted on bigger scenes for himself. Why did it suck for you? I don't get it.
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You say: "...what I've seen of Mr. De Niro, most of his acting and films have a very been there, done that feeling."
I say: "What of Mr. De Niro's have you seen."
Because if you've seen the films I mentioned, you would not say that. AWAKENINGS doesn't look or feel like TAXI DRIVER in content or performance. GODFATHER II and MEAN STREETS are both gangster films, but they're about as different as day and night. He's also shown a lot of range in less worthy films such as THE LAST TYCOON, TRUE CONFESSIONS, MAD DOG AND GLORY, JACKNIFE, STANLEY AND IRIS, GUILTY BY SUSPICION, FALLING IN LOVE. Yes, he's best known for his gangster and psycho roles, but which great actor doesn't have a trademark role? And which actor doesn't have mannerisms? Olivier is best known for his Shakespearean roles. Pacino shouts and spits a lot. Hoffman has his little steps. Nicholson does Nicholson. No one does suave and slimy better than Spacey. Streep is known for her accents. Overrated Tom Hanks chooses only likable characters. Morgan Freeman gets tremendous range out of his voice. So forth and so on. -
I'm also going to a free screening at my University today where we meet the cast via satellite at UCLA.
I haven't seen the trailers for it but looks like a fun movie.
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Well, I've had to suffer through almost all of those DeNiro movies and from what I've seen, he's a guy who plays two to three things - the quiet sensitive type, the raging lunatic or the gangster.
As for all the other actors you mentioned the only one I find palatable is Spacey. He does seem to play that creepy, slimey thing a lot though. He moved away from it in "The Negotiator" and certainly his best film (and one of the best of all time behind "Casablanca") Singer's "The Usual Suspects" cast him in a very different role. In fact "Hurly Burly" and "Swimming with Sharks" gave us to smarmy characters, but they had different feels to them. Still there is a sameness there.
The rest of the crew mentioned (Hanks, Streep, Hoffman, Pacino, et al) really don't get me into a theater. They're boring and vastly over rated. I'm actually quite sick of the industry and media telling me who is good and who I should respect. These people are not good, they're just well ensconsed in the publicity machine. For god's sake did you see Nicolson in that lame "As Good as it Gets"? He won an Oscar for playing the role he always plays! But then again, Helen Hunt got an Oscar for playing Paul Reiser's wife with Jack Nicolson - does anybody else do the bitchy, middle aged woman or is that her territory alone?
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I'll agree to disagree with you on De Niro. But I'm telling you - you're wrong. I think you need therapy. You obviously have some deep psychological problems relating to De Niro. Too many Adam Sandler movies, perhaps?
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Adam sandler, just like Bobby D and Jack "Wait until they get a load of me" Nicolson, has his place and he certainly fills a financial niche. One thing I'll give Sandler over all the other actors who think of themselves as artists - he knows his job's a goof. What can be more ridiculous than getting millions of dollars to act like someone else and then having the nerve to call it art or as so many of actors put it "craft". They're playing make believe! This is not a craft or an art and it's certainly not something worthy of high praise.
As for actors/actresses that get me into the theater . . .hmmm. The only one I can think of off hand would be Mel Gibson. When it comes to Mel Gibson, I'll always think of Martin Riggs - the cool Riggs from the first two movies - and Riggs, according to an interview I read with Shane Black, is based on the hero from a bot-boiler series of books which I devoured when I was a kid. Of course since that time Mr. Gibson has shown himself to be a very capable director - even though "Braveheart" won the Oscar, I still like it - and he has always been a super swell guy to my friends who have spent time with him. So really, my desire to see Gibson movies isn't based on the quality of acting but rather a multitude of extraneous details. Others. . .Kenneth Branagh used to get me into the theater and then he ruined Shelley's masterpiece. Spacey can be a swaying factor in seeing a film or not. Edward Norton is one person I find to be extraordinary. He shows quite a bit of potential. Actually, Denzel Washington is another guy who can often get me to a movie - mostly I think this is related to my visit to the set of "Devil in a Blue Dress," so acting again isn't as important. Sean Penn can convince me to see a movie I might avoid otherwise. To be honest, I'd say an actor can often sway me NOT to see a movie, rather than his presence gets me to a movie. As for female leads, there isn't one that will get me into a theater, although several will keep me away from it - Julia Roberts and Gwenyth Paltrow generally top that list.
I usually look for the screenwriters, directors and producers when I'm deciding on a movie. The story and distributor comes in next and finally I'll think about the stars. I saw "The Truman Show" for who was behind the camera and the guy in front of it nearly ruined the movie for me. Same can be said of "Shakespeare in Love" which had Stoppard's pen all over it, but Paltrow nearly made the movie unwatchable.
I'm just not one to jump and down with excitement because one of the so-called greats is starring in a movie.
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The guy gets paid $20 million to mug endlessly in front of the camera. Definitely no acting ability there. As far as presence goes, he's the most annoying presence next to Bruce Willis. And if you enjoyed PAYBACK, you truly need help, Omega. For someone who complains about how actors like De Niro keep repeating themselves, you go for stars like Gibson who are full of themselves. We'll know who to blame for LETHAL WEAPON, PART 50.
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after the screening here at Rutgers, (by the way, I thought the movie was hilarious!) we met the cast via satellite at UCLA along with 40 or 50 other colleges.
First off, Chris Hardwick was hosting it and he was sooo annoying. It took him 10 minutes of mindless chatter to finally get an actually discussion going! Sorry, I mean 15 minutes! He should just stick with hosting Singled Out. Whoever the hell picked him to host anyways???
2nd, this is supposed to be a Q&A for ANALYZE THIS not CADDY SHACK!!! I guess someone forgot to tell Hardwick...then again, he did say he missed the last 40 min of the movie for some reason, mmm...
3rd, after finally taking questions from the audience, the 2nd girl to ask a question talked so slow and her question was so long that De Niro and Crystal weren't even sure what she was asking them when she was finished. She was blonde, wants to be an actress, and I think she was sort of hinting to them if they could get her a part in a movie. For UCLA students some of the questions were just plain stupid!
4th, what the hell was Hardwick doing hosting this?
5th, an observation: De Niro arrived 5 minutes late. At least he got to miss 5 minutes of Hardwick's babble! Oh yeah, De Niro had a buzz cut on the sides so that the top was all hair...he looked tired.
6th, the Rutgers student (no names here, don't want to get in trouble) just had to ask De Niro a question because this person has met him before. This person has the connections, let someone else ask! (sheesh, hollywood people, inflated heads...)
Thank you for reading my 2 cents of bitching and moaning. Sum: Analyze This was hilarious, Crystal was a great psychiatrist! Wonderful on-screen chemistry.
Also, the trailer for The Matrix was shown. Looks really cool. Lots of slow-mo and action. check out the cool website:
http://www.whatisthematrix.com
there's a cool screen saver here.
Enjoy!
And if that certain Rutgers student is reading this, humble yourself! One of the few humble actors and I love him for it: Chow Yun-Fat!!! Whoohoo! He'll be in The Corruptor March 12th! Go check it out!!! He is coolness incarnate baby!!! The man get's major stylin' points!!! -
Cady, in one breath you pan "been there, Done that" movies and actors who play themselves, and then praise LA Confidential, Maltese Falcon, and Casablanca. LA Confidential was a huge, been there, done that movie. We've seen noir with the same basic structure. Just cause it was cops instead of a private dick.
I love Bogey to death, Falcon, Casablanca, Sierra Madre, African Queen, etc. are all great. But he plays himself in every single movie. Madre, he showed a little range, but De Niro has demonstrated a much greater acting depth.
I also agree with Lane (wow, twice in one day), where was the story? I saw a few pretty effect shots, but that lightning (or whatever) effect was awful. It amazes me that people pan TTRL for lack of character developent and then hold this movie up as some kind of sci-fi masterpiece. -
Joe Buck - that was Omega who said those things.
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