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Check out Benicio Del Toro blowing smoke in Blake Lively's face for SAVAGES
Hello ladies and gentlemen, Muldoon here with a pic from Oliver Stone's SAVAGES that's been floating around the net today via this article from EMPIRE. The film's based on the crime novel of the same name by Don Winslow and tells the story two amatuer pot growers (a grad student: Aaron Johnson and an ex-Navy Seal: Taylor Kitsch) who get in over their heads with the Mexican cartel when the cartel steals their shared girlfriend "O" (Blake Lively). The plot feels more like a soap opera with drugs, but as Kitsch told EMPIRE it's more of "PULP FICTION meets GOODFELLAS."
The film boasts an incredible cast with Taylor Kitsch (JOHN CARTER), Aaron Johnson (KICK ASS), Blake Lively (GREEN LANTERN), Uma Thurman (BATMAN AND ROBIN), Salma Hayek (TRAFFIC), Trevor Donovan (SURROGATES), John Travolta (GREASE), Emile Hirsch (SPEED RACER), Benicio Del Toro (FEAR AND LOATHING), and Joel David Moore (AVATAR) and is set to be released September 28th.
Here's hoping the film's more PULP FICTION than BE COOL with Thurman and Travolta onboard. The pic below is "O" with (as you might have guessed) a member of the Mexican Cartel.
- Mike McCutchen
"Muldoon"
Mike@aintitcool.com
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OSCAR TRASH!
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FACT!
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idk how I can match the insight provided by the posters above me, but I would like to say that I could stand a some more solid "Lock, Stock, Smoking Barrels" type crime flicks
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Especially when his more serious films that attempt to comment on US power in world affairs don't get as much positive attention. Anybody remember U-Turn? He's probably tired of the likes of Scorsese, Tarantino, Refn and the like getting most of the attention for their stylized depictions of realistic violence.
This movie could be pretty good though, because I've been waiting for a heavy weight director to take on a serious depiction of Mexican drug cartels. The level of corruption, violence, and brutality of those cartels far surpasses everything we've come to expect from feuding gangsters, and yet we still think of Goodfellas or Pulp Fiction when it comes to gangsters. Oliver Stone has the stones to do something with stones, so let's hope he doesn't fuck it up by watering it down, Hollywoodizing it up, or politicizing it to the extent it's more didactic than entertaining.
Stone you bastard! Make a gangster flick with some real balls!
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Really? What an idiot.
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I used to think Lively was another vapid WB tv grade actress (and she had ZERO personality in Green Lantern) but she was so good and white trash sexy in The Town I'm giving her a lifetime pass.
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hilarious
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..as he was called back home unexpectedly.
Signed,
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Adapting a Don Winslow novel? Not likely.
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The possibilities are endless my friend. ;)
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It's gonna be crazy.
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One of the best and most underrated crime writers working today and this book is great and very very violent.
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FACT!
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Jan 27, 2012 2:29:27 PM CST
How does Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively keep getting high profile work?
by nerd rage
Do they have embarrassing photos of a powerful exec?
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I've yet to see a movie where I roll my eyes at how bad his delivery is.
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He hasn't made anything good in a long fucking time. And even a couple of his earlier *great* films don't hold up. I'm looking at you, WALL STREET and NATURAL BORN KILLERS.
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I'm sick weed.
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Jan 27, 2012 2:57:38 PM CST
Choppah I don't know what your smoking but NBK is a classic IMHO.
by tikidonkeypunch
I mean you have Woody Harrelson doing his first fantastic turn as Mickey Knox. All that people knew him from before that was Cheers. Now look at all he gives us. (Zombieland, The Messenger)
Juliette Lewis, though annoying at times, provided the other half to his insanity. And Downey did his Australian schtick in this years before his Oscar worthy performance in Tropic Thunder.
Tom Sizemore and Tommy Lee Jones brought the awesomeness but that's not news. They usually do that.
Some people may have considered it over the top on all the stuff going on but I loved every minute of it. And Steven Wrights small cameo is in a league of it's own. "I never really believe what women tell me." LMAO -
Give the lady some props, man. KILL BILL
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I'll make sure it's...um.. disposed of properly.
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That's more like it.
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I actually just finished reading this book. It was one of the best books I have read in a long time and is structured just like a screenplay. They can pretty much stick to it and it would be a fantastic film. I just hope the acting is up to snuff.
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Jan 27, 2012 3:34:18 PM CST
I'm pretty sure they used a body double for Salma in Desperado
by nerd rage
They didn't show her face in any of the nude body shots.
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Jan 27, 2012 3:38:58 PM CST
Question for any well-read Don Winslow fans out there...
by captaincosmos
I wanna put one of his books in my Kindle queue.
Any opinions on which might be his best novel?
I used to live in San Diego, so some of the ones set there are appeailing.
That said, don't want to base my first choice solely on setting.
Best Don Winslow novel... anyone?
Anyone...?
Thanks in advance,
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Jan 27, 2012 3:39:16 PM CST
Would have been a cool concept around 1995 but this type of 'hipster cool' movie isn't in fashion anymore.
by drstrangerlove
R,Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Out of Sight, True Romance, all good movies, but they belong to a certain period of cinema.
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Jan 27, 2012 4:06:34 PM CST
nerdrage you shattered my dreams. Now what am I gonna spank it too. >:(
by tikidonkeypunch
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Jan 27, 2012 4:20:51 PM CST
hopefully, Oliver Stone will return to form, he hasn't had a good movie since Nixon and that was back in 95...
by maxcherry
although U-Turn which came out in 97 was ok. But everything else since then of his has been either terrible or very forgettable.
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Jan 27, 2012 4:21:37 PM CST
I agree Aaron Johnson is a terrible actor, he kept Kick Ass from being a great movie
by maxcherry
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Try The Power of the Dog for a starter.
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Jan 27, 2012 4:24:58 PM CST
@nerd rage, that was Salma naked in Desperado, you do see her face during those scenes…..
by maxcherry
she later decided against doing nude scenes again after Desperado, because she said she felt like he father was watching her while she did a nude scene.
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There's a side shot where you can clearly see her face and a breast.
Also, her body is pretty distinctive. If you watch Frida, that's the same body... unless they found a body double that looks exactly like Salma Hayek, which would not be easy. She wasn't a star so I doubt they'd go to all that trouble on a low budget movie. -
He a-flip you, foh real.
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...HONEYMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
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Jan 27, 2012 4:36:45 PM CST
Word on the street is, he's, he's some kinda butcha
by nasty in the pasty
A...a peerless psycho, fakked-ahp butcha.
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Jan 27, 2012 4:36:50 PM CST
on body nude doubles, Tia Carrere had body double for her nude scene in showdown in little tokyo, however she later went on to do nude photo's for playboy
by maxcherry
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Jan 27, 2012 4:43:16 PM CST
Somebody please discover and market a Salma Hayek sex tape.
by sailor_ripley
Pretty please.
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I don't read many authors, but I've read several of his books. My favorites have been:
The Power of the Dog
Savages
The Winter of Frankie Machine (I thought this was supposed to become a DeNiro movie)
I also read The Dawn Patrol and its semi-sequel, The Gentlemen's Hour. They're somewhat lighter than the first two on the list above.
The Death and Life of Bobby Z was pretty good, but the movie was pretty bad (just called Bobby Z).
I don't know that I'd start with The Power of the Dog. Maybe go with Savages first. TPOTD is a bit more epic in scale. You may want to build to it.
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Jan 27, 2012 4:46:28 PM CST
Why on earth would Salma Hayek need a nude body double?!
by nasty in the pasty
And we've seen her face AND tits in the same shot in several movies, so no body doubling going on there.
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Jan 27, 2012 4:52:08 PM CST
I don't want a Salma Hayek sex tape, I just want one night with Salma Hayek…...
by maxcherry
She is 45 and still hasn't lost it at all, she is a fucking 10.
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Jan 27, 2012 4:52:35 PM CST
Salma Hayek has the perfect body to play Dejah Thoris, FACT!!!!!
by maxcherry
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Jan 27, 2012 4:54:03 PM CST
I knew I had seen her face but haven't watched it in a while.
by tikidonkeypunch
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Great legs and ass...nice fake boobs..decent actress.
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I'll settle for the sex tape.
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Savages was great. Violent, brutal, intense, sexy (or maybe just sexual, been a while since I read it), but great.
I enjoyed The Death and Life of Bobby Z, too, but like jeff said, the movie was DTV garbage.
I actually like the casting of Blake for O, I'm much less thrilled about Taylor Kitsch as one of the two dudes (forget his name). Aaron could work well for the other part.
Meanwhile, CC, if you're looking for books that take place in San Diego, check out T. Jefferson Parker. He used to live in Laguna Beach for a lot of years and nearly all of his books during that time take place in OC. He's since move to Fallbrook, and most of his books now take place in San Diego. He's one of my favs, got some really killer books (Where Serpents Lie and The Blue Hour were the two that got me hooked initially) and has a whole series of books that take place in and around the Mexican border and deal with the Mexican cartels, drug trade, and whatnot.
Also (goes for jeff, too), if you like Don Winslow, check out Kem Nunn, he's written 3 or 4 books. Reminds me of Don Winslow only in that he incorporates surfing into a few of them. In fact, one of his books served as the inspiration for the classic movie Point Break. Don't let that scare you off, though, it's actually nothing like the movie. As you read, you can kind of see the jumping-off points for the movie, but really it's not too similar beyond that... -
Jan 27, 2012 5:07:30 PM CST
Hopefully this will have a Salma Hayek and Blake Lively lesbian sex scene. Now I would buy that for dollar.
by maxcherry
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Why, in the name of God, even mention that film? Are you trying to piss people off?
KILL BILL dickbrain -
Your thoughts are very much appreciated.
Maybe I'll start w/ Savages.
I'd been leaning toward Dawn Patrol or Frankie Machine, due to the familiar locales, but if they're lighter in tone, maybe I'd be better served with Savages.
Somerichs -- thanks for the tip on T. Jefferson Parker. I'll have to check him out.
Your mention of the Fallbrook area cracked me up. I used to live in Vista (total shit hole of a town, imo) and assistant managed a country club in Bonsall (right next to Fallbrook) for a few years in the mid-'90s.
Too funny. I'll look into Parker's stuff, for sure.
Thanks again, guys.
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...I echo the T Jefferson Parker recommendation. You might also like his California Girl. As for Don Winslow, I'm gonna have to read some more of his stuff but I loved California Fire and Life about a private eye/surfer(sounds lighter than it is).
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Jan 27, 2012 6:21:08 PM CST
Salma full frontal in ASK THE DUST (2006) with Colin Farrell
by top_cat_james
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1968701/salma_hayek_nude_sex_scene_with_colin_farrel/
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Jan 27, 2012 7:54:30 PM CST
So oliver stone has a weed movie with Travolta and Del Toro described as Pulp Fiction meets Goodfellas. I'm fucking in then.
by jackslater4
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Anyone else who has seen a spectacular set of real tits can back me up on this.
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She is kinda hot. Dumb as shit, cant act worth anything, and annoying, but she has a great body when her mouth is shut and her clothes come off.
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Looks like the whore from Deadwood.
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And the script is by Winslow and Salerno, so they should do it justice.
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kinda sad considering how much I loved his early work. He just seems irrelevant now.
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That Uma intro was evil / funny :-)
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Jan 28, 2012 12:20:51 PM CST
Smoke? I'd be blowing something else in Blake Lively's face
by brashhulk
Same color, but a little stickier... amirite?
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"Beat a toe, and be lively!" (B. De' To' and B. Lively) Surprisingly apt for this movie, too!
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... Nowhere Boy. He was exceptional in it.
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...I'd like to meet HER too. Yowza!
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