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The Trailer For KILLING THEM SOFTLY Is Just About The Coolest Thing I've Seen This Week
Nordling here.
Holy crap, I'm so there for this movie. I love Andrew Dominik's movies - I think THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD is, seriously, one of the best movies about the fading of the old West ever made. And of course, there's CHOPPER. Dominik doesn't make movies often, but when he does, they have been, so far at least, stunning.
"I'm living in America. And in America you're on your own." Truer words were never spoken, Mr. Pitt.
Here's the trailer, courtesy of Huffington Post:
KILLING THEM SOFTLY opens October 19th.
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That was... cool. Looking forward to it now. Bravo, Andrew Dominik!
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Aug. 1, 2012, 7:38 p.m. CST
I'm there. Looks great. Some of the lighting looks like fincher
by MainMan2001
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What was the coolest thing?
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Red Dawn trailer??? Rumors of it before Recall true??
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Boring. Nothing happens. If you like this type of movie, no one did it better than- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. Great movie that still holds up today!
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It's amazing. It contains one of the greatest lines in cinema history. Watch it.
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Aug. 1, 2012, 7:50 p.m. CST
I wonder if Ray Liotta busted James Gandalfini's balls on the set
by Mugato5150
If it wasn't for Goodfellas you wouldn't have a career, motherfucker. Now get your fucking shine box.
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No kidding?
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Aug. 1, 2012, 8:34 p.m. CST
winona_ryders_pussy_juice - are you serious with that handle??
by Mennen
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Made me giggle with a slight bit of simultaneous ejaculation
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Like a western directed by Terrence Malick, but a bit more cohesive. A masterpiece of the genre. So I'm definitely looking forward to this. I hope he uses the same cinematographer.
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THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
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And I JUST heard that Johnny Cash song on Dallas.
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That's all.
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Cockballs
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someone likes RENT. The filmmaker cannot see And the songwriter cannot hear Yet I see Mimi everywhere Angel's voice is in my ear
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Aug. 1, 2012, 11:49 p.m. CST
Well the station wagon gas tank explosion was cool, the rest was a big YAAAAWN!
by btc909
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Let's all sweep that recent incident where someone shot loads of people under the carpet, and enjoy a new movie about someone shooting loads of people! Yay!
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Aug. 2, 2012, 1:16 a.m. CST
I hope they fix the compositing on the guy hit by the explosion
by Uncle Pooky
because right now, damn.
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and the Pittster sems to be relishing in the role. I liked Dominik's other works: "Chopper" was a fantastic debut; "Jessie James" was stylish and well acted but was ponderous in places. Here, you have a great ensemble cast, with Johnny Cash lending his vocals over yet another trailer this year. Just one thing Andrew Dominik: Change the title back to "Cogan's Trade"; "Killing them Softly" sounds like a domestic abuse drama. Dreadful title!
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Aug. 2, 2012, 1:22 a.m. CST
Man, I hope Tony Soprano doesn't condescend to Pitt
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Pitt has already warned that he'd fhkn kill'em! (as long as Julia Roberts doesn't try making him her gay mascot first!)
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Aug. 2, 2012, 1:30 a.m. CST
Everyone please take notice - this is what FILM looks like!
by The_Genteel_Gentile
If you can't tell that's classic anamorphic lensed 35mm Film on full display in this trailer, and looks a whole heep better than digital ever will - then god help you and restore your sight because you, my friend, are then blind!
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Both went on to do all right.
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Hope it has content AND style
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The cast is amazing... but in particular seeing Liotta turn up in a film like this brings back great memories. Love this director too. Pity about the title... wish they'd change it. "Hey guys: I'm gonna watch 'Killing them softly' ... it's sooooo cool"
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Pitt steals the film. The heist in act one is really well filmed. The commentary on macro economic abstraction and it's relationship to American individualism is interesting albeit heavy handed to some. Performances are rock solid across the board and the violence is lensed in a deliberate and intelligent way. Great opening. Even better ending. Well worth a look. This film does not glorify gun crime. It criticises the social distortion wraught by extreme capitalism and stylises violence in order to illustrate the success of unfettered enterprise over the failure of inherited social entitlement. In many ways Killing them softly is the companion of Cronenberg's Cosmpolis. It is compelling, intelligent and ferociously entertaining. Stick that on your poster
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my best friend is in that movie. the only black dude in movie. he was in the train robbery scene carrying a bottle of booze on a platter. sam shepard gave him a big time compliment. which fucking rules. I mean Sam fuckin Shepard giving an extra props?! that's just insane! to top it off, mr. dominik signed his chopper DVD. took the time to talk to him as an equal. mad respect for mr. domink! jesse james was robbed at Oscar time. FANTASTIC score, unbelievable cinamatography, & I believe Pitt & affleck should have BOTH won the gold. been looking forward for this film to hit the screen forever. my ass will be in a seat the night it opens.
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Aug. 2, 2012, 6:09 a.m. CST
If you think it looks boring, or as btc909 said, only the gas tank explosion was cool, you suffer from fucking ADD...
by irishraidersfan
Go away, grow up, maybe read some books (you know, without pictures), and TURN YOUR FUCKING BRAIN ON.
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The guy was known for his looks, and he used that to get leverage so that he could start transitioning into movies and parts that he wanted to do. True Romance...Jesus, he has less than five minutes of combined screen time and he steals the whole film! I'd love to see him do Batman with Fincher directing it. He's the right age now and after Troy I have no doubt he can fill the suit. Make it Seven-like and adapt the Long Halloween.
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Aug. 2, 2012, 9:15 a.m. CST
It looks great, great actors, beautifully shot, love Pitt, but...
by HapaPapa72
Just not moved by the trailer. Looks like something I might fall asleep to when I catch it on HBO. But it doesn't look like a reboot of any kind, so God bless 'em.
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Aug. 2, 2012, 9:50 a.m. CST
I was at a Regal Cinema and got to preview the Red Dawn trailer.
by kindofabigdeal
Then I got asked all kinds of questions about what worked and what didn't. Though I'm not really familiar with the source material (I think I only seen it once, if at all. And as a kid on cable) the impression I got from it was Red Dawn for the Hunger Games crowd. (Cause Twilight is dead) It seemed more 'teen angst' than teen badass. It seemed that everyday teen drama took center stage over the actual invasion. And of all the action there was only one cool seen that sticks out in memory. (seen this months ago) It was a fleet of planes flying over the town and hundreds of (N. Korean?) soldiers parachuting in. But it looked a little too CG for me to get a boner for. Overall, from that trailer, I think I'll wait for Netflix. Or better yet, rewatch the original with Swayze.
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Love me some Andrew Dominik!
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is it me or are the movies coming out these days from Hollywood glorifying guns and shootouts more than it should? i mean taking into consideration the recent Dark Knight Rises massacre in Colorado, why isnt anyone at the top taking measures to avoid such horrific acts involving the proliferation of deadly weapons from ever happening again? how many more innocent common folk do we need to see slain before the US government starts waking up to see that there IS a real problem here? i am for one shocked!
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Aug. 2, 2012, 1:21 p.m. CST
People would shoot people regardless of it being depicted in movies or not.
by Wcwlkr
Now to be clear, I think their should definitely be stricter gun laws. Like in no way should regular citizens hunters who ever should be able to get their hands on ASSAULT weapons. That's what's used in military combat. So why would anyone who's not going to the Middle East as a SOLDIER need that type of weapon. However to say because people are shot in movies it leads to more people to shooting people in real life is just not true. Lunatics who want to kill will do it regardless of if they see it in a movie or not. It's something wrong with them that was there before they witnessed any violence in film. And the truly sad thing is even if there were seriously strict gun laws. Where people couldn't get their hands on guns. You'd still have pyschos out there killing people rather it'd be a knives, rocks or sticks! It's not a film problem, it's the sick human condition that these people have.
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It gives me a Fargo vibe to it.
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they are not machine guns or fully automatic...an AK-47 or 74 or an AR-15 fire the exact same way as a WW2 M1 Garand...you pull the trigger one bullet fires, you only get one shot per trigger pull...they work the exact same way as any semi-auto hunting rifle...they just look much more badass and lethal but in reality they are no more dangerous than grandpa's hunting rifle
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Brad Pitt + James Gandolfini. I can't be the only one thinking this.
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It's the great rich white people with problems trailer of the year!
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Overdone!
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Aug. 2, 2012, 5:12 p.m. CST
You know if Gandolfini was ever to play a mob type character again it'd have to be for something really, really good.
by MrEkoLetMeLive
It's a retirement community!
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It's like there's a whole swath of Hollywood that's only ever seen films by Ritchie, Tarantino, and Fincher. Maybe they caught a little of The Godfather on TV, but were too antsy to sit through it. Saw a few episodes of Sopranos, maybe. There are lots of examples to cite, but you know what I mean. Cool bad dudes/male models with toothpicks moving in slow motion along with hipster-douche period groovy music shooting guns. It was last fresh about 15 years ago.
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Aug. 2, 2012, 5:33 p.m. CST
A quote from Ebert regarding violent movies inspiring shootings:
by Jackie Boy
"Let me tell you a story. The day after Columbine, I was interviewed for the Tom Brokaw news program. The reporter had been assigned a theory and was seeking sound bites to support it. "Wouldn't you say," she asked, "that killings like this are influenced by violent movies?" No, I said, I wouldn't say that. "But what about 'Basketball Diaries'?" she asked. "Doesn't that have a scene of a boy walking into a school with a machine gun?" The obscure 1995 Leonardo Di Caprio movie did indeed have a brief fantasy scene of that nature, I said, but the movie failed at the box office (it grossed only $2.5 million), and it's unlikely the Columbine killers saw it. The reporter looked disappointed, so I offered her my theory. "Events like this," I said, "if they are influenced by anything, are influenced by news programs like your own. When an unbalanced kid walks into a school and starts shooting, it becomes a major media event. Cable news drops ordinary programming and goes around the clock with it. The story is assigned a logo and a theme song; these two kids were packaged as the Trench Coat Mafia. The message is clear to other disturbed kids around the country: If I shoot up my school, I can be famous. The TV will talk about nothing else but me. Experts will try to figure out what I was thinking. The kids and teachers at school will see they shouldn't have messed with me. I'll go out in a blaze of glory." In short, I said, events like Columbine are influenced far less by violent movies than by CNN, the NBC Nightly News and all the other news media, who glorify the killers in the guise of "explaining" them. I commended the policy at the Sun-Times, where our editor said the paper would no longer feature school killings on Page 1. The reporter thanked me and turned off the camera. Of course the interview was never used. They found plenty of talking heads to condemn violent movies, and everybody was happy."
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Rules this genre
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Who tha fuck LOVES Pitt? , Get the fuck outta here!!!!
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Aug. 2, 2012, 11:48 p.m. CST
Killing them Softly - The story of Lauryn Hill's decent into madness..
by maxcherry
damn shame how her issues ruined her brilliant music career.
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That being said, movies are supposed to be his wheelbase. Unlike videogames...
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This looks great. It's now on my radar.
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Been a huge fan evern since i first saw Goodfellas.
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Sure an AK-47 is a semi-auto.. unless of course you illegally convert it to fully automatic. The problem with 'gun control' is it simply takes guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens. It does nothing to take guns out of the hands of criminals. Heck.. Norway has all sorts of regressive gun control laws far beyond the US.. did that stop that dude from going on a rampage? No. It simply made it extremely easy for him to do so. The only way you stop a lone gunman going on a rampage is if someone on site has a gun and is ready and willing to use it to stop him. That takes more guns in the hands of responsible citizens(and if you have the personality and disposition of a woman, pray someone else is there to save you).
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