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RESERVATION ROAD, the revenge drama starring Connelly, Phoenix and Ruffalo, gets a trailer!!

love pnoenix and ruffalo by tikilounge55	Aug 8th, 2007 08:51:25 AM
love pnoenix and ruffalo
oh.....and first by tikilounge55	Aug 8th, 2007 08:52:33 AM
and I meant to say Phoenix.
looks good by tikilounge55	Aug 8th, 2007 08:55:21 AM
it looks like it has the right combination of actors and director. Should be on worth watching.
Will check it out. by mrfan	Aug 8th, 2007 08:56:14 AM
Doesn't look bad.
Mark Ruffalo=LIfe Sucker by TheBloop	Aug 8th, 2007 08:58:19 AM
Mark Ruffalo, along with Bill Pulman and Josh Harnett, suck the life out of any film they show up in. Damn them all. Now Jennifer Connelly, I would sleep with her if I had too, and she would like it.
That video sucks. by QuinnTheEskimo	Aug 8th, 2007 09:08:31 AM
I couldn't finish watching it. Maybe it's just my browser or something, but it was blurry as fuck. I actually couldn't tell who the people were in some scenes.
Sorry, but that singer-songwriter BS... by rbatty024	Aug 8th, 2007 09:31:37 AM
in the trailer just did not work thematically. What a terrible preview.
The Departed a 70s film? by Hockle	Aug 8th, 2007 09:39:46 AM
Maybe - if almost every action didn't hinge on a cell phone call.
TheBloop by Nice Marmot	Aug 8th, 2007 09:57:24 AM
Example please? Of a movie Ruffalo sucked the life out of?
you call this clear? by Evil Hobbit	Aug 8th, 2007 10:26:21 AM
didn't see anything besides pixels and compression
Great Movie Reviews by ptapat	Aug 8th, 2007 10:32:06 AM
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Ruffalo in Collateral, sucking life by TheBloop	Aug 8th, 2007 10:44:04 AM
Was dead wait on the screen when he was on. He almost killed Zodiac with his blandness. How about "13 going on 30, could he be more dull? God, in Copycat, he actually made a movie about a pyscho killer boring. Oh wait, that was Dermot Mulroney. How do you tell them apart? Please tell
Ruffalo by malpaso	Aug 8th, 2007 11:05:23 AM
Kinda slack-jawed and lifeless.
how inspiring by AllieJamison	Aug 8th, 2007 11:08:10 AM
I just thought...what about doing a film with only blurry talking heads. I guess that I'd really like the trailer if I actually recognized any shapes though. The only obstacle I have: Mark Rufallo is a very foreign-unfriendly actor. I need about 45 minutes to actually adapt to his talking style and understand anything of what he's saying. So I probably have to go see this film in its dubbed version, which sucks.
Great actors by krushjudgement	Aug 8th, 2007 11:09:09 AM
What's up with the Ruffalo hating? He's been good in everything I've seen him in.
"ff" by AllieJamison	Aug 8th, 2007 11:09:27 AM
sure..it's Ruffalo...sorry...that trailer didn't only mess with my eye-sight, it seems.
Great Book, trailer seems to be close to the material by Stormwatcher	Aug 8th, 2007 11:38:14 AM
I bought this book based off of a Entertainment Weekly article of all places years ago and loved it. Kinda ends predictably but the emotion and actions of the two father was genuine. Perfect casting for the arc involved in the story. Look forward to it, but it will be a downer.
Playing at the Toronto Film Festival in a few weeks by Garbageman33	Aug 8th, 2007 11:52:04 AM
Here's what they say about it. RESERVATION ROAD Terry George, USA. A compelling tale about the lure of revenge and the power of redemption, the drama revolves around two fathers whose families and lives tragically converge with the death of a child. In the aftermath, Ethan (two-time Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix) and Dwight (Mark Ruffalo) each react in unexpected ways as their families struggle to cope and an emotional reckoning looms. Directed by Terry George (HOTEL RWANDA), the film also stars Academy Award winners Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino. Kinda weird to hear "Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino". Are we sure that's not a misprint?
TheBloop: by colematthews	Aug 8th, 2007 11:52:10 AM
You've got to be kidding, right? You're going to use 13 Going On 30 as an example of a movie that Mark Ruffalo sucked the life out of? That movie had no life from the moment the premise was scratched on the back of a bar napkin. It was a POS that he obviously did for the paycheck. Check out You Can Count On Me for the quintessential Ruffalo role, and I'm not sure about your credibility after saying his work in Zodiac was bland.
If you're looking for a film about parental vengeance by Garbageman33	Aug 8th, 2007 12:07:03 PM
You really needn't look any further than Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Plastic tarp, anyone?
coming soon by BadMrWonka	Aug 8th, 2007 12:37:53 PM
from "Give away the whole damn movie in the preview" pictures...a "Crappy Trailer" production...of a "Shitty Music" Film... Reservation Road If you could see what the hell was going on...we would have just spoiled the movie for you... October 2008
Hit and runners by ewokstew	Aug 8th, 2007 12:46:39 PM
never understood it. Let me bash the living snot out of another human being with a ton and a half of metal then try to run and hide as if they'll never catch me. Stupid. Other than that, looks good. I'm down with anything that has these actors in it.
This was filmed in a restaurant in CT near where I live by Jackie Boy	Aug 8th, 2007 01:16:24 PM
Which always makes these things seem more interesting and exciting, doesn't it? Oh, and Ruffalo was pretty good in Apartment 12, if anyone cares to see it.
Oh shit! by Jackie Boy	Aug 8th, 2007 01:21:23 PM
I didn't realize all of it as shot in CT! The amusement park was Lake Compounce, a great place and all. Wow, this is really cool recognizing everywhere in the trailer! Sorry if I sound like a little kid here, but hey film shoots in CT are like just busting out so give a guy a break.
A jounalist in a recent publication, the name of which by emeraldboy	Aug 8th, 2007 01:33:09 PM
escapes me and I think the article was very pithy. The journalist, who had read the book, which he adored, said that while he was all for a leo and kate renunion, he thought that casting kate winslet in this role was wrong.
Hitters and Runners by Garbageman33	Aug 8th, 2007 01:33:24 PM
A few years back, a pickup truck sideswiped me when I was riding my bike and sent me headfirst into the curb. The impact split the helmet clean in half and still gave me a concussion. If I wasn't wearing a helmet, I'd have been dead. No question about it. The fucked-up part is, the driver didn't so much as slow down. To this day, I keep my eye out for that piece of shit pickup truck. And if I ever see it, there's gonna be hell to pay, Marcellus Wallace style.
Garbageman33... by long live the new chris	Aug 8th, 2007 01:48:38 PM
cool story, hansel.
Noticed Inventing The Abbots in there too. by RowanM	Aug 8th, 2007 02:02:30 PM
It seems very underrated. I loved that film.
Hey 13 going on 30 was that years' 18 Again! by TheBloop	Aug 8th, 2007 02:27:40 PM
How can you hate on that film? Suppose you didn't like Swim Fan as well? Haters, god I hate them.
What's with the love for Jennifer Connelly? by odysseus	Aug 8th, 2007 02:29:00 PM
She's as wooden and overrated as Winona Ryder and Natalie Portman.
Long Live the New Chris... by Garbageman33	Aug 8th, 2007 02:41:30 PM
Thanks, Olaf.
What's with the love for Jennifer Connelly? by TheBloop	Aug 8th, 2007 02:44:10 PM
She's fucking ten time hotter than the shoplifter or the iron board, aka Winona Ryder and Natalie Portman.
This is the Sheryl Crow album of revenge movies. by mr. brownstone	Aug 8th, 2007 02:45:58 PM
That trailer seemed squarely aimed at soccer mom's. I guess they need a revenge movie to call their own too.
Odysseus by Gilkuliehe	Aug 8th, 2007 02:48:40 PM
They all give me wood, I give you that. :D
"I hate you! I hate youuuuuuu!" by JackTheMime	Aug 8th, 2007 03:25:51 PM
She was kinda annoying in Labyrinth, right? And that A Beautiful Mind shit was inexcusable.
Gilkuliehe by odysseus	Aug 8th, 2007 03:47:04 PM
Sure... I mean, if they all starred in some lesbian threesome movie, I wouldn't complain.... (God, please let that happen.)
good book good trailer by nyhillbilly	Aug 8th, 2007 03:51:13 PM
you guys are haters. i read the book and enjoyed it and by the looks of this trailer i will enjoy the film as well. Also- the trailer on amazon looked fine to me., not sure what some if you guys are talking about.
Connelly was hot in Phenomena by prunkhaft	Aug 8th, 2007 04:12:11 PM
Not to mention the hot spot. I'm glad to see Joaquin Phoenix back in the saddle, I figured he still might be sore for not winning the Oscar.
Nice Trailer by Fromin	Aug 8th, 2007 04:32:31 PM
Just checked out the trailer. Weird that everyone's saying they cant see it, I saw it just fine. Looks like a great story and a tearjerker (for the ladies, that is). Big Pheonix fan, great to see him digging into a good role like this.
Well, guess I know the whole plot now. by Mister Man	Aug 8th, 2007 04:32:43 PM
A mini-movie missing the final reel.
don't need to see it anymore by onefatman	Aug 8th, 2007 04:46:25 PM
thanks trailer, for givin away the whole friggin movie. it's even crappier, coz that looked like a good film.
New trailer on amazon by MGunz	Aug 8th, 2007 05:11:01 PM
they just re-posted the trailer on amazon using Windows Media Links- you can see it much better as now you can see Jennifer's smokin' ass!
Yet another movie...... by Jimmy Jazz	Aug 8th, 2007 05:24:28 PM
where Jennifer Connelly spends all her screentime sad eyed and wounded looking. Yawn. There is more to acting than crying on cue, lady. This looks like a glorified TV movie.
Spoiler Alert by CreasyBear	Aug 8th, 2007 05:32:34 PM
In the end, everyone winds up even more sad and miserable than in the beginning of this Suffer-fest. And Joaquin's puppies get crushed by a crashing plane full of children.
this is premature, but I'd like to go on record... by The Real MiraJeff	Aug 8th, 2007 07:30:02 PM
as saying that Reservation Road will be among the Academy's Best Picture nominees when the dust settles. Granted, I haven't seen the film or any of the other films rumored to be in contention, but there's something very human about this story that I think will resonate with parents across the country. I think the cast is fantastic and judging from the trailer, I think this is going to be one of the very best films of the year. Phoenix looks fantastic, like he really committed to the role, and Ruffalo's sad, puppy-dog eyes expertly convery the guilt that his character is forced to live with. Sign me up for the Reservation Road bandwagon.
AAASSS TOOO AAASSS by occula	Aug 8th, 2007 07:38:44 PM
i know that's played out, but somebody had to say it. how can you guys hate on ruffalo when he sported that stash in 'safe men'? jesus crust! he is great. just because he doesn't spaz out or chew scenery doesn't mean he's not good, he even translates well to the stage and not a lot of actors can do that. in fact i think it kinda blows that it didn't say 'academy award winners phoenix and ruffalo.' jennifer connelly is pretty and has big jugs but her acting is like watching paste dry.
take away that song... by mr. brownstone	Aug 8th, 2007 07:59:59 PM
and the trailer takes on a much more interesting tone. Something more dark, multi-faceted and sinister. That song slapped on it white washes the whole thing into a bland paste. I hope they stay away from stuff like that on the actual soundtrack of the movie. Cause it looks like the movie MAY be pretty solid. But that song makes it hard to tell.
j.c. sucks by all	Aug 8th, 2007 08:59:02 PM
do not let j.c. into your hearts
ruffalo... by ilikemovies	Aug 8th, 2007 09:24:08 PM
I'm interested to see how he'll do in this. I always took him for the sort of wimpy type, maybe that will make his guilt more believable. Yeah...I'm going to see this.
House Of Sand And Fog by Womb2dooM	Aug 8th, 2007 11:22:59 PM
Agree with Quint, I love these kind of intense character dramas! House of Sand Of Fog was brilliant. Almost as good as Mrs Doubtfire...
Looks good, but the problem is... by TheSeeker7	Aug 8th, 2007 11:28:27 PM
Like typical Hollywood trailers anymore, it gives way too much away. I mean this looks like the kind of movie that's about the slow burn, of being taken to a place emotionally you never thought you could be, and what to do when you get there, but shit, now I've seen the Cliffs Notes version of the movie, all that's missing is the very ending.
that's what I get for posting before I read others TBs by TheSeeker7	Aug 8th, 2007 11:32:30 PM
err-- didn't realize a few other people already jumped on this exact point.
Mr.Brownstone by TheSeeker7	Aug 8th, 2007 11:35:16 PM
Duh, soccer moms already HAVE their revengs film. Didn't ya ever see Sally Field kickin arse in "Eye For An Eye"? Before Kiefer became The Bauer :p
no need to see this by Geek Sodomizer	Aug 8th, 2007 11:47:08 PM
I already saw 3/4 of it in the trailer. Someone let me know what happens in the end. Ah hell I'll see it anyways >
J.C. Bad? by MediaNerd	Aug 9th, 2007 01:05:59 AM
Huh, never crossed my mind as I thought she did great in the 3 or so flicks I've seen her in. Yeah a cutie, but I like her acting style too.

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