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Quint starts his Sundance catch-up with looks at Brian Cox in the Ketchum adaptation RED and prison break thriller THE ESCAPIST!

Er, The Girl Next Door was BEST??? by Kasch	Jan 29th, 2008 12:42:58 PM
Sorry, but Girl was shot like a TV movie and the altered ending was a dramatic cop-out. The Lost perfectly captured Ketchum. Have my doubts about Red though...Poor Lucky can't get a break.
Escapist by FlyinHawaiian	Jan 29th, 2008 12:44:28 PM
I want to see that really bad. Looks to be sweet.
third by FlyinHawaiian30	Jan 29th, 2008 12:54:55 PM
yes a personal best!
"we built this city....on rock and roll" by nippleslipz	Jan 29th, 2008 01:09:05 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Lp ME03qyvw
Is it just me or is the Sundance coverage boring? by Vamp-AICNchat	Jan 29th, 2008 01:30:30 PM
Well?
WOW !! by MrDagon	Jan 29th, 2008 01:35:26 PM
Two more duds to avoid .... ANY GOOD MOVIES COMING OUT ????
THIS IS NOT A RANT AT QUINT by johnnykool	Jan 29th, 2008 02:08:23 PM
BUT WHERE THE FUCK ARE ALL THE UPDATES? I'VE READ ON THREE OTHER SITES TODAY ABOUT UPDATES ON THE PUNISHER, HELLBOY 2, SPIDERMAN, THOR, AND GI JOE UPDATES BUT NOTHING HERE. I EXPECT TO COME HERE AND SEE SHIT NOBODY ELSE CAN DIG UP. I EXPECT THE DIRT AND THE SCOOP NOBODY ELSE CAN GET. AND DON'T GIVE ME "I HAVE A DAY JOB, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH..." I WORK 3 JOBS, TWO OF THEM IN ENTERTAINMENT, SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE BUSTING YOUR ASS AND MEETING DEADLINES. MOTHER FUCK OF FUCK! I need to lay off the caffeine...
Girl next door not so close to reality... by Southpaw72	Jan 29th, 2008 02:22:38 PM
GND was only loosely based on real events so any shortcomings in the story one can probably blame on Ketchum.
Red by rudimus maximus	Jan 29th, 2008 03:47:07 PM
Saw it at sundance. Agree 100% with your criticism, except that I was even a little disappointed in the story which was a standard revenge story. Also, I thought the character of the reporter was poorly written, ham handed and not very well delivered although I don't know if that was the director or the actor's fault. She was hot though. THe second director was at the Q and A and said the project got shut down for a while when they lost financing. Perhaps the mojo of the movie was lost as well. Felini said he would not talk about his projects because the energy of the film would be used up.
Won't Someone think of Chabon? by Larry of Arabia	Jan 29th, 2008 05:00:25 PM
Now we will definitely never get an adaptation of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Some producer will sue saying they own the film rights to the title The Escapist. Portman's getting too old for Rosa people. Let's pick up the pace here.
The Escapist is a guy with a BIG GOLDEN KEY on his chest!!!! by DKT	Jan 29th, 2008 06:14:17 PM
God, I think of Chabon everytime I hear about this. I also think of Brian K. Vaughan's excellent Escapists, set in Kavalier and Clay's world. Two potential movies I'd like to see as opposed to this one. (Although I have HUGE doubts either will get made.)
RED by The Real MiraJeff	Jan 29th, 2008 07:32:24 PM
sounds interesting, although stephen susco's name, excuse the bad pun, always raises a red flag for me... I'll tell you guys one thing though- Kyle Gallner is one to watch. That kid is everywhere and I've thought he was great in everything I've seen him in, from Law and Order: SVU to The Closer and Big Love. He's a talented young actor. Just needs the right film project and he could be the next Gordon-Levitt or Michael Pitt.
Brian Cox is definitely the shit. by SkinJob69	Jan 29th, 2008 08:05:09 PM
Cox's Hannibal Lecter would kick the ass of Hopkins' Lecter with one cerebral hemisphere tied behind his back.
cox as ecter is fucking boring by slappy jones	Jan 29th, 2008 08:34:32 PM
all the love it gets is pure posturing. its a nothing performance that he does nothing with. hopkins has tarnished it by replaying but his performance in lambs leaves cox dull version in the dust. and if hopkins version hadn;t have become so iconic and well known no one would ever say anything about cox being better. because it isn't. its fucking boring.
The Escapist - Quint didn't you get it? by travis_bickle2008	Jan 30th, 2008 09:41:54 AM
I'm quite surprised, most people I know who saw Escapist at Sundance loved the twist but a couple didn't get it... and when they did they wanted to see it again. The bigger the film buff, the more they seem to like this movie. Without making a massive spoiler- did you get the fact that Cox's sacrifice (the glimpses of escape that we're seeing early in the film) is so that the others can go? And that all the things we've seen early on come from his surroundings in those last moments? It was like a puzzle coming together for me, not a messy script! That's like saying Memento's script's all over the place!!
alternate title: Quint Loves Cox by ArcadianDS	Jan 30th, 2008 12:49:17 PM
but that's not exactly news to any of us.
oh boy the Cox vs Hopkins thing again by ArcadianDS	Jan 30th, 2008 12:58:59 PM
here's why Cox is better than Hopkins: Hopkins played Lechter like a cartoon character. He was The Joker with less circus makeup. Brian Cox on the other hand, played Lechter as if Lechter was a real person; an actual homicidal madman - he interviewed with experts on psychology. He played the character with all the traits and quirks that the experts told him he would have. He was subdued. He was passive. He was succinct. Sure that doesn't really create a great image for a TV trailer or a movie marquis poster, but what made Brian Cox's portrayal superior is that while watching it, you aren't watching Brian Cox as Hannibal Lechter. You're watching Hannibal Lechter. With Hopkins, it looks like instead of going with the expert profile for this character, he watched old tapes of Batman and decided Hannibal Lechter was Burgess Meredith's Penguin on valium. The movie did do well, but just comparing the two roles side-by-side, I have to go with Brian Cox as the better lechter. His Lechter was the smartest guy in the room, and that made us afraid of him. Hopkins was just moonbat crazy - an elderly Jeffery Dahmer. And nobody is afraid of that.

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