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Got The Blockbuster Blues? Moriarty Reviews Summer Alternatives SON OF RAMBOW! David Mamet’s REDBELT! Norweigian REPRISE!

First! by fort9er	May 14th, 2008 05:37:19 AM

Blockbuster fatigue? by Talcy	May 14th, 2008 05:43:32 AM
There are plenty of other films out there. I don't buy this concept. Yeah, there's loads of publicity and marketing out there at the moment, but Iron Man and Speed Racer (RIP) are the only ones out at the moment. I wish folks would do a little looking around themselves instead of the usual kneejerk reaction to something we all knwo comes around this time of year without fail. However, Mori has made some good examples. Particularly Son of Rambow. Saw Hammer and Tongs last year at a Scottish Students On Screen. Damn nice blokes and got a nice wee t-shirt off them.
We've only had one blockbuster. by UMAGA	May 14th, 2008 05:45:38 AM
Double U Tee Eff. REDBELT VS NEVER BACK DOWN. Make it happen.
Son of Rambow by AdmiralNeck	May 14th, 2008 06:05:17 AM
It's a terrific movie, though I was a little disappointed, possibly because my expectations were high. Some of the plot threads are tied off a little neatly at the end, and considering Will has only seen one movie he seems to reference Rambo: First Blood Part Two a bit too often. That's just quibbling, though. It's got a lot of heart, and it's funny, and my God, it's good to see some properly populist British movies, and by that I mean entertaining films made with conviction and integrity and intelligence and attention to detail, and not just the usual hacky bullshit romcoms and period movies that have substituted themselves for real filmmaking. Mori, I remember you really really really hating Be Kind Rewind, a film I ended up preferring to Rambow. I like that we have two movies out now saying a similar thing, that creating art on a level not previously thought possible is now within our grasp. All you need is ingenuity and passion, and the technology is there and ready to help you. Rambow was a good movie about childhood, but Rewind was inspiring. At least, that's how it affected me.
I'm still waiting for it to kick off !! by barnaby jones	May 14th, 2008 06:13:08 AM
Iron Man and Speed Racer were good, but surely Hollywood can do better than that !
I just seen Ironman that's all by FILMFUNK	May 14th, 2008 06:13:45 AM
Oh and Speed racer which was a bit gash! we in UK aint had RAMBO yit unless i completely missed it!? can't wait for Indy and everything else to come out as I'm actually gagging for some big screen fun! Pidgeon is excellent what's your probs with her?
Son Of Rambow was out two months ago in the U.K by barnaby jones	May 14th, 2008 06:15:14 AM

Admiral Neck by Talcy	May 14th, 2008 06:18:48 AM
You forgot the profusion of miserabilist film which seem to blanket us like some kind of pishy rebellion to US blockbusters. You know, the type no one really goes to see. Although I am assured that Roundin Up Donkeys does not fall completely into that category and has a brilliantly black sense of humour. More populist (and good) UK films please! More Wright, Marshall and Hammer & Tongs!
lot of good stuff from Norway. heia Norge! by pipergates	May 14th, 2008 06:48:20 AM
i do enjoy blockbuster big flashy effect-laden entertainment, but in between those saccharine overdoses one needs some proper filmatic nourishment...like much of the stuff they make in europe.
Talcy by AdmiralNeck	May 14th, 2008 06:48:24 AM
And less Three and Out, or any of those disposable shitty comedies we seem to pump out every week. God, the British film industry is a shocking wasteland. That said, the miserabilist stuff can be good (look at Lynne Ramsay's work; she's possibly my favourite British director), but so often it's made by people with no understanding of what they're doing, coating their movies in a layer of "authentic" grit as if terrified even the slightest moment of glamour or artistic flair would compromise them. The majority of British films made in the last ten years are awful, with some bright spots (The Descent, Last Resort, Morvern Callar, Red Road, Sunshine, Hot Fuzz, a handful of others). FILMFUNK, Son of Rambow was indeed out a while back as barnaby jones said, but disappeared really quickly. And, just to rub it in, no UK releases for Redbelt or The Fall. Fucking hell, last year I had to go to America to see The Mist last year (okay, I was there already, but if I hadn't gone that week, I'd never have seen it). Fucking UK.
David Mamet raped my childhood by CuervoJones	May 14th, 2008 07:15:55 AM
He is a hack and he lost it because he is old. Welcome to AICN.
? by Talcy	May 14th, 2008 08:40:15 AM
Looks around for trolls. None here. Move along.
Redbelt was awesome by Greenleaf1	May 14th, 2008 08:41:36 AM
but I wouldn't be so quick to shove it into the "sports movie" genre, even by saying it's an offbeat sports movie. It's a very good, dramatic film with some excellent acting from Ejiofor.
Mori....thanks for the Redbelt review! by Ninja Nerd	May 14th, 2008 10:52:21 AM
Already going to see it this weekend with my son...we're actually both Red Belts...but it's nice to see a positive review. I was especially jazzed to find out that Mamet and his son did MMA together. I'll appreciate the film at a whole different level now. Really intrigued to see Tim Allen's work in this. I mean, you expect a Bill Macy or Ricky Jay in a Mamet film...practically a requirement...but Tim Allen!?!? I think it's gonna be a great weekend!
Son of Rambow was good, but by JackLint	May 14th, 2008 11:45:03 AM
did anybody else find the character of Didier really stupid and annoying? The most interesting thing about his character was literally the last 10 seconds he was in the movie (when he's on the bus), because you start to question certain things about his actual character underneath the facade. But that is completely lost in the rest of the movie, and he's just left as a completely two-dimensional idiot. Why did everybody think he's cool (besides the fact that the plot required it)? His clothes? Because that's all there was to him. It was very, very irritating. It was a good movie despite that though, the two main kids were great. By the way, I recorded Garth Jennings' Q&A session from the Chicago screening, I can post it somewhere if anybody's interested.
Speaking of Mamet's Heist by Zeke25:17	May 14th, 2008 12:29:20 PM
Love most of it (Glengarry is still my favorite), but my GOD are some of the lines stilted, awkward, and NOT the way people would speak at all. Example: Devito saying "My nephew, Jimmy Silk. Yep--that's who he is!" Another: Rebecca Pidgeon saying into the phone: "Now wait, if it's about your WIFE, if it's about your WIFE--" which sounded so much like Mamet was echoing his own "Oleanna" that it took me right out of the story. In all fairness, though, one of Hackman's lines makes up for everything: when Devito says "Don't you wanna hear my last words?", Gene says "I just did", and blasts him with a shotgun. Perfect. Also, Delroy Lindo was terrific as always.
Another good Heist line: by Zeke25:17	May 14th, 2008 12:33:45 PM
Never understood this one, but I like it: "My man is so cool that SHEEP count HIM."
Insert "when he goes to bed" between "that" and "sheep" by Zeke25:17	May 14th, 2008 12:44:15 PM
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Heist by AdmiralNeck	May 14th, 2008 04:57:58 PM
Danny DeVito: "Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money." A totally nonsensical Mametian line that still made the whole cinema laugh. Weird. Spartan was the shit. I couldn't believe how awesome that movie was after seeing it. I figured it was some inconsequential late career shit, but it was really strong stuff.
REPRISE! Very cool review. Thank you, Mori by YackBacker	May 15th, 2008 06:08:44 AM
This one is playing nearby, I believe. Since the old lady will be out of town this weekend, I think I got me some time to kill.

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