Bill Murphy
01-13-2003, 12:21 AM
Ever since this summer's debacle, where it was possible to see Bourne Identity, Sum Of All Fears, & Minority Report one right after the other, my local megaplex has been very careful about scheduling new releases at skewed times and in opposite octagons to discourage sneaking. /forums/images/icons/blush.gif
Tried a new duodecaplex and the silly gits not only had these two flicks across the hall from each other in the same pentagon, twenty minutes apart, but during this intermission it was also possible to catch the opening battle from Gangs Of New York again! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
Narc is pretty cool; gritty cop flick with the typical double/triple twists and the 'which, if either/both, of the two cops is crooked' bit. Liotta=always genius and Jason Patric proves the Friends & Neighbors was no fluke.
25th Hour is marginal, despite a great cast. Pretty talky, although a lot of the stereotypical blather with this kind of story isn't there, prolly because Lee didn't write the script. Norton is Norton. I kept waiting for Brian Cox to say something like, "Did you get my card, Will?". Philip Seymour Hoffman is the genius he always is, and the subplot involving him & Anna Paquin[hottie] would've been a far more interesting main story. Cool cameo by Tony Siragusa, of all people.
The most entertaining part for me was identifying all the movies that Spike lifts whole scenes from. The big "F#ck Osama & Everyone Else" rant that Norton does is a pale imitation of John Turturro's from Do The Right Thing, for example.
For Lee/Norton/Hoffman/Paquin[did I mention=hottie] fans only.
Tried a new duodecaplex and the silly gits not only had these two flicks across the hall from each other in the same pentagon, twenty minutes apart, but during this intermission it was also possible to catch the opening battle from Gangs Of New York again! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
Narc is pretty cool; gritty cop flick with the typical double/triple twists and the 'which, if either/both, of the two cops is crooked' bit. Liotta=always genius and Jason Patric proves the Friends & Neighbors was no fluke.
25th Hour is marginal, despite a great cast. Pretty talky, although a lot of the stereotypical blather with this kind of story isn't there, prolly because Lee didn't write the script. Norton is Norton. I kept waiting for Brian Cox to say something like, "Did you get my card, Will?". Philip Seymour Hoffman is the genius he always is, and the subplot involving him & Anna Paquin[hottie] would've been a far more interesting main story. Cool cameo by Tony Siragusa, of all people.
The most entertaining part for me was identifying all the movies that Spike lifts whole scenes from. The big "F#ck Osama & Everyone Else" rant that Norton does is a pale imitation of John Turturro's from Do The Right Thing, for example.
For Lee/Norton/Hoffman/Paquin[did I mention=hottie] fans only.