zoo22
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I saw that thread. In the TOL politics section?
Yeah, it's tough, but try not to let it get you down.
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I saw that thread. In the TOL politics section?
Yeah, it's tough, but try not to let it get you down.
nikolai_42
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Town...just curious...can you recommend a relatively realistic and compelling courtroom drama? What do you think of Grisham?
The first one left me dumbstruck.
Of course, that was when it first showed in the theaters, Feb 8, 1968.
Jaded younger folks can't understand how movies like this dramatically changed the worldview of the culture, like driving home the ape/human link and the then current nuclear threat.
The others were, well........crumby.
This latest one is in another category, probably most of all because of the image technology available today.
The final attack was overdone in my opinion....okay, enough already!
The one with Mark Wahlburg wasn't torturous to watch for me, cause I got to look at a fine body for over an hour!
Didn't really give a hoot if the story plot was any good or not.
:Shimei:
Yes, the original.
The Judge
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vincent D'Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton.
Hank (Robert Downey Jr.) is a successful and cocky lawyer.
The sort of lawyer all the criminals wanted, that would stoop to any level to free his client.
The Judge (Robert Duvall) is his father.
Hank returns home to the small town community of his childhood, where all his estranged family still lives, for the funeral of his mother.
There was a lot of bitterness between Hank and his father.
After the funeral, his father (the Judge of that community) makes a quick trip to the convenience store to buy some eggs.
When he returns home, Hank notices that the front bumper has been damaged, but the father (the Judge) has no recollection of how it happened.
Blood is found on the bumper, and a dead body is found near the convenience store.
The body found was of a criminal that the Judge hated.
The Judge is charged with murder.
So the story begins to unfold as Hank tries to defend his father.
But his father makes it difficult because he doesn't respect Hank and the unethical tactics that Hank uses.
Past secrets of the family's bitterness start to be revealed, and the murder trial begins.
Good movie.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vincent D'Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton.
Hank (Robert Downey Jr.) is a successful and cocky lawyer.
The sort of lawyer all the criminals wanted, that would stoop to any level to free his client.
The Judge (Robert Duvall) is his father.
Hank returns home to the small town community of his childhood, where all his estranged family still lives, for the funeral of his mother.
There was a lot of bitterness between Hank and his father.
After the funeral, his father (the Judge of that community) makes a quick trip to the convenience store to buy some eggs.
When he returns home, Hank notices that the front bumper has been damaged, but the father (the Judge) has no recollection of how it happened.
Blood is found on the bumper, and a dead body is found near the convenience store.
The body found was of a criminal that the Judge hated.
The Judge is charged with murder.
So the story begins to unfold as Hank tries to defend his father.
But his father makes it difficult because he doesn't respect Hank and the unethical tactics that Hank uses.
Past secrets of the family's bitterness start to be revealed, and the murder trial begins.
Good movie.
Yes, it was quite good. I don't care for modern cynical movies (since the 70s?) that blur the line between villain and a good guy.
Arthur Brain
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That really doesn't surprise me with you in the slightest. Movies aren't "cynical" where the lines between 'good and evil' are "blurred" but rather reflecting realism. The most memorable 'heroes' are flawed and the most memorable 'villains' have some humanity about them to relate to in the main. Otherwise it's just Bruce Willis blowing away a bunch of cartoon bad guys...
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Yes, it [The Departed] was quite good. I don't care for modern cynical movies (since the 70s?) that blur the line between villain and a good guy.
Give Nick a break Arthurrr, he's not into faggy "art house films". As I recall, there was no confusing good with evil in that movie.
Originally Posted by Nick M
Yes, it [The Departed] was quite good. I don't care for modern cynical movies (since the 70s?) that blur the line between villain and a good guy.
Give Nick a break Arthurrr, he's not into faggy "art house films". As I recall, there was no confusing good with evil in that movie.
Arthur Brain
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Eh, trust you to think 'art house' movies are gay...:chuckle:
'The Departed' is a darn good film although hardly 'black and white' and with rather more intelligence than some standard action flick.
They're for the most part "tear jerking chick flicks". And we know about guys that love chick flicks...
Films are in art houses, movies are in theaters.
Was there any character at anytime in the movie that you were uncertain which side of the right and wrong he was on?
Arthur Brain
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Okay, you've just proved you are woefully ignorant where it comes to cinema. 'Art House = Chick Flick'?!
:freak:
One of the best portrayals of a deeply flawed and haunted "hero" is Peter Mullan in 'Tyranosaur':
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204340/?ref_=nv_sr_2
One of the most unsympathetic and unlikable characters you'll see at the start of most films. I would recommend it to you but it's a complex film about humanity/morality in general so just stick with bog standard 50's westerns...
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Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
They're for the most part "tear jerking chick flicks". And we know about guys that love chick flicks...
Films are in art houses, movies are in theaters.
Was there any character at anytime in the movie that you were uncertain which side of the right and wrong he was on?
Movies that women love and more than often cry at.
http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/
(The prosecution rests it's case).
(i.e. it's faggy).
And none of the above had to do with the openly good and evil in the movie "The Departed".
Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
They're for the most part "tear jerking chick flicks". And we know about guys that love chick flicks...
Films are in art houses, movies are in theaters.
Was there any character at anytime in the movie that you were uncertain which side of the right and wrong he was on?
Movies that women love and more than often cry at.
http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/
(The prosecution rests it's case).
(i.e. it's faggy).
And none of the above had to do with the openly good and evil in the movie "The Departed".
Arthur Brain
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You really are one dumb schmuck.
:dunce:
Uh, yes aCW, Tyrannosaur is "faggy"...
:rotfl:
You total berk. Go back to what you're 'good' at, scouring the net for homosexuality...
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Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
Movies that women love and more than often cry at.
http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/
(The prosecution rests it's case).
Quote: Originally posted by aCultureWarrior
And none of the above had to do with the openly good and evil in the movie "The Departed".
You never did watch "The Departed" did you Art? (of course not, there were no hair dressing scenes).
Since you're doingmovie film reviews: Let us know how faaaaaabulous "Brokeback Mountain" (aka "homos on the range") was Art.
Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
Movies that women love and more than often cry at.
http://www.arthousefilmsonline.com/
(The prosecution rests it's case).
Quote: Originally posted by aCultureWarrior
And none of the above had to do with the openly good and evil in the movie "The Departed".
You never did watch "The Departed" did you Art? (of course not, there were no hair dressing scenes).
Since you're doing
Arthur Brain
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I've not only seen it I own it, as I do with most Scorcese films you dumb hick. It's one of his best along with 'Goodfellas', 'Taxi Driver', 'Gangs Of New York' to name a few.
Never seen it. How about you do a 'film review' on it instead you gormless fixated crank?
