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452989, The Brothers Bloom
Posted by janey, Thu May-21-09 07:03 PM
PolarBear Toenails has me all excited about this movie, from the guy who made Brick, which I know many people here enjoyed as much as I did.
http://media.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya090514_rianjohnson.mp3
Great interview and I'm gonna try to catch the movie this weekend. :-)
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All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha
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453076, i can't wait. my good friend did this alternate poster for it:
Posted by andrewX, Fri May-22-09 11:28 AM
http://23.media.tumblr.com/nLpPhKqPYm6hxh0iOJA3YzN7o1_400.jpg
hand-drawn!
his cousin is the director and brother did the score.
really excited for it.
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454019, saw it tonight.
Posted by andrewX, Fri May-29-09 01:55 AM
loved it.
i was thoroughly entertained, and if nothing else, it was very cool.
would definitely recommend checking it out.
will probably go see it again.
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454020, my fave movie of the summer
Posted by Basaglia, Fri May-29-09 02:05 AM
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455228, What did you think of it?
Posted by Sponge, Thu Jun-04-09 01:07 PM
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455230, i thought the cons got progressively worse throughout the film
Posted by Villain, Thu Jun-04-09 01:17 PM
but it was still a good movie--it was pretty damn funny and interesting.
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456077, Ditto. I liked the 1st half a lot & then couldn't wait for it to end.
Posted by jigga, Mon Jun-08-09 01:50 PM
I don't know if its a case of Rian Johnson trying too hard but I really wanted to like both this & Brick. While they both have their moments, I'm relieved by the time the credits start rolling. Kind of hard to follow or maybe I just stop caring at some point.
Good performances & cinematography tho. The Bang Bang character started off cool but got pretty corny after awhile.
And the last scene with Ruffalo is laughable considering all the stuff he went thru with Brody right before it.
C-
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479218, very decent
Posted by k_orr, Sun Oct-04-09 07:55 AM
Good performances by most.
But were they suggesting a bit of molestation with the DD subplot?
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479571, Pretty good.
Posted by xbenzive, Mon Oct-05-09 07:06 PM
it does get tiring with the cons, but overall not bad. If you like Brick, expect it to be the same.
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479719, I give it a C
Posted by astralblak, Tue Oct-06-09 01:24 PM
the beginning 30min is real fun, the bang bang character is classic, rachel wiess' performance was adorable and remarkable, but overall the film came off convoluted when it did not need to be. they made Brody's character too pensive and brooding about the "deck of cards" life handed to him and Ruffalo's character too carefree. unlike brick which compressed old school narratives and themes within contemporary settings very well, the brothers bloom seemed a bit unbalanced and lacked plot and thematic cohesion. it was shot very well, but after an hour in it just dragged on and I couldn't wait for it to be over.
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481824, spoiler late pass: end of the movie exposition is fucking lame
Posted by Drizzit, Fri Oct-16-09 10:18 PM
after stephen dies, cut to credits and call it. i am not a uber-educated film head, but the image of him dying while pulling his final trick would have been exposition enough.
you didn't need the last seen with brody and weisz.
otherwise, thoroughly enjoyable.
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