Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Thu Aug-06-09 12:05 AM
1. "In The Perfect Getaway, Steve Zahn is the killer. BEFORE YOU WHINE:" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Aug-06-09 12:06 AM by Frank Longo
I've never seen the movie, never read the script, not read one tiny shred of news about it, not even seen who all is in the cast. I'm just telling you right now, based on going to a LOT of thrillers, Steve Zahn is the killer.
The fact that they are now advertising a "shocking twist ending" only verifies this hunch for me further.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86672 posts
Fri Aug-07-09 09:31 AM
35. "The spoiler is up. Was I right? (SPOILER)" In response to Reply # 16
Of course I was. His wife is in on it too-- they're serial killers who steal the identities of couples and blah blah blah. But it's obvious-- if you cast someone like Steve Zahn in a movie with a twist ending, then he is the killer.
in theatres. opening day. thank god i turned to the person next to me i came with and told them in middle of the movie. so now i have some one to vouch for me.
my brother and I were just making outlandish jokes about what might have happened...and mine happened to turn out true somehow lmao. My brother and I just looked at each other and started cracking up.
--------------------------------- <--The drought is over
"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS
"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left." -Kobe speaking to investigators
9. "Bad. It never usually crosses my mind to try." In response to Reply # 0
That's why stuff like the Village bugs me, because I'm not even the guy that tries to figure movies out, but even I knew what the twist would probably be from the beginning and spent the whole time thinking "That better not be the twist...that better not be the twist"
---- I check for: Serengeti, Zeroh, Open Mike Eagle, Jeremiah Jae, Moka Only.
20. "Yeah, movies like Primer are like taking the SAT" In response to Reply # 19
And for better or worse, I don't like to feel like I have to be paying meticulous attention to every detail of a film to understand it. At least not most of the time.
>Otherwise, I'm not really trying to figure out the ending. I >don't approach a movie like I would a puzzle.
---- I check for: Serengeti, Zeroh, Open Mike Eagle, Jeremiah Jae, Moka Only.
25. "I honestly don't think the makers meant for it to be a mystery" In response to Reply # 24
where we connect every dot and go "A-ha!"
I think we were just supposed to get the impression that time travel is messed up and can go wrong in ways you can never foresee. But maybe I just tell myself that because if I was supposed to connect all the dots, quite simply, I didn't get it.
---- I check for: Serengeti, Zeroh, Open Mike Eagle, Jeremiah Jae, Moka Only.
11. "I don't like to try unless its a shitty movie to begin with." In response to Reply # 0
My girlfriend does it so much it makes it hard to follow the movie. I had to go & watch The Prestige by myself the next day after I saw it with her just so I could watch it w/o having to answer a bunch of questions. But when its something silly like Street Kings I don't mind the speculation & it was pretty easy to figure out.
13. "I am okay but my mom is ridiculous" In response to Reply # 0
She predicts movies that I think are completely unpredictable. It's been a challeng to find a movie that she wouldn't know what was coming intuitively. No shit I played Donnie Darko for her thinking that would a good one. Not only did she predict a lot of the movie well in advance but she actually got the plot of the movie first time through.
14. "Ma Dukes>>>>>>>>>>Richard Kelly " In response to Reply # 13
>She predicts movies that I think are completely >unpredictable. It's been a challeng to find a movie that she >wouldn't know what was coming intuitively. No shit I played >Donnie Darko for her thinking that would a good one. Not only >did she predict a lot of the movie well in advance but she >actually got the plot of the movie first time through.
29. "I think its because most western movies follow a blueprint..." In response to Reply # 23
of a movie that has come prior... so when you think about it, it's not really that hard to connect the dots of a movie you have already seen but are just unaware of it...
38. "I can't go to movies with my father-in-law anymore" In response to Reply # 33
When we went to see "The Dark Knight" last year, when Gordon was in the transport to take Dent to county, he leaned over to my wife and said, "everybody knows that's one of The Joker's dudes" in the driver's seat. When it turned out to be Gordon, he tried to play it off like he knew. I had already seen it before, so I knew the deal.
And he clowned Terrance Howard's voice the whole damn time we were watching Ironman.
I remember thinking Fight Club was gonna turn into a gay love story halfway through and feeling relieved and confused when Norton/Pitt turned out to be the same guy. <----My debut album cover
37. "I try this too much because I try to make most movies "mean something"" In response to Reply # 0
Like I'm still trying to find someone to explain the significance of everything that happened in John From Cincinatti.
Like the posters above, Ma Higgins is the GOAT at this. The exact opposite of Pa Higgs because Pa used to summarize what JUST HAPPENED. Like, a guy would shoot another guy and my pap would look at me and say, "See....that guy didn't like that pther guy".
40. " David Lynch's Mullholland Drive should have BEEN obvious going in" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Aug-07-09 06:22 PM by SankofaII
why folk still dont GET that is hilarious to me damn near 8 years later
SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE
The entire 106 minutes PRIOR to Rita/Camilla falling into the blue box was nothing MORE than Betty/Diane's idealized version of a) her life in Hollywood and b) what *REALLY* happened to Camilla, i.e. she had her killed b/c she couldn't be with her, etc.
i mean, really....I laugh at folks who wanted the movie to be so much MORE than that....and then watch them get angry and upset and say that lynch is on some "clusterfuck" type shit when he wasn't...
which is why i think this is one of better films to date...folk CHOOSE to search for intellectually complex meanings in the film, and the shit was JUST.THAT.SIMPLE....
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