i'm going to have to see it again before i make any final judgements.

this is only the second time that is happened to me with a scorsese movie...i loved "the aviator", "gangs oif new york", "goodfellas", "raging bull", "taxi driver", and hell even "the color of money" the first time i saw them. i still have reserved my judgements until i see "bringing out the dead" again.

leo di caprio will definitely get an oscar nomination for this movie. so far i think he has a great chance of getting it, but that does depend on what else comes out this year.

jack nicholson was good, not quite "the shining" or "one flew over the cucoos' nest" good, but still very close and still very entertaining.

matt damon was good in some parts but overall i think his character/performance would have been better if occasionaly he lashed out in anger or showed some kind of extreme emotions. i think that would have balanced out the performances of the two main characters but maybe scorsese wanted the mood of their performances to be imbalanced. thats just something i'll have to think about when i see it again.

as far as movie making, i loved the iris in/out transitions. i'm in a film history to 1940 class now and we've seen the iris transition in multiple films. i loved seeing it used in a contemporary movie.

seeing it the first time i really didn't pay attention to cinematography and editing too much, so the next time i see it i'll be able to give that the attention it deserves and maybe make me appreciate the movie more.

[Edited on October 8, 2006 at 5:41 PM. Reason : ]

10/8/2006 5:38:34 PM

great movie, will buy on DVD

10/8/2006 6:06:53 PM

I didn't like the version of "Comfortably Numb" Was it a live version? It was a great choice of song just a bad version haha.

10/8/2006 10:05:38 PM

^ It's a Van Morrison cover of "Comfortably Numb" (my namesake). I really liked it.

10/8/2006 10:15:59 PM

^i enjoyed it too.

keefus will you explain a little more as to what is the iris in/out transition? Thanks

10/9/2006 12:51:32 AM

PEOPLE DYING EVERYWHERE JESUS FUCK OMG

But it was a lot better than I expected it to be.

10/9/2006 12:56:19 AM

DON'T FUCK WITH MARKY MARK.

10/9/2006 1:34:52 AM

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"he had no business being in gangs of new york"

NO, he was fantastic in that movie.

I thought this movie was great! Really damn good.

10/9/2006 1:42:00 AM

I thought the psycholoigist woman was an unrealistically weak character.

I can explain more, but want to make sure someone agrees or wants to know more before I post **Spoilers**.

10/9/2006 9:06:43 AM

In movies like this, women rarely have an interesting or important role, so that wasn't very surprising to me.

10/9/2006 9:11:50 AM

She was definitely the weakest member of the cast.

10/9/2006 9:13:25 AM

it just bothered me that she is a cop psychologist, yet has Zero will power or professionalism and was one of the more fucked up people in the movies.

While very attractive, I have to belief they "dumbed her down" on purpose. That took away from her character tremendously. How ironic that the shrink is the most internally conflicted of all the characters.

10/9/2006 9:45:27 AM

It's because women are indecisive.

10/9/2006 9:53:28 AM

while very attractive? haha. bitch was below average.

10/9/2006 10:09:50 AM

Best movie I've seen all year. Based on the asian movie, "Infernal Affairs". But, I thought this one was just phenomenal. Don't get me wrong. I thought the original was great, but asian actors suck (If it makes you feel better, I'm asian). It's just the truth. This version was directed much better.

10/9/2006 10:49:56 AM

Oh, Alec Baldwin you are so BACK!




*******POSSIBLE SPOILER**********


















So what, is it Leo's kid or what? HAHAHAHAHAHA



[Edited on October 9, 2006 at 10:51 AM. Reason : What info was Jack giving to the FED's, just the microchip/blowing uptaiwan deal]

10/9/2006 10:50:35 AM

haha yea i was wondering if it was too; good chance it is.

10/9/2006 12:41:35 PM

i believe costello was tipping the FBI off on his business competition...whoever that might be, i don't think they went too deeply into that.

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"keefus will you explain a little more as to what is the iris in/out transition? Thanks"

iris in/out transition is the only thing close enough i could think of to describe the trick used in the movie. its used by a filmmaker to draw the audiences attention to a certain detail during a scene or as a transition between scenes. in the old days filmmakers would put this resizeable cone piece on the end of the camera that would create a circle of action on the screen and everything else would be black or some contrasting color. you can either resize the cone while the camera is rolling to make the "hole" of action grow smaller or larger in real time on screen or you can have the "hole" stay the same size throughout the whole shot (this is what they did in the departed). in this movie i think it was used twice, once when leo was going into a building (i think) and i can't remember the other time.

10/9/2006 1:29:02 PM

I'm guessing the loud punk music was the Dropkick Murphies (that would go with the whole Irish thing)? Personally I liked that... actually seemed to fit perfectly. And yes, I know... Google. Too lazy.

10/9/2006 5:24:14 PM

this movie was fucking VEGAS !!! definitely not the typical hollywood ending. AWESOMO - MOVIE !!!


scorcese at his best in years . . . !!!!!1 and the cast was incredible.

10/9/2006 6:57:29 PM

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"I'm guessing the loud punk music was the Dropkick Murphies"

yea it was them..the song is called I'm Shipping Up To Boston

10/9/2006 7:06:40 PM

just to clarify, dicaprio was fine in gangs of new york

i just feel that they could have found someone much better for the role

10/9/2006 7:22:01 PM

Do they really kill people to "Gimme Shelter"?

Cause that's a hallmark of a great movie right there. Particularly if it's just a straight montage of a couple dozen guys gettin merked.

Ooooooooo, a storm is threatening my very life today...

10/9/2006 8:11:04 PM

hah that dropkick murphies song rocks

10/9/2006 8:17:48 PM

yea it does

10/9/2006 8:21:24 PM

yeah it was pretty sweet w/the film

10/9/2006 9:02:20 PM

great movie

i want the dvd

10/9/2006 9:09:50 PM

damn good movie....def gettin the dvd

10/10/2006 6:15:02 PM

Did the ending remind anyone of "Road to Perdition" or am I imagining that?

10/10/2006 9:44:43 PM

^ I don't think they're that similar.

It didn't have that Sam Mendes long shot before shit went down, he was just caught off guard (besides, you knew Damon had to get it before the end).

The thing with Leo, though, well, I could see that being close.

10/10/2006 9:55:23 PM

I haven't watched it yet, but my friend just told me that it was adapted from my fav HK movie "Infernal Affairs" . Well, i like "Infernal Affairs' , so i 'm goin' to watch this.








[Edited on October 10, 2006 at 10:54 PM. Reason : ]

10/10/2006 10:51:41 PM

Fuckin awesome movie.

Would see again. A+++++

10/10/2006 11:02:14 PM

yup, fucking great movie, brought plenty of business.

I think Gangs of New York is still my favorite movie of his...

Anyone else think that Leo is Scorsese's "go to guy" now... like Depp is for Burton?

10/11/2006 3:42:16 AM

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"In movies like this, women rarely have an interesting or important role, so that wasn't very surprising to me."

as i watched the trailer, before i ever saw this movie, i was wondering why a female character would even matter in this movie.

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"iris in/out transition is the only thing close enough i could think of to describe the trick used in the movie"

they made good use of these in citizen kane didnt they?

10/11/2006 4:04:41 AM

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Just to make sure....Mark Wahlberg killed Matt Damon just for the hell of it, right??? He wasn't working for the mafia either?? Cause I got no indications that he was.

10/11/2006 7:32:53 AM

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It's Leo's kid. Don't you remember, when the chick and Matt Damon and sex and she told him it was okay, it happened to lots of peope, and then while they were in the porno movie theatre, he kept looking down at his crotch? Damon couldn't get it up

[Edited on October 11, 2006 at 7:40 AM. Reason : ]

10/11/2006 7:39:55 AM

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"Anyone else think that Leo is Scorsese's "go to guy" now... like Depp is for Burton?"

that's pretty obvious, he's been in like 3 scorsese movies in a row.

and he's set to play teddy roosevelt in another scorsese movie.







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^^i figured he killed him for revenge for leo and/or because he found out or figured damon was the mole. maybe that mysterious envelope to the chick said tell mark wahlberg about this shit




















































*end*


[Edited on October 11, 2006 at 7:55 AM. Reason : df]

10/11/2006 7:51:48 AM

*****SPOILER********

Quote :

"It's Leo's kid. Don't you remember, when the chick and Matt Damon and sex and she told him it was okay, it happened to lots of peope, and then while they were in the porno movie theatre, he kept looking down at his crotch? Damon couldn't get it up"

Yeah...I think it's Leo's kid too...but Damon had to get it up at some point. I mean...you're wife won't tell you she's pregnant with your kid if you didn't drop a load in her at least once. That wouldn't make sense.

10/11/2006 8:14:20 AM

^my sentiments exactly. I think Jenniferyan explanantion is a little far fetched

10/11/2006 10:27:22 AM

i'm going to see it later today. hooray for me!

10/11/2006 11:08:45 AM

the in/out iris thing keefus was talking about seemed to me to go along with the theme of "when you are facing a loaded gun..." The iris closing in made it seem as you were looking down the barrell of a gun at the person.

but overall, excellent, excellent movie. the most intense i have seen in a long time. scorcese is a god.

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"I think Gangs of New York is still my favorite movie of his... "

Really?

have you seen goodfellas, raging bull or taxi driver?

10/11/2006 12:05:13 PM

^yup... and I've seen Gangs of New York many a times...

Shit is bad ass. Those other movies are great too, I just prefer gangs of ny

10/11/2006 12:54:46 PM

gangs of new york is a really good movie as well; seen that many times.

10/11/2006 1:12:05 PM

one of my fav DVDs

10/11/2006 1:28:37 PM

I think people with ED can still ejaculate but im not sure on that, im no doctor.

Also he could have premature ejaculation problems and thats what she was referring to when she said it "happens to lots of people" and maybe he was looking down at his pants because he was dripping seminal fluid the minute he walked into the porn theater.


It makes sense that Damon had SOME type of sexual problem cause lord knows an attractive guy making that kind of money and having that sweet of a bachelor pad wouldnt be trying to move that relatively unattractive girl into his apartment. He might fuck her sure especially if she's a freak, but move in together? That was a real stretch...


Otherwise awesome movie, but yeah its pretty common for the female to be a wet blanket in cool movies.

If you guys want a movie with girl power try Erin Brockovich you closet cases.



[Edited on October 11, 2006 at 5:30 PM. Reason : a]

10/11/2006 5:27:53 PM

What an entertaining movie! Definitely one of my favs this year and im not a Scorsese fan. Why did he put that dumbass "no thank you" line in there. Not that it ruined the movie at all but it really took me out of the movie. I choose to see this over Matador but I really wasnt in a Pedro mood.

10/12/2006 3:45:42 AM

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"yea it was them..the song is called I'm Shipping Up To Boston"

Awesome, haven't listened to them since high school, but instantly recognized them. Thought it was pretty awesome to put that song in a gangster movie.

10/12/2006 3:41:20 PM

anyone seen this twice? as good? not?

was plannin on goin to this or jackass again friday



[Edited on October 12, 2006 at 11:27 PM. Reason : jackass is gone]

10/12/2006 11:24:52 PM

I've watched it twice, there are a few things that you catch the second time around

10/13/2006 11:13:53 AM

I'm thinking about seeing it again.. theirs so much to take in the first time that I'm sure theirs a lot of stuff you'd catch the 2nd time

10/13/2006 3:17:49 PM