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| Registered: March 31, 2007 |  Posts: 662 |
| | Posted: | | | | IMO "Lucky # Slevin" is far better than "A Sum of All Fears" and would be my choice.  | | |  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Already started Lucky # Slevin. | | | | Pete |
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 | dtsig | | Just asking questions man |
| Registered: August 17, 2009 | | Posts: 352 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's funny ... i didn't much care for 'Lucky Number Slevin' though a lot of my friends enjoyed it and it appears well received here.
I would probably go with 'Chain Reaction', 'High Crimes' or 'The Sum of All Fears'.
If you can possibly get 'The Maiden Heist' go for that.
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: Lucky # Slevin: Widescreen EditionUPC: 796019794817 Year: 2006 Director: Paul McGuigan Writer: Jason Smilovic (Writer) Rating: Rated R : Strong Violence, Sexuality and Language Length: 110 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish Stars:Josh Hartnett as Slevin Bruce Willis as Mr. Goodkat Lucy Liu as Lindsey Morgan Freeman (1937) as The Boss Ben Kingsley [Sir Ben Kingsley] as The Rabbi Michael Rubenfeld as Yitzchok Plot:Set in the New York underworld where nothing is as it seems, Lucky # Slevin is an action-packed, "fun-as-hell roller coaster ride" (Venice Magazine). When down-on-his-luck Slevin (Josh Hartnett) stumbles into a running feud between the city's most feared crime bosses (Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley), he ignites an all-out war. Tracked by a mysterious assassin (Bruce Willis) and distracted by his flirtatious neighbor (Lucy Liu), Slevin must try to cheat death by turning the tables on the gangsters. "If you take the best parts of Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects and The Professional, what you get is Lucky # Slevin" (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV Kansas City). Extras:Scene Access Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Bonus Trailers Deleted Scenes Featurettes My Thoughts: I never even seen the trailer for this movie before today...but I have heard good things about this one. So I went into it with little to no expectations. Unfortunately I was still less then thrilled with this movie. It probably don't help that I never been much of a fan of organized crime movies. Plus I found I just didn't care about... really any of the characters. It didn't take much time at all for my attention to wander. Before I knew it... it was little more then background noise while I did other things. So I obviously didn't give it the attention it deserved... but I just found myself unable to. Besides all that... there was some scenes that caught my attention for a few moments at a time. My Rating: 2.5/5 Movie Count: 2 | | | | Pete | | | | Last edited: by Addicted2DVD |
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| | Posted: | | | | Next Up...A Bruce Willis movie Bruce Willis played Mr. Goodkat in the previous movie Lucky # Slevin. My Choices:Titles in bold are ones I never seen before.- 12 monkeys - 16 Blocks- Aramgeddon - Bandits - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - Die Hard - Die Hard 2: Die Harder - Die Hard with a Vengeance - The Fifth Element - Hart's War- Hudson Hawk - The Jackal - Live Free or Die Hard - Lucky # Slevin - Mercury Rising - Ocean's Twelve- Planet Terror - The Sixth Sense - Surrogates- Unbreakable - The Whole Nine Yards - The Whole Ten YardsI haven't decided yet... but I am considering either Surrogates or The Whole Ten Yards. | | | | Pete |
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| dtsig | | Just asking questions man |
| Registered: August 17, 2009 | | Posts: 352 |
| | Posted: | | | | I 'Surrogates' does take some concentration but I think it is a great movie. 'The Whole Ten Yards' is very funny and a good sequel to "The Whole Nine Yards". Willis has great comedic timing and delivery.
"16 Blocks" is a good movie but not as good as the other two, in my opinion.
I would be interested on your take of 'Harts War'.
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| Piffi | | We'll Always Have Paris |
| Registered: July 15, 2009 |  Posts: 1,555 |
| | Posted: | | | | Not to forget Ocean Twelve either. Good movie, (if you have seen 11 ofc.) But no movie counts this project?  |
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| | Posted: | | | | I will add the count to the next one. | | | | Pete |
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| Piffi | | We'll Always Have Paris |
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| | Posted: | | | | I went ahead and edited the last 2 reviews to add a count. | | | | Pete |
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| Piffi | | We'll Always Have Paris |
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| | Posted: | | | | Watch Armageddon - Criterion .. even though it is non-anamorphic
R1 CE America - (Criterion Collection)
The Exclusive Director's Cut with Transfer Supervised by Director Michael Bay | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| | Posted: | | | | Watched that one not that long ago. | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | | It's a toss up between Hart's War and Surrogates. For me,I would probably go with Hart's War.
While enjoyable, I did not find "The Whole Ten Yards" as good as the first one.
Oceans Twelve is a good movie, but is not predominately Bruce Willis (more of a cameo as himself)
Out of all the ones listed, I would choose "The Jackal", "The Sixth Sense", and "Hudson Hawk" (I know strange choice, but I thoroughly enjoyed it).
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: SurrogatesUPC: 786936795493 Year: 2009 Director: Jonathan Mostow Writer: Robert Venditti (Original Material By), Brett Weldele (Original Material By), John Brancato (Screenwriter), Michael Ferris (Screenwriter) Rating: Rated PG-13 : Intense Sequences of Violence, Disturbing Images, Language, Sexuality and a Drug-Related Scene Length: 89 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Stars:Bruce Willis as Greer Radha Mitchell as Peters Rosamund Pike as Maggie Boris Kodjoe as Stone James Francis Ginty as Canter James Cromwell (1940) as Older Canter Plot:How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you? From the director of Terminator 3 comes a jaw-dropping psychological thriller starring the ultimate action hero, Bruce Willis. In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing of the past. But when a college student linked to the creator of these replicants is killed, one FBI agent must re-enter reality and risk his life to unravel the mystery. In the battle of technology versus humanity, who can you trust? Experience every electrifying moment of this mind-blowing movie. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel and exploding with unforgettable action, Surrogates is nonstop entertainment from start to finish! Extras:Scene Access Audio Commentary Bonus Trailers Music Videos Closed Captioned My Thoughts: I never even heard of this movie before it was given to me this past September... and only first watched the trailer for it yesterday. The trailer looked really good to me... but I was quickly warned that I really have to pay attention to this movie as it can get pretty strange and hard to follow. But I didn't find that to be true watching it...I was able to follow it just fine. But then again... once I started watching it I was hooked. It kept my attention from beginning to the end. And I enjoyed it quite a bit. I found myself fascinated by the storyline. I can definitely see myself watching this one again. My Rating: 4/5 Movie Count: 3 | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | | Next Up...A James Cromwell movie James Cromwell played Older Canter in the previous movie Surrogates. My Choices:Titles in bold are ones I never seen before.- A Christmas Without Snow - Deep Impact - The Green Mile - I, Robot- The Longest Yard (2005) - The Man with Two Brains - Salem's Lot (2004) - Space Cowboys - Species II - Spider-Man III - Star Trek: First Contact - The Sum of All FearsI haven't decided yet... but I am considering I, Robot... to have a little robot double feature today. | | | | Pete |
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