Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1853010)

I like Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July—and I liked Natural Born Killers when it came out, though I suspect I might not like it if I saw it now—but otherwise I tend to not like Oliver Stone movies. I think he gets way more praise than he deserves considering how much garbage he's put out in the world. I also think he personally is a horse's ass. I remember the moment I started thinking that was when I saw him in an interview, sometime in between Natural Born Killers and U Turn, whining about how John Woo's movies were too violent. On the positive side, he did give us The Hand and Conan so his record isn't 100% pretentious.

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1852987)

You touched on one of the reasons why I think Oliver Stone is a terrible director: he presents himself as a lighter form of documentarian despite his films being full of overdramatization and pathos. Those tactics helped him dump gasoline on the fire that is the JFK conspiracy umbrella, with half truths put in the film for the sake of suspense being viewed as hard evidence by the public (I've seen people passionate defend facts that originated from the film, like the part where they go to the book depository to test out whether or not someone could fire six shots in that amount of time; for one they absolutely can and two that test never happened).

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is good for a pretty boy actor though.

Originally Posted by Goofle (Post 1853144)

I don't usually watch films but for some absolutely inexplicable reason, I decided to watch About a Boy yesterday. I remembered it as a very funny film, and I wasn't disappointed. Hugh Grant gives a brilliantly sardonic performance, and Nicholas Hoult is just fantastic. It's one of those films which doesn't really have a great payoff, or really go anywhere you wouldn't expect, but the content is satisfying on more than just a humorous level. I can't think of another film of it's type to deal with suicide for example. The comedy hits the spot and that's ultimately all I wanted.

8/10

Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1853117)

I was thinking I should see that movie too, but I forgot it existed.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1853199)

Don't let it slip you, especially if you love Gael Garcia Bernal like I do. I'd fuck the man.

Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1853218)

It's strange. I don't think I've seen any movies with him yet, but his face is really familiar to me. There's some interesting things on his IMDB filmography, so I've got some things to look in to now. So many bookmars of interesting things, so little time!