25th hour

ferdi

i saw it there last night.

i thought it was great, quite different, some cool camera work. not to much happens but that dosnt seem to matter, go see it.

Karl Hungus

I'm not really a fan of Spike Lee at all, and I think I've already seen a film with Edward Norton where he tries to turn his life around... Maybe I'm being a jerk here though?
Ah, well...

lamda

Yeh i'm not a big Spike Lee fan either but I do love Philip Seymour Hoffman and I hear he steals the show so i'm gonna have to give this one a look

ferdi

yeah, i know what your saying AW but this film is a little different but it does remind one of FightClub. yeah Hoffman is fantastic. my fav bit has to be the camera work

Mr E

Saw this yesterday and thought it was great ....

I really enjoyed the dialogue - cracking script. The characters really bounced off each other. Even though Norton was the 'bad guy', per se, you end up feeling sorry for him by the end of the movie.

There are a few fantastic monologues too... Monty's 'Fuck the....' speech was brilliant, and his dad's speech at the end was brilliant too (Brian Cox was superb, as usual...)

Norton stole the show, though...... brilliant performance.

Go see.

- Dave.

Tusky

Im a BIG fan of Norton, hes one of my fav actors, I wish he would play some less...downbeat roles though yah-know ? hmm maybe downbeat isnt the word...../me thinks

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by ferdi
yeah, i know what your saying AW but this film is a little different but it does remind one of FightClub. yeah Hoffman is fantastic. my fav bit has to be the camera work

I wasn't reffering to fight club...

But I doubt I'll get a chance to see it anyway.
Heading up to Dublin for the beers, so I'll need every bit of pocket money I can scrounge.

Makaveli

Originally posted by AngelWhore
and I think I've already seen a film with Edward Norton where he tries to turn his life around...

American History X. Do I win?

Karl Hungus

You win.

sleepwalker

saw it in dublin film festival thought it was excellent up there in quality to Spike Lees better films - Clockers , Malcolm X < Do The Right Thing , Bamboozled etc

the use of WTC site was superb aswell, that conversation the two blokes were having on the windowsill right above the site looked brilliant

the way it was slow moving worked aswell there was a hell of a lot of development of characters in the film

ending was good aswell although i know some people who didn't like it i thought it was very good

oh and its not so much that hes trying to turn his life around, really he is just preparing himself for the reality of prison(which the film lays out to the audience pretty bluntly )
and saying goodbye to his friends

gandalf

Saw this tonight and found it to be extremely rewarding. Unlike Angelwhore I am a big fan of Spike Lees and this film is up there with some of his best work. Norton & Cox are magnificent and I agree that Philip Seymour Hoffman stole the show, Barry Pepper was very good as well.

If you like intelligent films then you should really give this one a try:)

Gandalf.

daveg

superb film... one of the best i've seen this year... and natural.. wheew.

patch

There was some great laughs in it too, funnier than a lot of so called comedies....... great movie. I suppose I'll have to seek out clockers now!

Makaveli

Havent seen 25th Hour but Clockers is a great film. First time I saw Mekhi Pheifer (sp) in a film and he was very convincing as Strike. Harvey Keitel also puts in a great performance as does Delroy Lindo.
Well worth a watch. If you don't like hood type films, it might not be to your liking though.
Also afaik, there is no R2 release, so if you rent it, it'll be vhs.

patch

Dammit........I wouldn't mind, but it was on telly not long ago, in widescreen! :rolleyes:

Squall

Saw this last monday. Needed a break from study(fecking LC)

Anyway, i thought it was pretty good. Good story and theres a cool scene where hes looking into a mirror. Very unexpected, he kinda slates alot of people that would be going to see this movie.
Still it makes the irish look great

"Im Irish, i cant get drunk"

Its worth going to see if your bored and sick of Blockbuster action movies

Samson

Went to see 25th Hour last night, best film I've seen in a while.
I was convinced that spic bitch* had betrayed him too!







*quoting from the film

Samson

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yellum

Originally posted by gandalf


If you like intelligent films then you should really give this one a try
.

This is not an intelligent film, its a film thats more real than any of the ****e thats out there right now. Just because its not a dumb as **** action movie does not mean its an intelligent movie.

Theres no twists, guess work, mystery or whodunnit parts of this film. It won't keep you guessing or have you searching the net for answers.

Its good entertainment.

Nortons speech and the speech from Cox are outstanding.

The whole idea of finding the dog and looking after it was cool. PSH was good but I don't think he stole the show. This was definetly a group effort. Everyone performed superbly in this film.

Jim

in my top 5 fav films

my fav bits were when he was lookin in the mirror at the "f*ck you" and the following racist montage, and the end where hes imagining his future life if he doesnt go to jail.

excellent film, two thumbs up from jim

bail

j.d weemcd the twins are the best characters cos thier is two immortal get fighters and are goust and regenerate don't know how to spell the bloody word but is what you fight in final frame and horror stuff
i like neo to in the first one it was def neo but now am stuck also morph gets caught in the first one and almost died if it wasn't for niobe in the second.

Steve_o

I'm a bit confused as to what happened at the end did he go to prison or not??

Jim

Originally posted by Steve_o
I'm a bit confused as to what happened at the end did he go to prison or not??

its left up to ur.............. "imagination":rolleyes:

Tusky

Maybe im completely wrong here but you think "Spike Lee" was somehow trying to get across that the Americans have to take some blame for "9-11" ? It just struck me a bit...

watch it again with this in mind and see what you think ! I loved the "**** you" monolouge into the mirror and the opening sequence with the dog was great too

the russian is awful anoying

Great performance by Ed and PWAH @ Anna Paquin !!!!! *mount*

SweetBirdOfTruth

it's ***not*** left up to our imagination - he went down. they didn't take a left over the bridge, they continued straight on to the gaol.

Kavs

Surprisingly the best film I've seen all year(and believe me I've seen a lot of films ,sad I know!:D ).
One of those films that has u thinking about it for a couple of days after u've seen it.

weemcd

Originally posted by bail
j.d weemcd the twins are the best characters cos thier is two immortal get fighters and are goust and regenerate don't know how to spell the bloody word but is what you fight in final frame and horror stuff
i like neo to in the first one it was def neo but now am stuck also morph gets caught in the first one and almost died if it wasn't for niobe in the second.

wrong thread dumbass