I liked it. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a great movie, but I enjoyed myself. Good write-up.
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The bad guy is Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), a boxer-turned mobster who wants to make L.A. his town, with no interference from the Chicago mob. Cohen was a real guy, but not so much this version, who's more like a Dick Tracy villain that happens to be a heroin dealer too. He's sleeping with Emma Stone, so of course Wooters tries to seduce her just for the hell of it, making things a whole lot worse than they need to be while he lectures O'Mara for being reckless. It all ends bloodily - not just in gunfire, but with brutal fistfights in which every blow draws Mortal Kombat levels of blood.
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That writer Will Beal is allegedly writing a Lethal Weapon 5 script makes sense; that he's doing a draft of Justice League, maybe less so if you take your heroes seriously. Fleischer, though, is becoming a consistent pleasure in my book, but then I'm that one guy who actually liked 30 Minutes or Less almost as much as Zombieland. His constant themes seem to involve people teaming up to comedically take on horrifically gory threats to their lives, and that's a not a bad niche to have - provided your goal is to entertain a sick bastard like myself. If you want to laugh in the face of death, Gangster Squad's your movie. If you were looking for accurate historical drama, go read the Oscar nomination list that came out yesterday.
[And just for fun, if you've already seen Gangster Squad, look up Mickey Cohen on Wikipedia. Totally alternate universe.]
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Wow! That picture of Mickey Cohen is a dead ringer for Sean Penn. I haven't seen an uncanny resemblance since Burt Lancaster played Robert Stroud in 'Birdman Of Alcatraz'.
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"but then I'm that one guy who actually liked 30 Minutes or Less"
Damn man, put that at the beginning of the article, and save us all some time from listening to your opinion. That movie was awful from any point of view.
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Liking Emma Stone in the red dress but if anyone gets any ideas about a live action Roger Rabbit they're getting a visit from the Punch Fairy. It's for their own good.
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@EliasAlgorithm ...I don't have the best memory and only saw part of the film once, but wasn't Roger Rabbit live action? I seem to recall there were actors I recognized in it.
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@Gallen_Dugall @EliasAlgorithm Half of it was. I did a GIS for this and saw someone made the comparison and something my brain twitched uncontrollably.
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@GatSquad Damn. Now I'm thinking of how awesome it would be if Lt. Frank Drebin were on the team too.
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"Nothing about the marketing campaign for the movie has even hinted at how ridiculously gory it is. Or how funny."
Really? Man, stupid Hollywood marketing, trying to make things safe for the "normals" out there...
Well Luke, I must admit you have convinced me to go see this movie...On Tuesday night, when ticket prices are seven bucks instead of ten. Until then, as mentioned earlier, I'm going to give this Zero Dark Thirty thing a look.
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Probably why it got dumped in the January dead zone. Better to be forgotten than potentially make a "worst of list".
Yeah, I want to see it now. As to completely ignoring history, they might as well and admit it. I was quite disappointed to learn that much of PUBLIC ENEMIES was b.s., and it was touted as historical drama.
I'm one of those who enjoyed Muholland Falls. (How could any man hate a movie where Jennifer Connelly goes topless?)
@GatSquad What? Jenny from the Rocketeer gets topless? Excuse me, I've got to go borrow a movie!
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@GatSquad The movie was pushed back to January because they had to re-edit it after the Batman shooting
@arivalscientist @GatSquad Yes we wouldn't want to get any scary reality in our blood bath movie. They should have left it in.
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Jennifer Connelly's cans have been neked in three movies. All of them sucked balls. That's like saying Episode II is great because we get to see Yoda fight.
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@arivalscientist @BowtiesAreCool I seem to recall you only saw her bush in that movie. It's been years since I've seen it though.
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@BowtiesAreCool Episode II would have been better if we hadn't seen Yoda fight because 1) it was silly, 2) what the crap is he doing if not using the force for attack in that scene totally contradicting what he said in Empire and 3) it drew out the fight scene. My biggest issue with the prequels was that the fight scenes so long they had to cut plot for them. Yes it's true that the plot was pretty dumb and dull but I enjoyed it.
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@SlyDante777 and I still want an investigation as to how Al-qaeda managed to find and kill every last member of the team (save the one lucky soul who rotated out) within a month of the op. I don't believe in coincidences like that.
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@SlyDante777 At a local theater the tickets are $5 during the morning matinee.
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I am definitely more excited to see this thing now. Too bad the Missus wants to see Silverlinings Playbook instead...
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@Canadian.Scott this is why they need to project the film straight into your eyes instead of projecting it on a screen - that way everyone wins
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@10glfan59 which thing are we doing? the thing thing, the thing thing or the thing thing?
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@stewbacca got vol 3 on DVD for christams, completing my collection. Come over for a marathon!
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@Gallen_Dugall @Lithroe @10glfan59 http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdhmioZPU81rg922ko1_400.gif
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@10glfan59 is this the thing that's made of orange stone, the thing that's a jazz band, the thing that lives in a swamp, the thing that's an "art" project, the thing that's a disembodied hand, the thing that takes you over at the cellular level, the thing that's a tourist trap in Arizona, or the thing that's a carrot?
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I didn't think I could want to see this movie any more than I already do. You Sir, have made me NEED to see this movie.
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@Lithroe sounds fun - esp since if the current admin has its way you won't be able to show movies like this anymore in this country. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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@Gallen_Dugall @Lithroe Are you "that guy" this week? Dammit, I never get to be "that guy". We need a better method than putting all our names into a hat and then shooting it.
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You call blowing the fuck out of it with a Fat Man from Fallout 3 "shooting it"?!
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@Lithroe @Gallen_Dugall time to move. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw6d8refwK1qa0wzz.gif
