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Posted on 12/21/12 at 11:26 am
Posted on 12/21/12 at 11:26 am
*searched and found nothing
Watched this last night and thought it was pretty good but nothing incredible. The acting was great. Hardy, Chastain and Guy Pearce put in great performances. Shia was good as well. Overall to me I guess the story fell a little flat for me because it seemed to be such a small time story in an era of larger than life criminals and stories. I also found the love interest for Shia to be a complete waste of time. Would have rather seen more fighting and bootlegging related scenes than that.
Thoughts?
Watched this last night and thought it was pretty good but nothing incredible. The acting was great. Hardy, Chastain and Guy Pearce put in great performances. Shia was good as well. Overall to me I guess the story fell a little flat for me because it seemed to be such a small time story in an era of larger than life criminals and stories. I also found the love interest for Shia to be a complete waste of time. Would have rather seen more fighting and bootlegging related scenes than that.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 12/21/12 at 11:30 am to etm512
Thought the final showdown was anticlimactic, and really poorly shot. The movie was good, very watchable, well acted, but you know it fell short of the gravitas they were aiming for.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 11:30 am to etm512
I agree with you about Shia's love interest. She serves absolutely no purpose in the movie. Still one of my favorite movies of the year though.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 12:09 pm to etm512
Overall I liked it, but I just thought some of it was kind of weird the way it was put together. Some things could have and should have just been left out, and other things could have been elaborated on more. Totally agree about Guy Pearce and and Hardy. They made the movie. shite, I barely recognized Guy Pearce, actually I did recognize him but was thinking "He looks a lot like Guy Pearce, but that can't be him???"
The love interest for Shia LeBeouf was very unnecessary, it was so boring. I loved the whole invincibility of Tom Hardy though. Could of used a lot more Gary Oldman, and I wish they'd focused more on Jason Clark than Shia LeBeouf as well. It's sad but Shia LeBeouf was the supposed headliner in this movie, and probably the worst part of it. I mean he wasn't terrible or anything, but the others just clearly outshined him IMHO.
The love interest for Shia LeBeouf was very unnecessary, it was so boring. I loved the whole invincibility of Tom Hardy though. Could of used a lot more Gary Oldman, and I wish they'd focused more on Jason Clark than Shia LeBeouf as well. It's sad but Shia LeBeouf was the supposed headliner in this movie, and probably the worst part of it. I mean he wasn't terrible or anything, but the others just clearly outshined him IMHO.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 12:22 pm to Michael J Cocks
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Could of used a lot more Gary Oldman
I was surprised that we never saw his character again after the deal went down with Shia
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It's sad but Shia LeBeouf was the supposed headliner in this movie, and probably the worst part of it. I mean he wasn't terrible or anything, but the others just clearly outshined him IMHO.
Agreed and to me it had to do with the love story dragging his character down. He did fine acting the role but Hardy and Pearce were both better in better roles.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 12:24 pm to Michael J Cocks
When the movie ended my thought was, that's it from Gary Oldman?
Posted on 12/21/12 at 12:51 pm to etm512
I really enjoyed it. Thought the acting was great. Hardy is one of my favorites now, so I'm partial to him, but Pearce was great.
Thought the story sputtered in parts and the end fell a little short. But all in all I thought it was good.
olm
Thought the story sputtered in parts and the end fell a little short. But all in all I thought it was good.
olm
Posted on 12/21/12 at 1:33 pm to winner
quote:is it that big of deal?
When the movie ended my thought was, that's it from Gary Oldman?
Posted on 12/21/12 at 1:36 pm to etm512
I really enjoyed it. I thought the scene where Pearce shoots Shia after he rolls up with a shotgun was pretty bad arse.
And the throat cutting scene left me all WTF for a few minutes. Good movie IMO.
And the throat cutting scene left me all WTF for a few minutes. Good movie IMO.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 1:38 pm to cas4t
quote:did the same to me.
And the throat cutting scene left me all WTF for a few minutes.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 1:55 pm to JBeam
Not a big deal, just a shocker at how minimal his role was.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 4:25 pm to winner
Yeah, I mean his character was awesome as hell as it was. You just kind of leave thinking he should have def got more screen time. Maybe 5 less minutes of Shia and that Amish bitch and 5 more mins of G.O. lol
Posted on 12/21/12 at 9:37 pm to Michael J Cocks
I just finished watching it. I really enjoyed the movie. I do agree, that there were some slow parts.
Posted on 12/21/12 at 10:01 pm to etm512
I wish Shia's character wasn't such a pussy. Other than that it was meh.. could have been way better but just not gritty enough for me.
Posted on 12/23/12 at 6:26 pm to DanglingFury
What's better this or looper. Any of good movie suggestions?
Posted on 12/23/12 at 6:49 pm to CP3LSU25
Jessica Chastain is a milf 
Posted on 12/23/12 at 9:50 pm to etm512
OVERATED 
Posted on 12/23/12 at 10:47 pm to CP3LSU25
quote:
What's better this or looper. Any of good movie suggestions?
Go with Looper.
I'd love to be able to recommend something, but since I had a kid seven months ago, my movie watching has come to screeching halt. Only thing I've seen recently is Ted. It was ok.
Posted on 12/24/12 at 12:07 am to etm512
To me the ending couldn't have been any worse... Overall not awful though.. Hardy was badass
Posted on 12/24/12 at 8:20 am to etm512
Pretty much agree 100%, especially about falling kinda flat, but still worth the watch IMO.
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