LAWLESS this weekend

I'll catch it on Bluray. Looks good.

Its next weekend.

shia is gonna go OFF

Didn't love this movie. It was very watchable, but had a choppy, probably-had-too-much-left-on-the-cutting-room-floor story. What was there was cool, but I wanted learn more about some shite.

- Hardy's great as usual, plays a thoughtful, surprisingly humourous badass
- Shia was really good, only second thing I've ever seen him in
- Pearce, while unique, was almost distracting, and too sneering as the villain
- Much less action than I thought, but that didn't bother me
- Climax was anti-climactic, and I thought was just kinda "sure, ok."
- Could've gone much deeper with female leads and their interactions...pretty stock characters.
- Hillcoat just has an awesome eye, and makes his worlds so real

I'd recommend this movie as something to see, especially if you like all the talent involved, but I think it wouldn't satisfy your average movie fan. The Proposition is a much better collaboration between Hillcoat and Cave.

I really enjoyed the movie. Hardy was great. He made it worth a watch alone.

...I agree that Pearce maybe was a little distracting. Also, the climax was a little strange and anti-climactic.

Loved the humor.

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The movie had a lighter tone than I was expecting

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Damn, what were you expecting.

That movie had some pretty dark arse scenes.

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This was from the same director of The Proposition and The Road

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Yes, I know.

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Those are some bleak as hell movies. Lawless was much lighter than either of those.

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To be fair, those two make United 93 look light. And yeah, Lawless actually aimed for some light hearted moments...some.

Loved it. I'm a huge Nick Cave fan, so seeing it opening weekend was a must. I was glad they didn't try to fit in an awkward cameo for him after his appearance in Assassination of Jesse James served as that movie's most embarrassing moment.

I was expecting something comparable to The Proposition. But I think Lawless fell short of that standard for story immersion. I struggled to find the story's need for the lady cast as Tom Hardy's love interest. If the story was told as a character study, then her purpose becomes clearer as the climax approaches. Tom Hardy with Hillcoat and Cave's assistance definitely put a new spin on what could have been a cliched tough guy role in anyone else's hands. Shia LaBeouf exceeded my expectations as a kid viewed with low expectations that needed to grow up. His growing up was awkward, but necessary for this character.

Not 5 stars, but I'll give it 4. It was worth seeing.

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Did it not bother anybody else how big of a pussy Labeef's character was?

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To be fair, the scene where he first encounters Rakes, I probably would've cried too. It didn't bother me that he was a pussy, he bothered me cuz he was an idiot. Seemed like everything he did, put his family in jeopardy.