Just saw Spartan

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: amoeba
what else did Mamet do?

IMDB

 

[amoeba]

wow, I loved Ronin and untouchables but I can't say the same for Hannibal and Heist.

 

[The Wildcard]

Are there good action scenes in this movie?

 

[amoeba]

theres a couple yeah. People get shot very realistically. The action is very counterstrike-esque but less automatic weapons and more pistols.

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

I just watched it, pretty good movie. Anyone catch who the bartender was? It was Alexandra Kerry, John Kerry's daughter. Even says so on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360009/fullcredits

 

[step-dawg]

didn't like it. Val Kilmer's acting annoyed me so much. It could have been alright, but the acting job was terrible in my opinion.

 

[0roo0roo]

hah, just watched it. i thought it was pretty good.

and yea john kerrys daughter was the bartender. i wasn't sure but i checked on imdb too heh. seems her imdb pic is from the movie too http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449885/

kristin bell looks like alison lohman (matchstickmen), i almost thought it was her.

To someone else it sounds like gibberish. Do your parents know what YAGT stands for? Does some look at you funny when you go out shopping with them and you point to an object and tell them its FAR?

yea. he doesn't explain stuff to u like ur a moron. but if u start posting or something while watching u'll probably get lost heh.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=11233

 

[torpid]

This was surprisingly good. Well, somewhat surprisingly. The problem with mamet is he's either really good or really bad. I liked the spanish prisoner and the verdict a lot. Actually the verdict is one of my favorite courtroom films. I really hated hated hated heist and a few other things he did. Part of that hate is due to him casting his wife. If you think val kilmer is bad, wait until you see her. She was on an episode of the shield and the detectives kept commenting about her "british" accent. The problem is, she had no accent because she can't act. Of course, it turns out mamet directed that episode.

I actually like val kilmer's style of acting usually. Also, he was one of the best guests on Inside the Actor's Studio.

 

[0roo0roo]

heh yea. then again i didn't like the spanish prisoner either. i know it was raved about by critics but not for me. kilmer just kept making fun of mamet being a failed actor on the commentary track

 

[bockchow]

it's in my queue but kinda far down. i've seen a few of his movies and most are preaty bad. but it's worth a shot since i've liked 1 or 2 of his movies.

 

[kajames]

Originally posted by: MrChad
I rented this last night, but I didn't like it. Maybe it's just me, but the plot didn't make much sense, and I didn't like Kilmer's acting at all. :thumbsdown:

:beer: I second that motion:laughne of those cheapy, quicky movies... perhaps the sequence director got lost in the final editing:frown:

 

[Schadenfreude]

Just saw the movie. It was . . . okay.