Okay, here's me copy/pasting from the other site. Here's some of what I've seen and haven't seen. Feel free to say what you think about movies you've already seen and please feel free to suggest some.
I did see
Thir13en Ghosts--it was okay. They overdid the blood to such a degree that it wasn't scary, and some of the lines were awkward/stilted but I ended up watching it several times before I sent it back to Netflix. The beginning was pretty corny though. I found that if I started the movie from where Tony and the credits come in--where they establish his wife is dead and their house burned down--it's a much better movie. The beginning is just so bad. If you watch a lot of newer horror films, it's not real scary. By old horror movie standards, it's not real scary either because there's nothing in it that really hits you as scary--like they had to do back in the day before they could spray blood everywhere. Nowadays you're just supposed to be scared that something's killing people and there's blood everywhere. That really doesn't do it for me.
Tony does very well in the movie, and that's considering the flaccid script and him having to say "hell" all the time. I was surprised to see that Robert Zemeckis had a hand in producing it.
Rah Digga as the nanny Maggie is very good in the film. I like F. Murray Abraham, but his part in this film was just so bad--I think it exceeded even his abilities. Matthew Lillard was exceptional! Never heard of this guy before and he had some bad lines in the movie as well but I discovered he's a very physical actor and he was outstanding in it. Very distinctive acting style.
I did see both
Men In Black and with all the makeup, I was still able to peg that as Tony--fantastic movies and I'm partial to the second one.
I haven't seen any of the
Spy Kids so I'll have to cycle through those. I had a couple people tell me that Tony's only in the last five minutes of the last one, so I taped it and then fast fowarded it--I'm just not in the target audience for these films and that's the only part I wanted to see, so..... Anyone know what the hell that thing is on his head??? rofl.
That's another reason I started this thread: I was trying to figure out which movies he's only bit-parting in. I likely will not be bothering with any of those, especially the chick flicks. I really don't do chick flicks--
Life or Something Like It sounds like one. I'll look into it but so far, it's not in my netflix queue. I saw
Galaxy Quest and
Big Night--fantastic movies! I only saw a youtube clip of
Imposters and it doesn't look like my kind of humor but I may break down and netflix it anyway. Who knows.
Okay, checking out
Life or Something Like It--it already has two strikes against it: "Romantic comedy" is one. Angelina Jolie is the other. rofl.
Anyone know if Tony has real screen time in this movie? Otherwise I'm not going to subject myself to this one. His name is pretty far up in the credits--third or fourth--but all the synopses I'm finding say he just tells this woman a football score, that it's going to hail, and that she's going to die in a week. Sounds like another bit part, in which case I'm hoping someone just youtubes his role and I can just see the part I want to see.
I don't want to tick off any die-hard chick flickers but I hate those kinds of movies. I'd rather drive paneling screws into my forehead. Watching one is like being trapped in hell without a fan and sitting way too close to Brendan Fraser. Anybody out there have any idea how much screen time Tony has in this one?
I posted on this one while I was watching it: Watching
The Man Who Wasn't There. I'm not really into noir but this movie's okay. Tony's fantastic in it, as usual. I like Francis McDormand--she doesn't really know how to make a bad movie. It also has Michael Badalucco--George Nelson from
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?--I like this guy. I have to watch for his movies. Billy Bob Thornton....usually has me running for the nearest exit. I hate that guy. I think he should be dragged into the street and beaten. I have to say he's good in this one. He hasn't annoyed me yet, of course the credits haven't rolled yet...
The only Coen Brothers film I didn't like was
Barton Fink--not a bad movie but I hated it. Everything else with Coen Brothers on it, I usually try to catch it. As to
The Man Who Wasn't There, I can see that this movie is brilliant--I just can't get into the story. At all. Not in the least. I don't care about any of the characters. I feel like I'm watching
Citizen Kane--a brilliant movie whose storyline I just couldn't care less about. "Oh. I get it. It's a sled." When I was in college, I had to watch that movie five times in class. Oh, the shadows, the camera angles, the depth....wow. I'm dazzled. Truly I am. By the middle of the second screening, I just wanted to be struck with a hammer and left for dead.
Getting back to
The Man Who Wasn't There, as soon as the judge comes into the court room and stops the bailiff from having everyone stand up, I said "She's dead. She either killed herself or she was killed in prison. I'm betting they go with suicide...." Yup, she killed herself. Hope that wasn't supposed to be a huge plot twist.
I'm willing to say that maybe this movie's just going over my head. Maybe I just don't get it.
I have to say I love the fact that they shot it in black and white. That helps. From 1-10, I put this one at 5.
Saw
Gattaca. Good movie. Downside was that Tony's only got one bit in it but it's a good part. If sci-fi's not your kind of movie, you should still be able to get into it. Pacing was near-perfect and the movie got better as it went along. Loved the ending.
That was a long post but I was playing catch-up here. Let me know if you've seen one I haven't seen--anything worth catching.