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nightcrawler. 7 out of ten
Rather odd. gyhllenhal creepy, albeit deliberately so.
was kinda hoping he got his come-uppence for being such a psycho shit but they opted for the unsatisfactory ending.
Am assuming that it was borderline humour maybe, a sort of schizo forrest gump.
im sure the film has its fans but it felt like a wave that promised something but it never quite reached the beach.
maybe we should have seen Fury instead.
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Nov 22, 2014 - 8:19 PM
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Mr. Jack
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The right --and spectacularly wrong -- ways to make a Western comedy...
-City Slickers (1991): 9/10
Wonderful, warm-hearted film about a trio of lifelong friends (Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Daniel Stern) who deal with their various midlife crisis while on a cattle drive across the scenic Midwest, led by a grizzled old-timer cowboy (the terrific Jack Palance). Ron Underwood's film is certainly a different experience watching it today...I was seventeen when it was first released, seeing it in theaters with my Dad, and while I found it very funny and engaging then, it's certainly more relatable now that I'm a year older than Crystal's character. :shock: This is a witty, wise and charming film, full of big laughs, scenic locales (shot by the great Dean Semler) and a delightful pastiche of classic Western musical tropes by Marc Shaiman (one of his finest scores). It's also fun to see a very young Jake Gyllenhaal as Crystal's son.
-A Million Ways To Die In The West (2014): 2.5/10
Ugh...call me an old fuddy-duddy, but "in my day", when Blazing Saddles was released forty years ago, it was considered the height of cinematic crudity to have the leading characters engaging in an enthusiastic bout of bean-fuelled, 'round-the-campfire group flatulence. Nowadays we get Neil Patrick Harris explosively evacuating his bowels into not one, but two cowboy hats, before knocking one over and spilling a load of chunky diarrhea right at the camera. Lovely. :| The latest assault on comedic decency by Seth MacFarlane, this anemic, embarrassing Western farce leans on disgusting "shock" humor, mistimed slapstick, endless profanity...everything but genuinely clever jokes. And it drags on for an interminable two hours, misfiring gags left and right. It doesn't help that MacFarlane, as an on-screen performer, lacks the slightest modicum of charisma or charm, his smug mug just begging to be punched in scene after scene. At least in his crummy cartoons and teddy bear movies, I was spared the sight of seeing his pale, inexpressive face trying to screw itself around his awful punchlines. And it's sad to see talented comic performers like Harris and Sarah Silverman trapped in one-dimensional, painfully unfunny supporting roles. I would have rated it even lower, but for Charlize Theron's supporting performance -- she genuinely seems to be trying to suggest at least a second dimension for her character -- and Joel McNeely's delightful score, the rare modern-day score I could imagine actually buying the soundtrack album for. It's a total cliché-fest, but considering what passes for "music" these days, McNeely's tuneful, rousing soundtrack is a breath of fresh air. Just a shame it's attached to this steaming pile of horse apples. 
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