This is Stone's last good film. Cast is great, scope is tightly focused.
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link
waiting for Brolin to play Rick Perry in a biopic
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
"thought at his best i think he only rises to the level of enjoyable batshit melodrama"
i swear i am not a chuck palahniuk fansite moderator when i say: natural born killers was something more than this. i have no idea if it was him at his best and it was certainly batshit, but that was some sort of cinematic something or other that was very memorable on the big screen.
i still feel like he doesn't get enough credit for the use of SOUND in that movie. and i never understood why more people didn't follow his lead. it was a true sensurround experience. i was totes impressed at the time.
kinda didn't need another 20+ year of IT'S THE MEDIA DO YOU SEE???? after that one. but what are ya gonna do?
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
(although part of me feels like he just saw wild at heart and said to himself: i can top that!)
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
nbk is definitely...an experience. it's like an american takashi miike movie.
also one of the few movies where i like the extended cut more. if only for the shot of tommy lee jones's head on a spike.
― a basset hound (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
I like Stone in batshit epic mode, The Doors, JFK, NBK, Nixon. I've never seen W, but if it's like that, I'd definitely see it.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
and as far as 90's heads in duffel bags go, i think U Turn is kinda underrated.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
plus, the cast of U Turn is just ridiculous. where is the behind the scenes footage of jon voight, billy bob, nick nolte, and sean penn hangin' with j-lo?
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 August 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link