come anticipate Miami Vice with me

why are mann's director's cuts pretty much shittier than the theatrical cuts across the board?

I think he works better with whatever small constraints a theatrical cut imposes in that it cuts out the last 5% of the cruft that we really didn't need.

there is an all regions UK Blu Ray release of the theatrical cut fwiw.

sweet! There seem to be a bunch of random stores on amazon that keep selling region-free UK copies of films. I think the version of Zodiac I have is actually the brit one.

why are mann's director's cuts pretty much shittier than the theatrical cuts across the board?

If you're going to spend a mil or two shooting a speedboat race, you might as well put it somewhere if it doesn't make final cut.

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Ha, yeah, just bought the UK bluray of Zodiac too. Apparently the 2 Disc American release is slightly better in quality but it's OOP and going for big bucks.

i got laughed at irl this weekend for saying that i really like this movie

^^^i have been there

ppl are idiots

I just tell people it's going to be bad the first few times, and after that amazing.

in general ppl look at you like an alien if you say you like michael mann

in general ppl look at you like an alien if you say you like Miami.

well yeah that too

do you like....mojitos

whenever Sarge returns we take my catamaran to Havana to cool it with some mojitos.

sounds like you're a fiend for them

i would like a mojito rn

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i got laughed at irl this weekend for saying that i really like this movie

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:04 (45 minutes ago) Permalink

fuckin' Philistines

in general ppl look at you like an alien if you say you like michael mann

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:09 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf is wrong with people?

first they came for the challopers and I said nothing

This is like the awkward party conversation where someone is like "I don't really like CSI or whatever tv show, but I like movie crime stuff" and I'm like "well, do you like 'Silence of the Lambs' and that type of thing because there was this movie by Michael Mann who starred the one dude from CSI and it's called Manhunter..." and then I get mocked about the fact there is a movie called Manhunter directed by Mann

many you guys need to hit better parties

*man

story of my life

still easily the best action film i've ever seen. too nervous to watch it again in case in doesn't live up to what i remember.

is the Director's Cut worth a watch just for the boat chase bit? the 'cold' opening is so good i can't believe there's a version, any version that *doesn't* start that way.

There are some good extra character scenes (more Trudy iirc) so it's worth seeing. But yeah I'd rather jettison all of that for the in media res club bit.

man i love the boat race opening. it feels so expansive but cold (dunno if miami cold is like louisiana cold but kinda clammy and unnatural) and empty. the transition from that into the neon claustrophobia of the club is pretty awesome.

love this fuckin movie

many you guys need to hit better parties

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:48 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so sad because this happened at _my party_

Boat scene is cool, but there's a chunk of stale exposition on the shore afterwords setting up the club sting that kind of kills it for me.

so I like this movie now!

Colin Farrell's hair though = so so so gross. It's like he poured crude oil over it.

It is so much fun to love this movie.

and the film was a hit:

Miami Vice opened at No. 1 in the United States, knocking Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest out of the number one position at the box office that weekend, after Pirates led the box office for almost a full month.[20] In its opening weekend, the film grossed over $25.7 million at 3,021 theaters nationwide, with an average gross of $8,515 per theater.[21] The film would go on to earn $63.5 million domestically.[21] Miami Vice would fare better internationally. The films aired in 77 countries overseas, grossing $100,344,039 in its international run.[22] Overall the film grossed $164 million worldwide[21] helping to further surpass the reported $135 million budget.

The film stands as one of Michael Mann's top three most financially successful films, next to Heat and Collateral.[23]

i remember going to see this opening weekend and being forced to sit on the stairs

The story I've told before is that when I went to see this some weekend afternoon, it was bright and sunny when I went in, and when I went out everything was drenched, there were branches, leaves and other refuse strewn about everywhere, street lights were blinking yellow. It was like some hurricane hit outside in the middle of the movie. Very memorable.

the UK bluray has the theatrical version?!?!?!?

Colin Farrell's hair though = so so so gross.

Zappa stache.

Hey, Jose Yero is starring (with Jimmy Smits) in a play at Steppenwolf, and I'm going to opening night next week. Will try to shake hands with Cochi Loco and will send him all your ILX love.

Yes it does. The lack of that opening on the American Blu Ray is why I refuse to plop 7 bucks down for it.

really stoked that it's available in some form though, region free blu ray players are cheap these days

Uk version is region free

I gots it

oh snap

good rec for a region free BD player?

Holds up on the 12th viewing.

If only the climactic deal were underscored by the original "In The Air Tonight" instead of the nu-metal version...

Mann has pretty awful taste in music in general

"I'm a fiend for mojitos."

"I'm a fiend for Linkin Park."

You have to give Mann credit for working with Lisa Gerrard though.

LIMIT

So what's up?
Anything could be in those crates out of Odessa.
This one has too many moving parts, too many unknowns.
It's your call.
Where you at?
The message from Yero locates the agency and the office
where the leak is coming from. I call that progress.
So, let's take it to the limit one more time.