i am actually looking forward to "collateral"

i dont know, ive maybe seen half an episode of homicide in my life. but if you mean the faux-amateurish hand camera style, constantly zooming in and out and moving around, thats not it. its one long take, the camera is fixed on bardiem and the zoom-ins are microscopic, hardly noticable. crosspost.

DVDs. Rent 'em. Seriously.

We kept thinking it'd end up like Se7en where Max phones up Jada Pinkett Smith right at the end only to discover that Vincent had killed her right at the beginning of the movie and they'd been driving around LA all night without him finding out.

i get that weird Japanese vibe from all of Mann's post-HEAT stuff. No clue as to why.

i don't think it was a really great movie in any way except the visuals. but i really enjoyed nonetheless. largely because it is maybe the best-looking movie i've seen in a really long time, save for perhaps bad education. what a great look. i love the way this movie looks. great-looking movie. movie=great looking.

i thought it looked great.

this dialogue is excruciating

ive seen this film probably 7 or 8 times

i ching

tom cruise empowers jamie foxxxxx

he does

look at us talking about digital video upthread like it wasn't about to completely engulf all filmed entertainment.

(and big lols at us being all like, "widescreen tv isn't gonna be a thing for a LONG time")

diggin this no belt look

maybe in the end... it will be jamie foxxxxxx who teaches tom cruise about ~lyfe~

Yeah, this is a fun thread to read seven years later. Maybe the only time a post of mine was part-composed by a cat?

cool dog crossing street

underselling a COYOTE TROTTING ACROSS THE ROAD TO CHRIS CORNELL

I think tom cruises facial hair is growing at a millimeter a minute

lol @ cgi cruise

RUFFALO

"How are things?"
"Mezzo-mezzo."

bardem was dope in his small role, and how ruffs got sonned in this movie was a nice touch. appreciate the statham cameo, too.

there are a few scenes in this that are just completely stunning

the one in the glass office building at night, and the first few minutes or so when they're in the train towards the end

iirc

Definitely the glass office blackout scene is amazing, especially on the big screen.

RUFFALO

"How are things?"
"Mezzo-mezzo."

― your way better (Eazy), Friday, October 28, 2011 11:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

hah I don't think I've ever consciously noticed ruffalo in a movie before, didn't know that was him until I checked the credits

kind of felt like "oh, so that's who the ladies on ilx go crazy over?" :\

this gives me an idea - create "dinner party" cuts of films like this, all the shots of LA cut and driving cut together with no people in 'em, and you just loop it on the 57" plasma hanging on the wall of your 60th floor penthouse while you berate the porter for insufficiently chilling the shrimp cocktails

haha @ this piece of trivia

To prepare for the movie, Tom Cruise had to make FedEx deliveries in a crowded LA market without anyone recognizing him as Tom Cruise.

i think the ruffalistas would probably remove his 'collateral' look from consideration

still he is pretty great in his small role

Didn't see this when it came out, watched it two or three times on DVD, saw it at the Lightbox tonight. I think the first half's as good as Heat, starts to drag the last half hour. I like seeing Ruffalo and Bardem a couple of years before Zodiac/No Country. IMDB says Debi Mazar plays a Young Professional Woman; missed her completely, tonight and every time. Same godawful rock song shows up a couple of times. Some funny lines scattered about.

The rock song is Audioslave, right?

Ha, OK, yes, as people have said upthread.

Yeah, that's it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKX-2pa-UE

Ugh. I did find a great YouTube title searching for it: "Collateral Cab Scene."

sometimes I wonder if Audioslave made it to three albums because Michael Mann was secretly bankrolling them