i am actually looking forward to "collateral"

There are elements of Collateral that have stuck with me for years, like the coyote at night, or the subtle detail that Foxx's cab driving skills, which get Jada to her destination early, are what throws off punctual ninja Cruise and set the whole movie in motion.

miami vice still my fave

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:07 PM (one hour ago)

I like Collateral; it's as good as Heat, I'd say, and you don't have anything like Pacino's hammier moments.

heat is one of my favorite gay films of all time but yeah i think collateral is better. hard for me to choose between it, miami vice, and (the beguiling) blackhat

I don't love Heat as much as other people, though I haven't seen it since it played in theatres, so there's a fair chance I might have a different perspective on it these days. Collateral I liked better at the time, and would probably be more inclined to rewatch today.

it's definitely shorter

1) the funky new hi-def video michael mann is using looks totally amazing

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, July 23, 2004 3:24 AM (sixteen years ago)

it's gonna look awesome no matter what

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, July 23, 2004 3:40 AM (sixteen years ago)

Just watched this for the first time. It does indeed look awesome, Mann's use of available light (= hundreds of different types of artificial light) makes the early HD digital look like Super 16 saturated colour and grain.

noted earlier but lol at many of the OG posts itt. the past is a different country:

yeah, i find that whole "widescreen-on-TV" thing kind of weird. in the beginning (sopranos? E.R.? i forget which was first) it was obviously a sop to the idea that widescreen TVs would take over. but they obviously haven't, and won't for a while.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, July 23, 2004 3:56 AM (sixteen years ago)

i'm sure at the end we'll find out he was planning to kill jamie foxx as soon as his "work" was done

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, July 26, 2004 11:17 PM (sixteen years ago)

And you say you object to Law and Order "on principle"... what principle? It's a police procedural!

― Harold Media (kenan), Saturday, August 7, 2004 5:15 PM (sixteen years ago)

so are hollywood movies really not supposed to show people smoking? cos strangely for a film involving taxi drivers and world-weary cops, i don't think ANYBODY lit up a cigarette. well, i guess smoking is banned in LA nightclubs/bars, so maybe it was a touch of realism...

― ||amateur!st|| (amateurist), Sunday, August 8, 2004 3:02 PM (sixteen years ago)

What phone number can I call you at right now?

― Harold Media (kenan), Monday, August 9, 2004 3:35 PM (sixteen years ago)

Funny, I just watched this again the other night. Holds up really well, not just the bits of comedy but Foxx playing against type, and Cruise, well, playing to type, but a different kind of type. I had forgotten about all the stuff with Jada again at the end, which is pretty generic, but Mann (and Cruise, actually) find some new ways of doing it. For example, one of my favorite moments is Cruise standing outside the train door at maximum pissed off intensity, gun raised, just waiting for Foxx or Jada to poke so much as a finger out. Memorable bits like that almost make up for the relative silliness of those last several minutes, even if Foxx-finally-as-hero does pay off, thematically.

Just rewatched this for the first time since it came out. I remembered it fondly — I'm a Mann fan — but it was better than I even remembered. So gorgeous. A fine entry in the it-all-happens-in-one-night canon, which is one of my favorite subgenres.

Just saw this for the first time! So good! I love LA at night

Fox and Cruz are very good , esp Fox

Ruffalo and Bardem too!