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MikeWaters · 02-18-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

Hmmm, I shouldn't have declared his career over. He's got 5 movies coming out in 2008. Is "Ravenous" the film you were referring to? It sounds kind of interesting.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0421238/

"The Proposition"

cougjunkie · 02-18-2008, 11:14 PM

Memento is one of my 5 favorite movies of all time. It was nominated for several Oscars.

il Padrino Ute · 02-19-2008, 02:36 AM

I saw LA Confidential and wasn't impressed. Perhaps if I watched it again, I'd feel differently about it.

Haven't seen Memento. In fact, I'd never heard of it until it was mentioned on this site in another post some time ago.

SteelBlue · 02-19-2008, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I saw LA Confidential and wasn't impressed. Perhaps if I watched it again, I'd feel differently about it.

You were one of those guys pulling for "Titanic" weren't you.

Seriously, you should watch it again.

il Padrino Ute · 02-19-2008, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

You were one of those guys pulling for "Titanic" weren't you.

Seriously, you should watch it again.

I had to take a knee after that shot. A standing 8 count, if you will.

On your recommendation I'll give it another look. But will you represent me when I sue you if I don't like it?

SteelBlue · 02-19-2008, 03:41 AM

Here is one of my favorite scenes. To "get it" you have to know the plot, which I don't feel like explaining. Starts at 8:01 and goes till the end. "A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker."

SeattleUte · 02-19-2008, 04:52 AM

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It is one of my top 5 all time favorite movies and I think it's the best mystery movie ever made. It's one of those films that I can sit and watch anytime I see it on TV even though I know exactly what's going to happen.

One thing that surprised me is that the guy that played Lt. Ed Exley, Guy Pearce, looked to be a star in the making after that performance but I've never seen him since. It's been 10 years since LA confidential was made so I guess it isn't going to happen.

If for some strange reason you've never seen LA Confidential do yourself a favor, you've been missing out.

Read the novel. Or, better yet, the one by the same author (James Ellroy) called American Tabloid. Great reads.

02-18-2008, 11:14 PM	#12
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	Memento is one of my 5 favorite movies of all time. It was nominated for several Oscars. __________________ LINCECUM!

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il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I saw LA Confidential and wasn't impressed. Perhaps if I watched it again, I'd feel differently about it. Haven't seen Memento. In fact, I'd never heard of it until it was mentioned on this site in another post some time ago. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

02-19-2008, 03:41 AM	#16
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Here is one of my favorite scenes. To "get it" you have to know the plot, which I don't feel like explaining. Starts at 8:01 and goes till the end. "A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker."