Comments on: #1548: Brick

By: Reel Whore

Reel Whore — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:11:54 +0000

You and me both. If JGL is good, the rest of GI Joe can suck…and probably will.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:02:17 +0000

I don’t think I’ve seen a performance of his I haven’t liked.

I hope he kills it as Cobra Commander in the new GI Joe movie, because that is the only expectation I have of that movie – for JGL to be good in it.

By: Reel Whore

Reel Whore — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:17:34 +0000

I just saw Brothers Bloom last week, still need to get my post up. Watching it made me want to pull Brick off my shelf and watch it again. Well that, and the fact that I’ve seen so many 500 days trailers. JGL is my man! I don’t think I’ve seen a performance of his I haven’t liked.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:43:35 +0000

Man, I need to get myself to Big Lots!

By: kelsy

kelsy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:53:41 +0000

I just bought this from Big Lots for $3. That’s why I always browse the DVDs there. You never know if you’ll find something awesome.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:09:12 +0000

See, I didn’t grow up reading Hammett and I didn’t grow up with a lot of noir, so it doesn’t feel sort of irritating to me. I think that phrase is really repetitive and everyone uses it over and over again.

Then again, aside from the words, I think the biggest reason to see it is the score/soundtrack. Beautiful stuff.

By: Tommy Salami

Tommy Salami — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:39:26 +0000

I liked Brick but found it terribly overrated, and for an old fart like me who grew up on noir and reading Hammett’s hardboiled prose, the lingo makes me think of Scott Baio in Bugsy Malone and really grates. It’s especially repetitive, how many times does he say “every bull in the burg”?
Worth seeing once. I forgot it already.

By: dreamrot

dreamrot — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:36:54 +0000

i absolutely loved Brick.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:05:25 +0000

I just read your review before seeing you commented here. Nicely done yourself!

I’m really anxious to go out and see Johnson’s second flick, THE BROTHERS BLOOM.

I’m really pissed that I missed The Brothers Bloom while it was here at AFI Dallas, but tickets to see it were staggeringly crazy due to the fact that Adrien Brody was showing up to accept an award from the festival.

By: Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:39:18 +0000

Hah – go figure, I *just* watched this for the first time last night (and even blogged about it today!). I’m right with you that the language is the star of the show, and I even like all the touches to keep it a classic noir – unspecific setting, heavy use of phone booths, adults only coming in to play specific characters.

I can’t believe it took me so long to see this movie, and now I’m really anxious to go out and see Johnson’s second flick, THE BROTHERS BLOOM.