So, I believe the Worst Movies Ever are officially over. To those of you whose films I did not review – my apologies, but Netflix did not stock them. I still have them in my queue for the future, if and when they become available.
Rest assured, I’m using the next few days to refresh my memory on all the shit you guys threw my way in order to declare a winner and some runners up. Just so you know where that’s going.
Now, I have an enormous stack of movies to review, a screener movie, and some other miscellaneous stuff. And I’ve been obsessively perusing movie news but goddamn, it is slow out there right now. The last news story I read was James Cameron’s way over budget on Avatar. This is only news if you didn’t know that James Cameron goes over budget on every damn movie he makes. It’s that kind of slow-like-molasses time for movies in general on the internet, which makes me bored. Jesus. But…even with stuff to do and things to look up and news to not care about…
For some random reason, I had to sit down and rewatch The Usual Suspects because it does not get much better than Gabriel Byrne as Dean Keaton, yes?
If only Keaton hadn’t run afoul of Keyser Soze, eh? Sigh.
Bryan Singer topped out real early didn’t he?
YES. That was the first movie I noticed Byrne in, and I was SO pleasantly surprised, because the rest of the movie was kind of disappointing, considering all the hype I’d heard about it.
I’d definitely re-watch it, though. Possibly specifically for Gabriel Byrne.
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Bryan Singer topped out real early didn’t he?
I had to go back and look at IMDB just to make sure I wasn’t missing anything, but… yeah. It would be nice if he would stop making superhero movies.
the rest of the movie was kind of disappointing, considering all the hype I’d heard about it.
Really? I don’t think I heard a lot of hype in advance but I’ve always really enjoyed The Usual Suspects. It’s not perfect, but I like it. And the nice thing is that if you watch it every so often, there are always new things you notice.
I’d definitely re-watch it, though. Possibly specifically for Gabriel Byrne.
So, so, so, so worth it. Trust me. Heh.
I don’t think I heard a lot of hype in advance but I’ve always really enjoyed The Usual Suspects.
Maybe it wasn’t the whole movie. I seem to remember being impressed by parts of it, and the action/suspense was really good. But I felt the “twist ending” was overrated, especially considering I’d only seen Kevin Spacey in movies where he was a total nutcase. When I dislike an ending, it can cast a ruinous light on the entire film. Maybe I was just in a bad mood? *shrug*
BUT. Who knows? I might enjoy it enormously the second time around. I’ll add it to my list of movies to re-watch sometime in the near future.
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