Posts by Casey Cox2

he’s actually even worse than that huge Leo-obsessed fanboy was🙏

dustycanyon5 said:I gave Predator a solid 0/10.
Look, obviously that's just my take—totally subjective, not some universal truth.

Blasphemy... when are you ever gonna grow up, man? xD... Dutch and Marion Cobretti were literal icons to me growing up.😁

Heaven's Gate

Recently rewatched Mulholland Drive and honestly? It’s easily the best performance from a modern actress I've seen. It puts those overrated types like Jennifer Lawrence or Emma Stone to shame—I mean, I already mentioned how much I hated the acting in Aloha, and that was easily some of the worst stuff of the 21st century.
The actress in question is working with MD and basically anyone hitting that 21st-century mark, plus the directors who actually know how to pull a top-tier performance out of her. She’s definitely punching above her weight class here.😁
There are plenty of underrated actresses lurking in the shadows who could outact these mainstream, cookie-cutter stars any day of the week, but that's a whole different conversation. XD

maybe the other guys😁

Give VLC Media Player a shot—tweak the settings to enable DXVA and maybe try plugging into a different HDMI port on your TV.

Caught that flick somewhere around Christmas time. I remember most of it—except maybe the ending—but it’s a solid ˝rear window˝ style thriller that leans hard into that claustrophobic vibe with a few attempts at twists.👍

Honestly, even if this had been shot in Thailand, it probably would've turned out better than this!
The rest of it? Total waste of time... and even when they try to weave it into the plot, it’s just a massive miss. The whole thing feels incredibly watered down.

Everything’s already been said above, so I’m just gonna jump in and agree:
it’s a straight-up genius movie.

Honestly, just like the subtitles on Bourne, what really killed it for me was the absolute disaster of a soundscape—the bass was non-existent, the surround sound was a joke, and the dialogue was muddy the entire time. Calling that DTS is a total insult... honestly embarrassing!
*Not sure if this happens with most new releases at AMC Theatres, but why the hell do the subtitles jump to the far left or right during close-ups or zoom shots?

Honestly, it was a huge mistake trying to link this back to Point Break from '91 or its characters. This could’ve easily passed for an xxx movie or just stood on its own as a separate flick.
Edgar Ramirez is actually killer in this, even if they definitely overplayed his role.
The only things I’d really give props to are the predictably solid sound design—which you'd expect for a movie like this😁—and the locations and stunt work.

Man, we’re finally gonna see Michael Shannon and Edgerton sharing the screen soon. I am totally here for it!
ot- It's gotta be Norton, obviously... and honestly, he was way more convincing as the kid in Primal Fear than DiCaprio was in those overacted basketball diaries. DiCaprio just can't pull off a transformation like Norton did in American History X. For him, one Christian Bale performance is basically a masterclass.
Norton is also freaking brilliant in 25th Hour.

The Music of Black Mass with Composer Junkie XL

diving deep—skipping the obvious stuff (Eternal Sunshine..., The Truman Show, Coen brothers, Wes Anderson, Andrei Tarkovsky...)

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
if....
Six Degrees of Separation
Ordinary People
Mindwalk 1990
Igby Goes Down

The Great Silence🙏

The Big Silence🙏

bluenomad2 said:One look at an early Woo film and everything else just fades away 😁

straight out of True Romance. Tarantino had to have stuffed it in there. xD

bluenomad2 said:Die Hard has two solid sequels, the first two. The third and fourth aren't really my thing. Die Hard masculine three, four, and five? No thanks. I can't take Bourne seriously because of Damon and the poor directing. And Mission Impossible isn't even classic action, just like briskhound2 said.

Die Hard is easily in my top five action movies, but the other four sequels don't make the cut. One of them is a series, but unfortunately, it's not on this list.

Paul Greengrass actually killed it with the ultimatum (or whatever you want to call those "smart" tactical thrillers). xD. For me, that's his best Bourne. That shaky cam during the fight scenes is awesome—though, honestly, I watched The Man from Nowhere a few years later and totally forgot about this one. xD

Rebecca Peterson3 said:It is nothing more than foaming, hysterical garbage attempting to stitch together things that simply do not belong together—Ted Bundy and an investigation of that nature just couldn't have happened in the 1950s; it was far too early... you can't just pluck a serial killer out of his own historical context and plug him into whatever scenario suits your whim (though I suppose having Ridley in the credits helps somewhat...🤣
after witnessing this, Citizen X (which is actually a decent film) looks like a goddamn masterpiece.

I'd go as far as saying it's GREAT—it's a TV production, sure, but the casting is absolutely brutal.

Aside from The Raid, Berandal is probably the only guy who actually impressed me—maybe The Man from Nowhere comes close, but honestly, I don't think anyone's topping him!
*Plus, Johnnie To basically has his own whole saga of solid action crime thrillers.