
Mr. Brooks
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Mr. Brooks
Saw this last Thursday and still have no idea what to say about it. It's eerie when a movie about a serial killer leaves you with nothing to say...
If you happen to see it I'd love to hear your thoughts, cause I really don't know what to say...

fall far and well Pilots!
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Eastwood's A Perfect World is a great movie, and one I need to own. In fact when we went up the Tram the other day there was a kid next to us who looked just like that kid! Dead ringer for "Casper".
I can, at least, tell you he did an outstanding job. William Hurt does an incredibly creepy job as his alter-ego and Demi Moore and Marg Helgenberger aren't bad to look at either...
I can, at least, tell you he did an outstanding job. William Hurt does an incredibly creepy job as his alter-ego and Demi Moore and Marg Helgenberger aren't bad to look at either...

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fall far and well Pilots!
That's neat, didn't know William Hurt was also in it. Yeah, curiosity might make me check it out. I should've added that I liked A Perfect World, too (well, I only caught the last half). Was just saying that commercially it didn't do well, which may have been indicative of the moviegoing public's reluctance to accept Costner as the "bad guy."
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He had a awesome string of success from being the body in the casket in The Big Chill to Dances with Wolves. Perhaps he was too successful after Wolves and stupid People magazine (I think they voted him sexiest man alive) the media was looking for any excuse to cut him down-Waterworld gave them all the ammunition they needed. Too bad Tin Cup was lost in it's shadow-that's a very funny film.
Now I'll have to go out and buy Silverado-one of my all time favorite westerns (shot in NM, btw...)
Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese...everyone does a wonderful job-Kevin Kline and Danny Glover almost steal the show. Cleese is great and Glenn and Costner have very cool, understated roles. Some very funny parts!
Now I'll have to go out and buy Silverado-one of my all time favorite westerns (shot in NM, btw...)
Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese...everyone does a wonderful job-Kevin Kline and Danny Glover almost steal the show. Cleese is great and Glenn and Costner have very cool, understated roles. Some very funny parts!
fall far and well Pilots!
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Gotta agree too. Really, really great film.dlbpharmd wrote:I agree 100%. This movie completely blew me away. Costner and Hurt were outstanding!Lord Mhoram wrote:Man, I thought this movie was one of the best I've seen this year.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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I'm not a huge Costner fan, but this movie was great. Hurt and Costner worked well together.
I enjoyed the interaction between the two actors so much that, despite Brooks' penchant for murder, I wanted him to live.
I enjoyed the interaction between the two actors so much that, despite Brooks' penchant for murder, I wanted him to live.
Proverbs for Paranoids #3.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
I disagree. I thought the ending was really chilling. Brooks was obsessed with his "addiction", and the fact that he now has nightmares about passing that addiction on was perfect, especially given how unflappable he'd been the entire film. To be honest, I'd like to see a sequel.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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