Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:45 am**

I looked through the threads, and I didn't find anything on this 90s flick, so I thought I'd start my own thread. IMHO, LA Confidential is one of the best movies of the 90s. It stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe (in what I believe was his breakout role,) Guy Pearce (also the first time I ever remember seeing him, and James Cromwell. Kim Basinger

won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The movie was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to Titanic - a travesty of justice to many.

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:50 am**

Spectacular flick! I agree with your assessment Don.

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:53 am**

Great minds, my friend....

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:10 am**

Interesting that you two should agree on anything!

I watched the 1st quarter about 4 years and couldn't get into it--may give it another try...

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:55 am**

Danlo - you and your sarcasm.....

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:31 am**

Russell Crowe is simply amazing in this movie. he is a beast. i would like to see him do more 'small' movies like this.

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:06 pm**

This is a very good film.

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:37 pm**

Totally agree that it is one of the best movies made of that time. Very underrated. Excellent script, acting, everything! It reminds me in style and excellence of Chinatown...

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:09 pm**

i found Chinatown to be overated. maybe it's my dislike of Jack?

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:00 pm**

sgtnull wrote:i found Chinatown to be overated. maybe it's my dislike of Jack?

Die, philistine, die!

Sorry...Chinatown is one of my favorite movies, as is L.A. Confidential.

However, if anyone thinks the L.A. Confidential movie is good, they should read the original James Ellroy book that it was based on. They left a *lot* out of the movie that was in the book (which is excellent as well). No slight on the movie though, as the book is so twisty and turny that the movie would have been 10 times as long trying to fit everything in.

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:41 pm**

sgtnull wrote:i found Chinatown to be overated. maybe it's my dislike of Jack?

I'm with the Sarge on this one - can't stand Nicholson.

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:01 pm**

sgtnull wrote:i found Chinatown to be overated. maybe it's my dislike of Jack?

Ironically enough, you've got this in your signature:

Jack of odd trades, master of fun.

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:17 am**

Nickolson or however it's spelled.

and i found it creepy and disgusting where Jack was lusting after Helen Hunt. hell Hollywood having any of these young women with the old, disgusting pervs makes me ill.

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:35 pm**

I totally agree with sgtnull! The height of this for me was Sean Connery and Catherin Zeta Jones in Entrapment. Gads that made me want to puke!
Having said that, Hollywood is just showing us what many males would love to have in their waning years...

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:24 pm**

I'm only 36, so I'd like Zeta Jones right now, thank you.

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:31 pm**

You guys were just pissed you weren't Jack or Sean. Just like I was.

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:54 pm**

... I admit it...
But at the same time I also lust after Michelle Yeo and Rene Russo!!! some very hot 'older' women!!!
yum

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:47 pm**

Michelle Yeo

Agreed.

Rene Russo

Disagree, fiercely.

Posted: **Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:14 am**

i just don't want to see anymore Hollywood films where attractive young ladies are lusting after fossilized grandfathers. Connery, Jack, Harrison Ford, they need to move onto elder stesmen roles.

Posted: **Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:48 pm**

How about pre-fossilized fathers? (Come on, Sarge, let me dream a little.)