Bill Bryant (kingmob6)
Texas, Baby, Texas!
Bill's Recent Reviews
The Business
R
Where to start? First off, Danny Dyer just doesn't exude the 'hard man' attitude that he thinks he does, so he's never all that convincing as the hardened drug dealer we're meant to be watching, hell, he spends most of the film looking vaguely worried instead of menacing.
Then the stupid DVD art references two much better films in the pull quote that they chose, so you're left watching this while thinking about 2 films that did similar material with better results.
Oh well, curiosity satisfied, to my detriment.
The Maltese Falcon
PG
Happy to have finally crossed this one off my Movie Shame list, mostly due to the film noir kick I've been on recently. The film is every bit as good as I've been lead to expect, and it's filled with memorable characters and great lines that I can now say I've finally heard in their original context.
Bogart rocks with his 'casually amused with it all' demeanor, knocking people around as needed to keep ahead of the con. Great stuff.
Recommended.
Bill's Favorite Movies
Pulp Fiction
R
What can I say, even after all the dust has settled and the backlash has turned on Tarantino and his 'mixmaster' approach to filmmaking, I still absolutely adore this film from start to finish. It exists in the perfect storm of seeing it theatrically with the right friends, in the midst of discovering the indie cinema of the late '80s and early '90s, and the various films that Tarantino's work has been a gateway drug toward discovering. Highly recommended.
Swingers
R
This was a film I absolutely hated upon the first viewing, and decided to give another chance a few years later. It has since become one of my favorite films of all time. A perfect intro to Vince Vaughn's dry, dead-pan prick style of comedy, and Favreau is great as his put-upon best friend.
