Thief vs Heist vs Inside Man
mandrew
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any theories on the inspiration behind this trend in entertainment?are the shows or the movie any good?
mandrew
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anyways, i havent seen any of those.
thief (movie) gets second place
michael mann bitches.
No doubt!!!
What's the one w/ Deniro and the kid from fight club?
Dead Presidents as well.
Heist was your typical awkward dialogue late-David Mamet snooze fest featuring his talentless wife in a lead role. See also "The Spanish Prisoner," "Winslow Boy" etc.
(That being said, State and Main was hilarious and Glengarry is an all-time classic.)
anyways, clive owen as badass as he may seem, pretty much plays the same dude in all them movies.
robert deniro?
al pacino?
val kilmer?
ashley judd?
jon voigt?
directed by michael mann?
(reading is fundamental)
(just joshing ya)
(and yes heist sucked a ballsack)
(heat did not)
that was my point. i was making two separate observations.
ok word, i guess my reading comprehension is fucked up. everyone go watch thief if you get the chance (movie not show). if you can get over the early 80s'ness of it, its dope. good ending.
Very Proto- Miami Vice. The way James Caan holds the 45 iz just like Crockett does on the show. Same exagerated gun explosions. Just sayin.
Tangerine Dream soundtrack > Jan Hammer
Heist films are the kind of movies I shouldn't like but I do.
Rififi from Dassin is one of the time greats the actual robbery scene is tense as fuck
The Score could hav ebeen better but was far from bad.
Basically if you like films that are methodical get thyself to thyne Spike joint
Was that the one where he played a retarded janitor and Marlon Brando was in it? Typical of the crap DeNiro does lately.
that said, i need to check out that hoffman flick
edit: ahh i see that movie is based on the book by bunker, based on the extras on the new heat dvd that came out last year, mann did jack a lot from that book, maybe even talking to bunker
First ep was good but yeah, not necessary. However, it's Andre Braugher...I'll watch it just because he's in it.
Heist the TV show was good, but not great. I'm expecting it to get better hopefully.
I thought I was hallucinating when I saw the Sal pizza box. I was thinking, "Must be some coincidences rather than an easter egg in a Spike Lee joint".
Glad to hear that
Just got back from Inside Man. I thought it was pretty good, my wife really liked it a lot. What I thought was a bit of dragging in the plot, she took as suspense. Speaking of Spike trademarks, I liked the cameo of Bomb Malt Liquor.
Ditto on Heist (TV), although it's pretty much exceeded my usual low expectations for a new TV series so far. It has as yet unlived up to potential.
I liked Heist the movies despite its many obvious flaws, but I'm a fan of Mamet's smarty-ass dialog.
I love robbery movies, lemme parrot the artist formerly known as Guzzo in recommending Rififi, um, just about the greatest heists and aftermath's ever. See also The Killing and Sexy Beast for another two I can think of off the top of my head.
Not a heist movie but Layer Cake needs to be mentioned somewhere in this thread.
the part with brando was hillarious, it was all improv and dude was totally out of it
What's this sound like???? Anyone??
Jeez 3rdstream, your avatar is giving me the willies. "Body Snatchers" scared the shit out of me when I was a kid, and that closing scene where Don points his finger and lets out that pigsqueal sound has stuck in my mind forever.