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Summary: Another movie to watch before you're dead!
Review: Am I the only film buff who is tired of that knee-jerk phrase "Post-Tarantino" being slapped onto every film released since "Reservoir Dogs" that features a Heist Gone Awry? Tarantino himself "borrowed" shamelessly from a genre that dates back from 1954's "The Asphalt Jungle". "Things To Do In Denver..." merely carries on this time-honored Noir tradition, with much aplomb. Yes, it's formulaic, but when you've got crackling dialogue spouted by the likes of Chris Walken, Jack Warden, Andy Garcia, Treat Williams and Steve Buscemi, you can't go wrong. Despite the trappings of hip posturing and cartoon violence that run rampant in the script, Andy Garcia turns in a surprisingly moving and layered performance that gives the film some genuine heart (and class!). Treat Williams and Christopher Walken are barely able to contain thier glee as they chew up the scenery in entertaining Grand Guginol fashion. Look fast for a pre-"Boogie Nights" Don Cheadle as a trash talking gangsta. Quite enjoyable if you're in the mood for an old-fashioned shoot-em-up with post-modern attitude.
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Summary: With more extras, this one would be a slammer!!
Review: You've probably never heard of this movie, and gotten here by mistake. But do yourself a favour, and read on. Please.
This movie is my third favourite movie of all time (1. the crow, 2. Fearless.)
The movie is a classic about a more hidden mafia organisation gone in hiding, and Jimmy 'The Saint' Tosnia (Andy Garcia) trying to live a normal life again. His new found job doesn't really pay as much, and his temptation for one last job with the boss himself "Man with the Plan" (Christopher Walken.)gets the better of him. What happens next is up to you to find out, but I promise you: Loads of action, drama, humour, and GREAT acting is what you'll experience in this great flick! Christopher Walken gets a role he really shines in, Andy Garcia is nothing else but spectacular, there is even a little extra sparcle when Steve Buscemi enters the scene as assassin Mr. Shhh, and actually EVERYBODY in this movie does a marvelous job in their specific roles giving this movie the "real feel". The extras are just clips from interviews with the actors. Some of the interviews seem to jump in the middle of a conversation, and it is hard to get to grips with what is actually being said. A more throughout interview with Walken himself, and more of Garcia, would have been preferred. But nonetheless, this is a DVD you can not afford to miss if you call yourself a fan of movies.
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Summary: BOATDRINKS
Review: GIVE IT A NAME. THIS DISC WAS GREAT, I RECOMEND EVERYONE TO GO AND GET THIS DISC. IF YOU CAN FIND IT. IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PLUS CHRISTOPHER WALKEN!!!! BOATDRINKS MY FRIEND, BOATDRINKS
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Summary: Things to do in Denver when your dead!
Review: Great movie, a hidden gem! I was surprised how many people never heard of it.
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Summary: if you like quirky..........
Review: There are movies you like. There are movies you hate. If you liked Sound of Music, you feel the latter. Those of you who have read my reviews know I don't respond to poor films (other than Scary Movie. God erase this movie from the earth!). Things to Do in Denver is for the strange. Andy Garcia is Jimmy the Saint, a man who removed himself from crime to run an Afterlife Video company, but is drawn back in to do an `action piece' by Chris Walken, a quadrapalegic crime boss. Weird enough yet? Add Chistopher Lloyd as Pieces (a leper running a XXX theater) and Treat Williams as a psychopathic lunatic (the best role in his career) and Steve Buschemi as Mr. Shh (a very quiet hit man), and you have one of the strangest movies I have ever seen. And LOVED! There is misplaced romance, tangled lingo (wait till you hear what `buckwheats' means!), a malt shop safe haven, and oh so much remorse. This is not a movie for happy puppy fans. This is for fans of Dark City, Welcome to Woop Woop (if you've missed this film, you have missed the pinnacle of the absurd. See my review), and The Usual Suspects (One of my top 10 Best Movies Ever Made). The tension is high, weirdest reigns, and the empathy for the characters is out the roof. Garcia and Walken are absolutely magnificant. Personally, I don't think Garcia has had a better role. And Walken, well, only the Prophecy series has suited him better. If you enjoy the quirky, this film will suck you in. If you are looking for the Godfather, see ya later. Way too serious. By the way, I will not give away the meaning to `boat drinks', but it will endear you. And in the end, you will realize the weirdness is really reality. And Jim from Taxi does his best acting in years. Icluding Dennis the Menace. Trust me. I am never wrong. At least, if your not a nun....
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Summary: Touching and imaginative - but not for everyone
Review: Let me start by saying this film is not for everyone. It's a gritty, violent, and 'ungracious' movie. It also happens to be fairly complex, and - for me - very moving. On its surface, this is a fairly commonplace "caper-gone-wrong" script, albeit with VERY unusual characters. But there's a lot more going on than that. First, there is the 'wrapper' involving immortality, and the wish to guide loved ones after death, which seems peripheral - until the ending. Second, there is the love story between Jimmy (Andy Garcia) and Dagney (Gabrial Anwar), two extraordinarilly beautiful people who contrast effectively with the films generally seedy ambiance, and populace. But perhaps the best part is the "folk-lore" dispensed by Jack Warden's character. I have no way of knowing if there is any authenticity to any of it, but if not, so much the better. I believed it, and was fascinated. I found the performances to be top-drawer, and appropriate. Walkin's and Williams' scenery-chewing are engaging - as is the underplaying of Garcia and Anwar. And - as always - Christopher Lloyd manages to concoct a serio-comic stew. Yes, many will be repulsed by a lot of this film, but the film depicts a repulsive 'world', and - in the end - a kind of redemption. It's not for everyone, and will polarize people. But, if you like it at all, you'll love it.
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Summary: I don't usally like Treat Williams, but...
Review: He was good for a little comic relief, "It was just a little piece man, didn't hardly have any taste." Ugh, until Steve came along. I thought it would have the Warren Zevon song in it though, nevermind Kudos to Cristopher Walken and William Forsythe
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Summary: TOO MUCH SUPERFLUOUS STUFF-- MISSES THE MARK
Review: I was told, by the same person who told me Killing Zoe was a good film, that this was a good film. But it wasn't. I felt I had wasted time by watching it because it seemed to be a copy of other films I had already seen only with different people in it. Okay, Andy Garcia was all right. He usually is. But the other actors were less than perfect, although I always enjoy seeing Christopher Lloyd (of tv's Taxi and the unforgettable Back to the Future films). The premise is basically that Garcia is "hired" by gangster Christopher Walken to scare a man who has run off with his strange son's girlfriend. Something like that. I am not even sure I understood who the girl was because the son was so bizarre I cannot imagine that someone would want to be with him. The operation goes sour, people end up dead, and Walken is going to make sure that all the people involved in the operation are dead. Most of them get killed by a professional killer, played well by Steve Buscemi. The film mostly then follows what Garcia does for the rest of the picture. There is a weak and almost annoying love story between Garcia and a woman he met in a club (played by Gabrielle Anwar). It does not seem like "real" love, whatever the case... just seems like something they had to throw into the picture to make it long enough. I did not like this film and think that the premise has been carried out better elsewhere.
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Summary: Another Tarantino Adventure Worth Buying
Review: Quentin Tarantino does it again, with another action packed movie. The characters in this film are all excentric, except Andy Garcia. From the slowly rotting, Pieces, to the hit man, Mr. Shhh. I thoroughly enjoyed this film, which, as another fan wrote, is the best movie you never heard about.
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Summary: The plan was stupid to begin with!
Review: Didn't they know better than to work with that psycho? Didn't they suspect that something was going to go wrong? And the kid was stupid to keep opening up his mouth! I found it excrutiating, waiting for the "buckwheats." I wouldn't look at this movie again.
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