Ravens 03 0 Posted February 22, 2010 Excellent. You don't know what happens until the end. That's all I'm saying. Go see it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagles Green 34 Posted February 22, 2010 Was it like jump out of your seat scary? Or just eerie and creepy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravens 03 0 Posted February 22, 2010 Was it like jump out of your seat scary? Or just eerie and creepy? Not "jump out of your seat" scary. But don't read any reviews that spoil it for you. You can't figure it out until the end, and even then it will take you a while......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Elistan 106 Posted February 22, 2010 You can't figure it out until the end, and even then it will take you a while......... They spent a little to long explaining it if you ask me. Guess writers have to dumb stuff down so more people understand. Still a fantastic movie. Doesn't have the same umph as similar Scorsese films though. The last line is perfect. Puts a nice perspective on things. Go see it if you haven't. I must say that the Scorsese + DiCaprio combo is brilliant. I can't come up with a better actor/director combo in the business. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supermike80 1,342 Posted February 22, 2010 DiCaprio is just a great actor..For those morons who can't get past titanic, that's your loss. The dood is solid. Movie dragged on a bit....but was still very entertaining. Was not at all what I expected it to be. and agree..that last line was really cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernauts 0 Posted February 22, 2010 Excellent. You don't know what happens until the end. That's all I'm saying. Go see it! I can't believe Darth Vader turns out to be his father! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kopy 496 Posted February 22, 2010 They spent a little to long explaining it if you ask me. Guess writers have to dumb stuff down so more people understand. Still a fantastic movie. Doesn't have the same umph as similar Scorsese films though. The last line is perfect. Puts a nice perspective on things. Go see it if you haven't. I must say that the Scorsese + DiCaprio combo is brilliant. I can't come up with a better actor/director combo in the business. I'm a big fan of the Burton/Depp combo too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravens 03 0 Posted February 22, 2010 I can't believe Darth Vader turns out to be his father! SPOILER ALERT!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,731 Posted February 22, 2010 Excellent. You don't know what happens until the end. That's all I'm saying. Go see it! Bruce Willis was a ghost? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravens 03 0 Posted February 22, 2010 Bruce Willis was a ghost? Don't go spoiling it for everybody. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,553 Posted February 22, 2010 I am guessing they set this up as DiCraprio goes into the place to investigate some problems, but in reality was being sent there as a patient, and you go through the entire movie thinking he is fighting to expose the place, when in reality his insanity is thinking he is investigating or something... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,731 Posted February 22, 2010 Don't go spoiling it for everybody. I never saw the sixth sense and I know what happens at the end because of a song Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernauts 0 Posted February 22, 2010 I am guessing they set this up as DiCraprio goes into the place to investigate some problems, but in reality was being sent there as a patient, and you go through the entire movie thinking he is fighting to expose the place, when in reality his insanity is thinking he is investigating or something... If you really want to know, read the book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 3,553 Posted February 22, 2010 If you really want to know, read the book. I will I guess. Currently I am reading three books, once I get through them I will consider it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RicemanX 20 Posted February 22, 2010 I'm going with Ray Lewis on this one...but I am a Scorsese fan, so I might want to check this out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernauts 0 Posted February 22, 2010 I will I guess. Currently I am reading three books, once I get through them I will consider it. You won't be disappointed. It was a good one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CantTouchThis 23 Posted February 22, 2010 Thanks for the review i might have to go see it now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiPolarBear 476 Posted February 22, 2010 DiCaprio is just a great actor..For those morons who can't get past titanic, that's your loss. The dood is solid. I agree with you, and I am a tuff sell. He started out cute but transended his looks. He plays a bad ass real well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravens 03 0 Posted February 23, 2010 I'm going with Ray Lewis on this one...but I am a Scorsese fan, so I might want to check this out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Moz 69 Posted February 23, 2010 Anything Scorcese does is gold so this movie is likely good as well - If I was going to the movies in the next few weeks this would be the one I would want to see.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,731 Posted March 23, 2010 I ended up seeing it. Very well done and a complete mindfock. At the end I still wasn't sure what had happened until I gave it some extra thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GutterBoy 2,439 Posted March 23, 2010 I wouldn't call it a mindfock, unless you have a small, easily fockable mind. I found it a bit slow and they overexplained the ending. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Moz 69 Posted March 23, 2010 I wouldn't call it a mindfock, unless you have a small, easily fockable mind. I found it a bit slow and they overexplained the ending. agreed -- I saw it and this was one of Scorcese's weaker efforts. Quite a step down from Departed IMO. Even though i think Leo is one of the more underated actors in hollywood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,731 Posted March 23, 2010 I wouldn't call it a mindfock, unless you have a small, easily fockable mind. I found it a bit slow and they overexplained the ending. Well than that's settled. Thanks for your input Ebert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GutterBoy 2,439 Posted March 23, 2010 agreed -- I saw it and this was one of Scorcese's weaker efforts. Quite a step down from Departed IMO. Even though i think Leo is one of the more underated actors in hollywood. Yeah I've grown to really like Leo after thinking he was a lil ###### when he was a kid. Really liked the Departed and thought he was good in Shutter Island, but he couldn't save it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juggernauts 0 Posted March 23, 2010 I saw it last weekend. I read the book 2 years ago and have been looking forward to seeing the film. Mostly because my wife hasn't read the book and I wanted to see if not knowing the ending made the movie better or worse. She enjoyed it even though its not exactly a feel good flick. I thought it was pretty true to the book, except for the end line. That line is NOT in the book and I think they did that so you could leave the ending up to interpretation. Those who've read the book will take it to mean one thing and those who haven't could take it another way. That's all I'll say as to not give it away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Moz 69 Posted March 23, 2010 Look its a decent flick and better than most of the garbage out there -- but when you see Scorcese - you expect another level of film making. So when folks are saying they are dissapointed it doesn't mean they don't think it was good just not the wow factor most scorcese flicks have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,583 Posted March 23, 2010 I thought it was real good, but going against a lot of the crap I've seen lately it may not of been a hard sell. Not a GREAT movie, but I thought it was worth seeing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 3,439 Posted March 23, 2010 I was dissapointed. But then again I had unreasonable expectations going in because the book was really, REALLY good. If you think the movie is a mindfock you should've read the book (obviously it's a little late now if you've seen the movie). It made me question my own sanity. The movie didn't even approach that level, IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon 0 Posted March 24, 2010 The plot of Gangs of New York was a bit screwed up, but for pure acting Daniel Day Lewis rocked the house and DiCaprio was very solid. Agree that DiCpario has moved beyond the schtick of his Titanic role. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,563 Posted May 22, 2010 Don't you get it? You're a rat in a maze. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CantTouchThis 23 Posted May 28, 2010 Saw it last night via online streaming. Meh. Overrated imo, honestly, not even bullsh1tting on this, i saw the general twist from the get-go. Obviously i didn't see how everything that was going on would tie up like it did, but i had an idea of what was going was going to happen and it ended up being right. By the way people were talking, i was waiting for another twist that he really was a cop that was completely set up. Unless i am missing something; people said you won't get it until the VERY end. I thought the ending was he re-lapsed again, and this whole thing was just a loop in a his mind. I thought that was obvious, but i might have missed something. Again, right when the movie started and everyone was talking about a "mind fock" twist i said "It better not be he is really a patient who is just having delusions and everything is set up to get him to realize he is a patient, because that is far from a mind fock" seriously that is exactly what i thought. You have to remember i am a Lost fanatic, and ever since watching that dreadful A Beautiful Mind, i am always watching out for that with movies like this. Seriously, a bit off base, anyone else thing that movie really sucked? Great true story, but really boring and the twist was like "Ok then, he's nuts" and that's the movie. That being said, it is a solid movie for sure, great acting and well written. I was just expecting the twist to be something more than it was by the way people were talking about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,563 Posted May 28, 2010 If you liked this steaming pile of crap you deserve a lobotomy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CantTouchThis 23 Posted May 28, 2010 If you liked this steaming pile of crap you deserve a lobotomy. Dicaprio and a decent plot made it worth watching. I watched it free online so it wasn't too bad. I was just disappoint in this so called "mind fock" twist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big_Pete 0 Posted July 7, 2010 Excellent. You don't know what happens until the end. That's all I'm saying. Go see it! I disagree. After 20 minutes, I said "either this, or this" will happen at the end, and sure enough, I was correct. It is as predictable as all the other movies of this kind. It was still good though, and they try the entire movie to make you think that your early predictions were wrong, even though they were right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big_Pete 0 Posted July 7, 2010 Saw it last night via online streaming. Meh. Overrated imo, honestly, not even bullsh1tting on this, i saw the general twist from the get-go. Obviously i didn't see how everything that was going on would tie up like it did, but i had an idea of what was going was going to happen and it ended up being right. By the way people were talking, i was waiting for another twist that he really was a cop that was completely set up. Unless i am missing something; people said you won't get it until the VERY end. I thought the ending was he re-lapsed again, and this whole thing was just a loop in a his mind. I thought that was obvious, but i might have missed something. Again, right when the movie started and everyone was talking about a "mind fock" twist i said "It better not be he is really a patient who is just having delusions and everything is set up to get him to realize he is a patient, because that is far from a mind fock" seriously that is exactly what i thought. You have to remember i am a Lost fanatic, and ever since watching that dreadful A Beautiful Mind, i am always watching out for that with movies like this. Seriously, a bit off base, anyone else thing that movie really sucked? Great true story, but really boring and the twist was like "Ok then, he's nuts" and that's the movie. That being said, it is a solid movie for sure, great acting and well written. I was just expecting the twist to be something more than it was by the way people were talking about it. I thought that the ending was that he PRETENDED to relapse. The last "therapy" breakthrough actually stuck, and he wanted to die because of what he did. That's why he pretended to have a relapse. He then, before they took him off, said that it's better to die a hero than live a monster" or something like that. That right there showed his doctor that he was actually "healed" and just wanted to die because he didn't want to live his life knowing that he was a monster. I agree with you though. The movie was like most others, in that you could formulate the ending quite easily from the get go. They try to mess you up by making your original theory look like it's impossible, up to the end when they show you that you were right all along. Whoever didn't guess the outcome is an obvious moron who has no vision or hope for the future... you know, Obama supporters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Me_2006 14 Posted July 7, 2010 Waste of time. You know from the first 'headache' what's going on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,731 Posted July 8, 2010 Waste of time. You know from the first 'headache' what's going on. I was in denial the whole time. I really wanted to believe they were trying to turn him into a patient, as opposed to him being a patient. I watched it a 2nd time and if you watch again, it's pretty far fetched for them to allow a patient to do all that stuff and have all that access. still a great movie though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big_Pete 0 Posted July 8, 2010 I was in denial the whole time. I really wanted to believe..........edited cause edjr is one of the all time greatest fockups...... nice use of the spoiler button fucko Share this post Link to post Share on other sites