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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: The Fake Shemp on August 20, 2006, 06:55:28 PM

Title: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 20, 2006, 06:55:28 PM

Wtf, mate.  I rented it because you said it rocked.  That was so boring.  The best part was when Pierce Brosnan was banging chicks.

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: Error Macro on August 20, 2006, 07:05:29 PM

I like the sly dig in the thread title.

Will rent this movie soon to see what all the fuss is about.

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 20, 2006, 07:33:33 PM

Don't waste your money!  This is a cable viewing if there ever was one.  And to think, he liked Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang!

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: Solo on August 21, 2006, 07:56:37 AM

To each their own, but I totally loved it. Pierce plays seedy much better than he ever did suave. Thats half the fun of the flick, seeing a grimey Pierce Brosnan gone to seed. It's hardly an original movie by any means, but I enjoyed the performances, got some great laughs, and felt its heart was in the right place. Im not sure what you expected, but its just a fairly light and breezy indie "dramady" flick with some dark humor thrown in. Sadly, you'd never know that based on the trailer, which is one of the most misleading ever, making the film look like an action flick. The movie is also a great tourism ad for Mexico if Ive ever seen one.

Not every movie can be For The Love Of The Game.

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: heavy liquid on August 21, 2006, 08:43:44 AM

I agree with Solo.  I thought the movie was a lot of fun, and the comment about the "grimey" Pierce is dead on.  Seeing him as a burned-out hitman was great.  I thought both Greg Kinnear and Pierce Brosnan were both excellent, which is what really made the movie for me.  Good directing from Richard Shephard, too. 

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: Cheebs on August 21, 2006, 09:12:47 AM

I enjoyed it. Brosnan was better in it than his four bond films(or remington steele for that matter).

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: Solo on August 21, 2006, 09:56:28 AM

"I woke up in a pile of donkey shit!"

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 21, 2006, 10:33:50 AM

I was expecting something not competely boring.  It also had one of the most anti-climatic climaxes ever.

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 21, 2006, 10:44:23 AM

Good movie seedy james bond with a mustache ridding additude.

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: Cheebs on August 21, 2006, 10:45:07 AM

Quote from: Willco on August 21, 2006, 10:33:50 AM

I was expecting something not competely boring.  It also had one of the most anti-climatic climaxes ever.

But but Pierce Brosnan!

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: Solo on August 21, 2006, 02:35:11 PM

Quote from: Willco on August 21, 2006, 10:33:50 AM

I was expecting something not competely boring.  It also had one of the most anti-climatic climaxes ever.

To each their own then. You can't win em all.

You like Clerks though, so we'll call it a draw  :D

Title: Re: Solo's cinematic beacon of light has gone DARK - The Matador SUCKED.
Post by: The Fake Shemp on August 21, 2006, 03:18:55 PM

I'm glad people like Brosnan's seedy performance, and he did his job in acting, but if I wanted to see an English bloke do their best Burt Reynolds impression in a bad movie, I'd rather just watch Burt Reynolds in a bad movie.