Am I the only one who thought this movie was awful??
I just didn't get it. Maybe you had to have seen back in '87.
shareI loved it, maybe it is because I did see it back in 87. Also maybe because I love New Orleans.
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I also loved this movie. Great acting and interesting twists.
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I loved it. Best screen chemistry between two leads ever. WHY can't they get this right in movies. Look how hard they try (Matrix anyone?) but they don't achieve it. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable formula (yes, formula but not as shallow a formula as they use nowadays). Even better than Lopez and Clooney. Great cop drama too.
shareTotally agree.
A,azing what passes for cop drama these days. The movie-going audience has become pretty undemanding.
You get a great cop drama once or twice a decade if you're lucky.
Sadly, LA Confidential or Mystic River & films of that caliber don't come around every day.
“Well, my days of not takin' you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.”
i'd say you are in the minority!
to be honest i dont realy care about the accents, so what if they got it wrong, i'm from scotland and i dont take offence at every bad, or incorrect(each city and even village has their own dialect!) scottish accent that appears in films!
Totally agree. The Scottish accent is always done so badly but who cares!! I ain't gonna get offended. It's just nice to see Scotland getting a bit of recognition in Hollywood!! Worst attempt at a Scottish Accent has to be Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the last crusade (yes - it's even worse than Mel Gibson's!!).
As to the film - I don't know why but I just love it. My top 20 would have all the usual suspects in it but this one would slip in for reasons I probably couldn't justify. The plot is a bit thin, but it's the character interaction and dialogue that make it for me. At times - it's even a bit Tarantino-esque. BTW - Lisa Jane Persky (McCabe) steals every scene she's in!!
I lived in New Orleans from birth in 83 to the storm in 05 and this movie bugs me out their really isn't any Cajuns at all in the city I don't get this movie or why people seem to like it.
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rockeyyank,
Mmm, I see your point. I guess that seeing the film in the more modern day, can make the movie appear to be too anachronistic, and out-dated (pagers and no cell phones, the fashions, the cars, etc.).
Was this your criticism, rocket? That the film just looked to be too old-fashioned and out-dated?
You didn't elaborate much.
The more Ken Loach films I see, the more I think they need English subtitles.
Dennis Quaid was HORRIBLE and UNBEARBLE. It ruined the whole movie for me, he walk around like closet homosexual, if you ask me.
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This film *beep* stinks. Never rated Quaid. Terrible actor and a Harrison Ford wannabe, who ain't exactly versatile himself. Ihate films that are sold off the back of an Actor as they are usually crud.
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