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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 1, 2019 7:48:51 GMT
OK so my last reports on films were very negative so here is a positive one.
Seen Bound for the first time and its easily one of the best thrillers I have seen in a long while. It was entertaining and thrilling from beginning to end.
Thoughts on Bound?
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 1, 2019 10:41:44 GMT
Bound (1996), written, produced and directed by the Wachowskis. Just out of prison for "wealth redistribution", Corky works as a apartment building superintendent. When she meets Mob girlfriend Violet the hormonal tension makes the air smoke between them. It's not even a question. Turns out $2 million of embezzled Mob money will be in the building overnight. How about a cunning plan to get it and get out together? What could go wrong? Well, a lot. These guys keep garden shears handy for a reason. Adapt, improvise and survive and we may get to a happy ending. This "neo-noir" erotic thriller is a worthy first feature film from the Wachowskis. While watching it I was thinking of a similarly impressive first effort from the Cohen brothers: Blood Simple (1984). The earlier film is moodier, more atmospheric. This one is compressed in time and space and more erotic. The sexual content is mostly in the first part; after that the film turns pretty violent. Photographed by Bill Pope, the camera work and lighting are impressive given the limited budget and small locations. According to the wikipedia article, they hired a feminist sex author to choreograph the lesbian sex scenes. Which is nice work if you can get it. One of those scenes had to be cut to get an R rating, due to certain complaints about "hand sex". It is not so much what is shown as the bucking, arch-backed enthusiasm of the characters. (Aside: as I learned in the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006), one of the things that will get you an NC-17 rating is too much sexual pleasure from a female character. Their example was The Cooler (2003) where Maria Bello shows just a flash of pubic hair, but in a context that was unacceptable: she was having too much fun and that bit had to go). Great cast: Jennifer Tilly as a sex object no one suspects of having a brain, and Joe Pantoliano as her Mob boyfriend in the best work I have seen him do. It is Gina Gershon who smolders, just smoking the role. This was her first role after the universally hated Showgirls (1995). And she was perhaps the best part of that film: as the fan on the commentary track pointed out, she seemed to be the only one who understood the trashy movie they were making and she made the most of it. Available on Blu-ray from Olive Films. No subtitles, but both R and unrated versions are included. There are just a few seconds difference between them. 
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Post by mrellaguru on Aug 1, 2019 16:20:34 GMT
Nice. Bound has been one of my favorites for years.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 1, 2019 21:15:07 GMT
Nice. Bound has been one of my favorites for years. Yep, Mine Too!
To be fair though, I actually have a TON of Favorite Movies.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 2, 2019 1:03:02 GMT
Bound (1996), written, produced and directed by the Wachowskis. Just out of prison for "wealth redistribution", Corky works as a apartment building superintendent. When she meets Mob girlfriend Violet the hormonal tension makes the air smoke between them. It's not even a question. Turns out $2 million of embezzled Mob money will be in the building overnight. How about a cunning plan to get it and get out together? What could go wrong? Well, a lot. These guys keep garden shears handy for a reason. Adapt, improvise and survive and we may get to a happy ending. This "neo-noir" erotic thriller is a worthy first feature film from the Wachowskis. While watching it I was thinking of a similarly impressive first effort from the Cohen brothers: Blood Simple (1984). The earlier film is moodier, more atmospheric. This one is compressed in time and space and more erotic. The sexual content is mostly in the first part; after that the film turns pretty violent. Photographed by Bill Pope, the camera work and lighting are impressive given the limited budget and small locations. According to the wikipedia article, they hired a feminist sex author to choreograph the lesbian sex scenes. Which is nice work if you can get it. One of those scenes had to be cut to get an R rating, due to certain complaints about "hand sex". It is not so much what is shown as the bucking, arch-backed enthusiasm of the characters. (Aside: as I learned in the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006), one of the things that will get you an NC-17 rating is too much sexual pleasure from a female character. Their example was The Cooler (2003) where Maria Bello shows just a flash of pubic hair, but in a context that was unacceptable: she was having too much fun and that bit had to go). Great cast: Jennifer Tilly as a sex object no one suspects of having a brain, and Joe Pantoliano as her Mob boyfriend in the best work I have seen him do. It is Gina Gershon who smolders, just smoking the role. This was her first role after the universally hated Showgirls (1995). And she was perhaps the best part of that film: as the fan on the commentary track pointed out, she seemed to be the only one who understood the trashy movie they were making and she made the most of it. Available on Blu-ray from Olive Films. No subtitles, but both R and unrated versions are included. There are just a few seconds difference between them. "It is Gina Gershon who smolders, just smoking the role." --------------------------------------- Agreed!
I will actually even go further than that, I think that it has got to be against the law to look as Beautiful, Hot, Sexy, and Gorgeous as she did in that Movie.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Aug 2, 2019 3:59:28 GMT
Their best film
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 2, 2019 15:25:55 GMT
Uh, I am going to have to disagree with you on that one. I think that " THE MATRIX" is their Best Film.
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Post by jakesully on Aug 2, 2019 16:39:00 GMT
OK so my last reports on films were very negative so here is a positive one. Seen Bound for the first time and its easily one of the best thrillers I have seen in a long while. It was entertaining and thrilling from beginning to end. Thoughts on Bound? Glad you dug it! I'm a big fan of Bound as well and agree with ya that its a great neo noir thriller. Highly entertaining and unpredictable from start to finish. 9/10
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 2, 2019 18:48:15 GMT
OK so my last reports on films were very negative so here is a positive one. Seen Bound for the first time and its easily one of the best thrillers I have seen in a long while. It was entertaining and thrilling from beginning to end. Thoughts on Bound? Glad you dug it! I'm a big fan of Bound as well and agree with ya that its a great neo noir thriller. Highly entertaining and unpredictable from start to finish. 9/10 If you don't mind me asking you this Question, What did you think of the Acting Performances in it (Mainly from Both Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly) ?
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Post by jakesully on Aug 2, 2019 19:26:57 GMT
Glad you dug it! I'm a big fan of Bound as well and agree with ya that its a great neo noir thriller. Highly entertaining and unpredictable from start to finish. 9/10 If you don't mind me asking you this Question, What did you think of the Acting Performances in it (Mainly from Both Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly) ? Oh I think very highly of the two leads esp Gershon. Tilly was great as well with her smokey / seductive voice haha. Also the actors that played the sleazy mobsters all did a great job. Led by Pantoliano and Meloni respectively.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 3, 2019 1:50:04 GMT
If you don't mind me asking you this Question, What did you think of the Acting Performances in it (Mainly from Both Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly) ? Oh I think very highly of the two leads esp Gershon. Tilly was great as well with her smokey / seductive voice haha. Also the actors that played the sleazy mobsters all did a great job. Led by Pantoliano and Meloni respectively. Agreed!
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 3, 2019 20:01:14 GMT
I'm a little surprised that The Wachowski's never ended up making a "BOUND 2". I don't know about Jennifer Tilly but I think that Gina Gershon would definitely be willing to return for it.
She briefly talked to Larry King about the Possibility of a Sequel in this Video below.
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Post by petrolino on Aug 3, 2019 21:31:45 GMT
Nice. I like it too.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 4, 2019 17:56:18 GMT
It's interesting how a lot of people like "BOUND" now but yet back when it first came out back in 1996, it didn't do that well in Movie Theaters.
Of course to be fair, That Same Thing has actually happened with a lot of Famous Movies (The one that comes to my mind the most is "John Carpenter's THE THING". It did Terrible in Movie Theaters and now today, it is considered by many to be a Classic!).
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Post by judgejosephdredd on Aug 4, 2019 18:11:58 GMT
Man, Gina Gershon still looks as good as she did back then, she is in her late 50's but could totally pass for 30's.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 5, 2019 12:54:10 GMT
Man, Gina Gershon still looks as good as she did back then, she is in her late 50's but could totally pass for 30's. "she is in her late 50's" ------------------------------ Seriously ?
LOL, I would have guessed either her late 30's or early 40's.
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Post by judgejosephdredd on Aug 5, 2019 16:31:41 GMT
Man, Gina Gershon still looks as good as she did back then, she is in her late 50's but could totally pass for 30's. "she is in her late 50's" ------------------------------ Seriously ?
LOL, I would have guessed either her late 30's or early 40's. Yes, she is 57.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 5, 2019 21:26:49 GMT
"she is in her late 50's" ------------------------------ Seriously ?
LOL, I would have guessed either her late 30's or early 40's. Yes, she is 57. WOW!
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Post by movielover on Aug 5, 2019 21:29:15 GMT
Uh, I am going to have to disagree with you on that one. I think that " THE MATRIX" is their Best Film. I agree.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Aug 5, 2019 21:29:54 GMT
Uh, I am going to have to disagree with you on that one. I think that " THE MATRIX" is their Best Film. I agree. I am not a fan of the 2 Sequels but still, The First Movie is just Fantastic.
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