New Film - "Brick"

[Vanessa]

Just wondering if anyone had heard of a new film out today. . I did a quick search of the Lounge, but didn't see any posts that popped out at me about it.

Yahoo Summary "Brick"

Roger Ebert's Review

Ebert's review is particularly interesting, questioning if there is an audience for this type of movie and just who they might be.

 

[jake_fink]

I've been looking forward to this film.



But should this thread be in movies?

 

[Nathan Flowers]

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I moved it to Movies. Do you folks think it should be back in the Observation Bar?

 

[Vanessa]

No, no. My mistake. Thanks!

 

[Feraud]

The Moving Picture is correct!

I read a review in the Times last week and am looking forward to seeing this film too! This weekend we are planning to do taxes and go to the circus. If there is any time open after that I am going to see this. In NYC it is only playing at the Angelica Film Center.

To quote from the Ebert review..

You have preserved in your own lifetime, sir, a way of life that was dead before you were born. --Harold the butler in Elaine May's "A New Leaf" (1971)

this reminds me of our group.

 

[Quigley Brown]

After viewing this trailer I don't see anything too special about it.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/brick/trailer/

 

[Nathan Flowers]

It gave me the opposite opinion.

That trailer made me want to see more of it. Looks very noir, in a good way.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Well, I'm the kind that likes slow-moving Swedish and Japanese dramas.

 

[mysterygal]

with me, I always am a little wary with movies involving teens...you guys will definetely have to post wether you liked it or not

 

[Feraud]

with me, I always am a little wary with movies involving teens...you guys will definetely have to post wether you liked it or not

I agree. I usually avoid movies with teenagers, children, and animals! Sometimes you find a good one.
I will post a few words when we see it.

 

[jake_fink]

I don't like those movies with people. :rage: Damn people movies.

 

[Feraud]

I don't like those movies with people. :rage: Damn people movies.

lol lol

 

[Zach R.]

I don't like those movies with people. :rage: Damn people movies.

I know what you mean, I've been petitioning for a Milo and Otis sequel for years.:eusa_doh:

 

[16_sparrows]

I saw this movie last night and made a post about a "hat" in one of the scenes in the Powder Room. Zohar asked me to put my two cents in about the movie in this thread, so here I go:

The beginning of the film is weak, in my opinion. The opening shot is amazing, but I kept thinking to myself, "Why are you talking like that, you're in high school!" or "Where are your parents?" By the middle of the movie though, I got sucked in and was attached to the story line. By the end it all made sense that why this was set in a high school atmosphere. My boyfriend noted after the movie that he felt it was set with teenagers because that is the only time in our lives that we take each ourselves that seriously. Although, sometimes I did wonder if the lines or scenes the audience saw as funny was really meant to be funny because they were mirroring film noir or if it was accidently funny.

I think the movie is good, but my boyfriend loved it enough to want to see it again. The dialog is very Dashiell Hammett and it is very interesting seeing the nods to film noirs of the past. The cinematography is quite beautiful to the point where I would imagine the screen stills being a perfect photograph. Overall, I think it is worth seeing but I wouldn't buy it on DVD.

 

[Feraud]

I saw Brick this past weekend and liked it. I do not think anyone needs to be forewarned the film is a "noir piece set in suburban California". Just go see it and enjoy. Although the characters and some slang terms are based on the noir genre.

The story is a murder mystery set in a high school setting. A girl is found murdered and her ex-boyfriend is interested in finding out who killed her before the police do. He hides the body and goes to work questioning the likely suspects. His investigating brings him into contact with a variety of characters. There is the drug kingpin, femme fatale, hitmen, hired muscle, etc. all between the protagonist and the truth. Keeping in mind these are high school kids creates an atmosphere as disturbing as it is funny! Case in point - the drug "Kingpin" is 26 and lives at home in his mom's basement! lol
The dialogue was not as overdone as I thought it would be. Frye (the protagonist) reminded me of a mix between Gabriel Byrne in Miller's Crossing and Dana Andres in Laura! He displays a persistent drive to uncover the truth and laconic attitude towards those he encounters.

I would watch this film again on dvd.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Interesting concept

Reminds me of recent versions of Shakespearean classics like Lurhman's "Romeo and Juliet" or the recent "Hamlet" with Ethan Hawke, which artfully set The Bard's works in modern settings while keeping the dialogue true to Shakespeare's original Middle-English form.

I would suppose that the film's audience would be younger people who, certainly en masse would be unlikely to be familiar with noir, but how many kids thought "Romeo and Juliet" was suddenly hip after Lurhman's version came out? Maybe this will spark some interest by teenagers in Golden Era noir.

Whether it does or not, sounds interesting enough for me to keep an eye out for it when it comes out here (likely straight to DVD).

 

[Veronica Parra]

I don't like those movies with people. :rage: Damn people movies.

That's why they made "Bambi", "The Lion King" and "March of the Penguins" just for you.

 

[Dinerman]

I really enjoyed this movie.
Maybe me beeing a teen has something to do with it, but I just thought it was fun, and had a cool pseudo noir look

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

Great...one more movie to see this year.....

(marks down Brick as 25th movie)

The trailer looks very good. Like Mr. Holiday put it, it might spark an interesting in film noir. Let's hope so. That genre must be used more!

 

[Girl Friday]

I had to dig for this one...

The dialogue alone is well worth the watch.