He Was a Quiet Man, aka: Something Decent From Hollywood

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Posted by idoru on Jun-23-2008 05:55:

He Was a Quiet Man, aka: Something Decent From Hollywood

This received almost no publicity from what I can remember. Picked this up from Blockbuster on a whim tonight, mostly because it had William H. Macy in it which automatically makes it full of win.

I wouldn't necessarily call it fantastic, but it was somewhere between 'good' and 'great.' Far better and more original than a lot of what is out there right now, and I really enjoyed Christian Slater's performance. It jumps around a bit and was somewhat predictable at points, but not enough to where it would detract points from the film. Oh, and for those of you more interested in Elisha Cuthbert than anything, her boobs are indeed very nice.

8/10

Posted by Sushipunk on Jun-23-2008 05:56:

Never even heard of it. I'll check it out some time though.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jun-23-2008 05:58:

I was wondering if CS was still doing movies. I would have sex with him.

Posted by Enigmatic XTC on Jun-23-2008 06:06:

saw this back when it came out. it was quite a good movie. one of the better ones i've seen as of late. i think that that's why no one has heard of it.

Posted by tubularbills on Jun-23-2008 06:07:

i'm guessing, by the name of the title and picture; that it's about a guy who goes crazy and kills people, and like everyone says, "but he was such a quiet guy" and everyone else is like, "yeah, he always kept to himself" and the whole time you're watching it you're thinking, "wtf that's what they ALWAYS say"

Posted by Yan on Jun-23-2008 06:08:

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Bob Maconel (Christian Slater, "Bobby," "True Romance") is about to have a bad day. Another eight hours of sitting in a dull grey cubicle, ignored by his co-workers, existing in a world where he feels completely out of sync. On this particular bad day Bob crosses the line from potential killer to inadvertent hero and in the process saves Vanessa's (Elisha Cuthbert, "The Girl Next Door,� TV's 24) life. This invisible nobody saves the object of his desire only to have her ask him to end her life.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jun-23-2008 06:08:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
I would have sex with him.

hmmmm. male. with a pulse. yep, he checks out!

Posted by tubularbills on Jun-23-2008 06:09:

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Originally posted by Yan

oh snap that's definitely not what i thought it was about. hahahahaha weird

Posted by Enigmatic XTC on Jun-23-2008 06:10:

quote:
Originally posted by tubularbills
i'm guessing, by the name of the title and picture; that it's about a guy who goes crazy and kills people, and like everyone says, "but he was such a quiet guy" and everyone else is like, "yeah, he always kept to himself" and the whole time you're watching it you're thinking, "wtf that's what they ALWAYS say"

close, but not really. its a much more in depth than that and the guy doesn't kill anyone. check it out, you shouldn't be dissapointed.

Posted by idoru on Jun-23-2008 06:11:

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Originally posted by tubularbills
oh snap that's definitely not what i thought it was about. hahahahaha weird

Yeah. You're close, but not quite.

Posted by bananas on Jun-23-2008 11:38:

Watched this like half a year ago. Amazing, Cuthbert and Slater did a great job. And I was so fucking pissed that it wasn't a happy ending, I found it almost hard to breath for half an hour
Edit: Kind of like The Girl Next Door (which I LOVE) rly, Elisha hooks up with a loser again and changes his life :]]

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Jun-23-2008 11:58:

this is part of my must watch list. haven't watched this and "sunshine" yet. i've heard good things about this movie.

Posted by Konijn on Jun-23-2008 12:56:

added to the queue.

Posted by EXTREMUM on Jun-23-2008 16:10:

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Originally posted by Sushipunk
Never even heard of it.

Most excellent movies aren't advertised, or publically known. Ever notice that?

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jun-23-2008 16:53:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
hmmmm. male. with a pulse. yep, he checks out!

Pffft, jealous.

Posted by Enigmatic XTC on Jun-23-2008 19:20:

quote:
Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
this is part of my must watch list. haven't watched this and "sunshine" yet. i've heard good things about this movie.

skip "sunshine" and stick with this one. the utter lack of respect for physics of any kind made me wish death upon the creators of "sunshine"

Posted by pierre_escargot on Jun-23-2008 19:27:

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
this is part of my must watch list. haven't watched this and "sunshine" yet. i've heard good things about this movie.

Yeah, I found it to be an enjoyable movie. Scientifcally, some of it just didn't add-up, but I don't need everything to 'add-up' to enjoy it. I watched it to be entertained and that's what I got.

Awesome soundtrack too

I'd recommend it.

Posted by eye_03 on Jun-24-2008 04:46:

i watched HEAT the other day and quite enjoyed it..
also "gone baby gone" is a good movie

Posted by Protege on Jun-24-2008 06:55:

Re: He Was a Quiet Man, aka: Something Decent From Hollywood

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Originally posted by idoru
Oh, and for those of you more interested in Elisha Cuthbert than anything, her boobs are indeed very nice.

Body double.

Posted by Ted Promo on Jul-01-2008 22:49:

meh, it was ok. The story got a bit boring at times. The ending was a tad wank and I felt somewhat of a clich� cop out.

I was expecting a bit more. It was alright.

Posted by hectorc on Jul-01-2008 22:54:

Also saw the movie a few days ago. I thought Christian Slater did a good job portraying the character. It did run get a bit dry at times, but it was well done overall. Overall, it was an enjoyable movie.
Thanks for the heads up people.