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      <title>Film:The Untouchables</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> The Untouchables<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1987<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Brian De Palma<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Like the TV series that shared the same title, The Untouchables (1987) was an account of the battle between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness, this time in the form of a feature film boasting big stars, a big budget, and a script from respected playwright <a href="/players/P___100953/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>David Mamet</a>. <a href="/players/P____15189/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kevin Costner</a> stars as Ness, a federal agent who has come to Chicago during the Prohibition Era, when corruption in the local police department is rampant. His mission is to put crime lord Capone (<a href="/players/P____17593/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert De Niro</a>) out of business, but Capone is so powerful and popular that Ness is not taken seriously by the law or the press. One night, discouraged, he meets a veteran patrolman, Jimmy Malone (<a href="/players/P____10646/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sean Connery</a>), and discovers that the acerbic Irishman is the one honest man he's been seeking. Malone has soon helped Ness recruit a gunslinger rookie, George Stone (<a href="/players/P___196022/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Andy Garcia</a>), and, joined by nebbish accountant Oscar Wallace (<a href="/players/P___111866/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Charles Martin Smith</a>), the men doggedly pursue Capone and his illegal interests. At first a laughingstock, Ness soon has Capone outraged over his and Malone's sometimes law-bending tactics, and the vain mobster strikes back in vicious style. Ultimately, it is the most unexpected and minor of crimes, tax evasion, which proves Capone's undoing. All of the credits for The Untouchables boasted big names, including music from <a href="/players/P___103552/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ennio Morricone</a> and costumes by Giorgio Armani. Director <a href="/players/P____17596/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Brian De Palma</a> continued his tradition of including a homage to past masters of the cinema with a taut stairway shoot-out reminiscent of a similar sequence in <a href="/players/P____88777/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sergei Eisenstein</a>'s <a href=/films/70010/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Battleship Potemkin</a> (1925). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 16<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 53<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 3<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 2<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 4<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:25:38 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>The Untouchables</spout:Title><spout:Year>1987</spout:Year><spout:Director>Brian De Palma</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Like the TV series that shared the same title, The Untouchables (1987) was an account of the battle between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness, this time in the form of a feature film boasting big stars, a big budget, and a script from respected playwright &lt;a href="/players/P___100953/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;David Mamet&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="/players/P____15189/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Kevin Costner&lt;/a&gt; stars as Ness, a federal agent who has come to Chicago during the Prohibition Era, when corruption in the local police department is rampant. His mission is to put crime lord Capone (&lt;a href="/players/P____17593/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Robert De Niro&lt;/a&gt;) out of business, but Capone is so powerful and popular that Ness is not taken seriously by the law or the press. One night, discouraged, he meets a veteran patrolman, Jimmy Malone (&lt;a href="/players/P____10646/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Sean Connery&lt;/a&gt;), and discovers that the acerbic Irishman is the one honest man he's been seeking. Malone has soon helped Ness recruit a gunslinger rookie, George Stone (&lt;a href="/players/P___196022/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Andy Garcia&lt;/a&gt;), and, joined by nebbish accountant Oscar Wallace (&lt;a href="/players/P___111866/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Charles Martin Smith&lt;/a&gt;), the men doggedly pursue Capone and his illegal interests. At first a laughingstock, Ness soon has Capone outraged over his and Malone's sometimes law-bending tactics, and the vain mobster strikes back in vicious style. Ultimately, it is the most unexpected and minor of crimes, tax evasion, which proves Capone's undoing. All of the credits for The Untouchables boasted big names, including music from &lt;a href="/players/P___103552/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Ennio Morricone&lt;/a&gt; and costumes by Giorgio Armani. Director &lt;a href="/players/P____17596/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Brian De Palma&lt;/a&gt; continued his tradition of including a homage to past masters of the cinema with a taut stairway shoot-out reminiscent of a similar sequence in &lt;a href="/players/P____88777/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Sergei Eisenstein&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=/films/70010/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Battleship Potemkin&lt;/a&gt; (1925). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>16</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>53</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>3</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>2</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>4</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34987gvo26.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/The_Untouchables/36575/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Method Men and 50 Cent</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/9/14/35132.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34987gvo26.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/113227/default.aspx'>usesoap</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 9/14/2008 8:42:49 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>   &ldquo;What are you gonna do? Wheel me out on the 'Geraldo Show' as some freak of the week?&rdquo; posits a character of the new cop thriller &ldquo;Righteous Kill.&rdquo;   Wait a minute, Geraldo?   Are you sure that's the pop-culture reference you want to stick with?   Were there licensing problems with Morton Downey Jr? Arsineo did not return calls?   Yes, &ldquo;Righteous Kill,&rdquo; arriving in theaters in 2008 is hopelessly mired in elements of two decades ago. For that was an era when stars Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro were at their bankable best: DeNiro followed his larger-than-life turn as Al Capone in &ldquo;The Untouchables&rdquo; with the definitive mismatched-buddy film &ldquo;Midnight Run.&rdquo; and Pacino was burning up the screen with Ellen Barkin in &ldquo;Sea of Love&rdquo; and about to chew on mouthfuls of scenery in &ldquo;Dick Tracy.&rdquo;   Had &ldquo;Kill&rdquo; been released at that point and time, their union would reach a fever pitch (and drummed up a better box office than its third-place finish this week at theaters).   I am not suggesting the two are past their prime, as I think both have much to contribute to cinema in their twilight years. But instead of slumming through atrocities like Pacino's &ldquo;88 Minutes&rdquo; or cheapening their legacy as DeNiro repeated has in both &ldquo;Analyze This&rdquo; and &ldquo;Meet the Parents&rdquo; and their sequels, they should find a film with more subtle nuance and reflection, just as sexagenarian Sylvester Stallone did in &ldquo;Rocky Balboa.&rdquo;   &ldquo;Righteous Kill&rdquo; in not that movie. In fact, the title of Pacino's previous film, &ldquo;Two for the Money,&rdquo; seems more fitting.   It's an adequate enough vehicle -- stable, drives well &ndash; but handles with the thrills of a mini-van.   Pacino and DeNiro are the bizarrely named crime-fighting duo Rooster and Turk, respectively.   After decades on the force, they lament &ldquo;ones that got away&rdquo; -- the rapists, drug-pushers and murderers who, by a loopy legal system, squiggle free and return to the streets to commit more crime.   In recent days, though, a serial killer has been dispensing vigilante justice, and a number of perpetrators the cases in which Turk and Rooster oversaw are winding up dead.   Is it a cop, fed up with the system methodically finishing the job the justice system could not seem to do? Is it a lone-wolf groupie who's just trying to lend a hand to the haggard officers? Is it a vengefu... No, it's a cop. The film says so repeatedly within the first 20 minutes. We even see a videotaped confession and the words of the killer.   Of course, a film of this nature live or dies by its last-minute &ldquo;gotcha&rdquo; and so &ldquo;Kill&rdquo; plods along to its inevitable ending zinger. It may be a twist, but it's not a surprise, as the audience is given a roughly 33.3 percent chance of guessing the limited suspect lineup.   Supporting characters, as expected, are but window dressing &ndash; and there's not much light escaping through these panes. There's Carla Gugino as DeNiro's way-too-young love interest (Pacino already had a shot this year at being a mack granddaddy in director Jon Avnet's &ldquo;88 Minutes,&rdquo; in which every female within a one-mile vicinity was drawn to him as though he excreted some strange musk). Fitty Cent (here going by his thespian name of Curtis Jackson) may actually end up &ldquo;Die Tryin'&rdquo; to be an actor, because he certainly isn't going to &ldquo;Get Rich&rdquo; from it.   John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg also stop by to fill out various police-force stereotypes.   And in the center rest DeNiro and Pacino, who have moments where they appear to enjoy one another's company, but there was more electricity generated in the brief five minutes they spent across the diner table in &ldquo;Heat&rdquo; than any scene in &ldquo;Righteous Kill.&rdquo; Hack director Avnet does little to punctuate the proceedings with anything else.   The film is slightly above most of DeNiro's latter-day output (&ldquo;Hide and Seek,&rdquo; &ldquo;Godsend,&rdquo; &ldquo;Showtime&rdquo;), but with video stores stocked with decades of iconic work from these two Method men, the real crime would be bypassing them for this protracted &ldquo;Law and Order&rdquo; episode with two very special guest stars.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:42:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>usesoap</spout:postby><spout:postto>usesoap Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>9/14/2008 8:42:49 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>  &amp;ldquo;What are you gonna do? Wheel me out on the 'Geraldo Show' as some freak of the week?&amp;rdquo; posits a character of the new cop thriller &amp;ldquo;Righteous Kill.&amp;rdquo;   Wait a minute, Geraldo?   Are you sure that's the pop-culture reference you want to stick with?   Were there licensing problems with Morton Downey Jr? Arsineo did not return calls?   Yes, &amp;ldquo;Righteous Kill,&amp;rdquo; arriving in theaters in 2008 is hopelessly mired in elements of two decades ago. For that was an era when stars Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro were at their bankable best: DeNiro followed his larger-than-life turn as Al Capone in &amp;ldquo;The Untouchables&amp;rdquo; with the definitive mismatched-buddy film &amp;ldquo;Midnight Run.&amp;rdquo; and Pacino was burning up the screen with Ellen Barkin in &amp;ldquo;Sea of Love&amp;rdquo; and about to chew on mouthfuls of scenery in &amp;ldquo;Dick Tracy.&amp;rdquo;   Had &amp;ldquo;Kill&amp;rdquo; been released at that point and time, their union would reach a fever pitch (and drummed up a better box office than its third-place finish this week at theaters).   I am not suggesting the two are past their prime, as I think both have much to contribute to cinema in their twilight years. But instead of slumming through atrocities like Pacino's &amp;ldquo;88 Minutes&amp;rdquo; or cheapening their legacy as DeNiro repeated has in both &amp;ldquo;Analyze This&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Meet the Parents&amp;rdquo; and their sequels, they should find a film with more subtle nuance and reflection, just as sexagenarian Sylvester Stallone did in &amp;ldquo;Rocky Balboa.&amp;rdquo;   &amp;ldquo;Righteous Kill&amp;rdquo; in not that movie. In fact, the title of Pacino's previous film, &amp;ldquo;Two for the Money,&amp;rdquo; seems more fitting.   It's an adequate enough vehicle -- stable, drives well &amp;ndash; but handles with the thrills of a mini-van.   Pacino and DeNiro are the bizarrely named crime-fighting duo Rooster and Turk, respectively.   After decades on the force, they lament &amp;ldquo;ones that got away&amp;rdquo; -- the rapists, drug-pushers and murderers who, by a loopy legal system, squiggle free and return to the streets to commit more crime.   In recent days, though, a serial killer has been dispensing vigilante justice, and a number of perpetrators the cases in which Turk and Rooster oversaw are winding up dead.   Is it a cop, fed up with the system methodically finishing the job the justice system could not seem to do? Is it a lone-wolf groupie who's just trying to lend a hand to the haggard officers? Is it a vengefu... No, it's a cop. The film says so repeatedly within the first 20 minutes. We even see a videotaped confession and the words of the killer.   Of course, a film of this nature live or dies by its last-minute &amp;ldquo;gotcha&amp;rdquo; and so &amp;ldquo;Kill&amp;rdquo; plods along to its inevitable ending zinger. It may be a twist, but it's not a surprise, as the audience is given a roughly 33.3 percent chance of guessing the limited suspect lineup.   Supporting characters, as expected, are but window dressing &amp;ndash; and there's not much light escaping through these panes. There's Carla Gugino as DeNiro's way-too-young love interest (Pacino already had a shot this year at being a mack granddaddy in director Jon Avnet's &amp;ldquo;88 Minutes,&amp;rdquo; in which every female within a one-mile vicinity was drawn to him as though he excreted some strange musk). Fitty Cent (here going by his thespian name of Curtis Jackson) may actually end up &amp;ldquo;Die Tryin'&amp;rdquo; to be an actor, because he certainly isn't going to &amp;ldquo;Get Rich&amp;rdquo; from it.   John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg also stop by to fill out various police-force stereotypes.   And in the center rest DeNiro and Pacino, who have moments where they appear to enjoy one another's company, but there was more electricity generated in the brief five minutes they spent across the diner table in &amp;ldquo;Heat&amp;rdquo; than any scene in &amp;ldquo;Righteous Kill.&amp;rdquo; Hack director Avnet does little to punctuate the proceedings with anything else.   The film is slightly above most of DeNiro's latter-day output (&amp;ldquo;Hide and Seek,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;Godsend,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;Showtime&amp;rdquo;), but with video stores stocked with decades of iconic work from these two Method men, the real crime would be bypassing them for this protracted &amp;ldquo;Law and Order&amp;rdquo; episode with two very special guest stars.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Chicago = Playground Theater</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Chicago/Re_Chicago_Playground_Theater/354/11609/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34987gvo26.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Chicago/354/discussions.aspx'>Chicago</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/21/2007 3:24:17 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> It&#39;s weird to imagine if they are all from different eras.Gondorf and Hooker are pulling a big one over on Lonnegan.  Dr. Richard Kimble is on the run from a U.S. Marshal.  The McAllister family is flying out of O&#39;Hare minus one member.  Bill is working his last day at the steel-mill.  Rob Gordon is making another stupid list and whining about his life.  Satan is giving a bus tour of the St. Valintine&#39;s Day Massacre.  Wayne and Garth are headbanging.  "Rocket" Steadman is sucking it up like usual.  Tom Stansfield is chasing an owl named O.J. in the year 2003.  A baby carriage falls down the stairs.  William Gates fucks up his knee.  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:24:17 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Chicago</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/21/2007 3:24:17 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>It&amp;#39;s weird to imagine if they are all from different eras.Gondorf and Hooker are pulling a big one over on Lonnegan.  Dr. Richard Kimble is on the run from a U.S. Marshal.  The McAllister family is flying out of O&amp;#39;Hare minus one member.  Bill is working his last day at the steel-mill.  Rob Gordon is making another stupid list and whining about his life.  Satan is giving a bus tour of the St. Valintine&amp;#39;s Day Massacre.  Wayne and Garth are headbanging.  "Rocket" Steadman is sucking it up like usual.  Tom Stansfield is chasing an owl named O.J. in the year 2003.  A baby carriage falls down the stairs.  William Gates fucks up his knee.  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Overhead Shots - Top 5</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Overhead_Shots_Top_5/190/11018/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34987gvo26.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/30888/default.aspx'>JEllen</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/190/discussions.aspx'>Top 5</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/13/2007 11:11:39 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> What are the five most impressive overhead shots you remember?  My list is: 1.The Untouchables - The shot where Capone is getting a shave.2.Psycho - The murder on the stairs.3.Elizabeth - shots in the castle straight down which make the figures tiny.4.LOTR Return of the King - It&#39;s a tracking shot where the camera starts at Gollum&#39;s eye, and pulls straight up through the ring.5.American Beauty - shot of the suburbs.I also recall a movie, or several movies, with straight down overheads of big cities - but I can&#39;t remember the names.  Maybe I&#39;m remembering Koyaanisquatsi?<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:11:39 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JEllen</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/13/2007 11:11:39 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>What are the five most impressive overhead shots you remember?  My list is: 1.The Untouchables - The shot where Capone is getting a shave.2.Psycho - The murder on the stairs.3.Elizabeth - shots in the castle straight down which make the figures tiny.4.LOTR Return of the King - It&amp;#39;s a tracking shot where the camera starts at Gollum&amp;#39;s eye, and pulls straight up through the ring.5.American Beauty - shot of the suburbs.I also recall a movie, or several movies, with straight down overheads of big cities - but I can&amp;#39;t remember the names.  Maybe I&amp;#39;m remembering Koyaanisquatsi?</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Post Oscar Breakdown</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/hairylime/archive/2007/2/26/5786.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34987gvo26.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/6355/default.aspx'>HairyLime</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/hairylime/default.aspx'>HairyLime Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/26/2007 10:32:00 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Kudos to Alan Arkin - complete surprise in this category, but an often underappreciated actor (my favorite Alan Arkin roles: Grosse Pointe Blank,  Wait Until Dark, Catch 22, Edward Scizzorhands, Glenngerry Glen Ross, Little Miss Sunshine)Kudos to Ennio Morricone, one of my favorite film composers, and a tribute long overdue (my favorite Morricone scores: Once Upon a Time in America, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Once Upon a Time in the West, Untouchables)Kudos to Martin Scorcese, long overdue for a TON of work equally worthyoverall show quality - give Ellen the boot, those sillouette dancers the boot, bring on much more film clip montages, when is Hollywood going to understand that film is the medium they excell in, not stagecraft - leave that to the Tonys -- I&#39;d also appreciate more attention on the scores to the films and much less attention to the &#39;original song&#39; categoryNot a Jack Black or Will Ferrell fan, but their segment was the funniest thing of the night. (besides the Wes Anderson commercial for Mastercard or the &#39;hello&#39; commercial for the iPhone)Robbed: Borat, Little Children both should have been in the best picture category, or how about Nacho Libre for original screenplay?  Catherine O&#39;Hara in &#39;For Your Consideration&#39; <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>HairyLime</spout:postby><spout:postto>HairyLime Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/26/2007 10:32:00 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Kudos to Alan Arkin - complete surprise in this category, but an often underappreciated actor (my favorite Alan Arkin roles: Grosse Pointe Blank,  Wait Until Dark, Catch 22, Edward Scizzorhands, Glenngerry Glen Ross, Little Miss Sunshine)Kudos to Ennio Morricone, one of my favorite film composers, and a tribute long overdue (my favorite Morricone scores: Once Upon a Time in America, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Once Upon a Time in the West, Untouchables)Kudos to Martin Scorcese, long overdue for a TON of work equally worthyoverall show quality - give Ellen the boot, those sillouette dancers the boot, bring on much more film clip montages, when is Hollywood going to understand that film is the medium they excell in, not stagecraft - leave that to the Tonys -- I&amp;#39;d also appreciate more attention on the scores to the films and much less attention to the &amp;#39;original song&amp;#39; categoryNot a Jack Black or Will Ferrell fan, but their segment was the funniest thing of the night. (besides the Wes Anderson commercial for Mastercard or the &amp;#39;hello&amp;#39; commercial for the iPhone)Robbed: Borat, Little Children both should have been in the best picture category, or how about Nacho Libre for original screenplay?  Catherine O&amp;#39;Hara in &amp;#39;For Your Consideration&amp;#39; </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Revisitng the Untouchables</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/pippin06/archive/2006/10/24/3425.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34987gvo26.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2227/default.aspx'>pippin06</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/pippin06/default.aspx'>Reel Thoughts</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/24/2006 9:23:00 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I just bought this movie because it was cheap, like $5.  I had seen it a couple of times, probably closer to the time of its release.  Since I was barely a pre-teen at the time, I don't think I fully appreciated the film the way it was meant to be appreciated. This film is a lesson in moral ambiguity.  If you don't already know the story, Treasury Agent Elliott Ness, a beat cop named Jim Malone, a treasury accountant, and a sharpshooter rookie decide to take on the most elusive mob boss, likely, in history, Al Capone.  De Niro won an Oscar for his portrayal of the gangster, and it's no surprise that his performance was dynamic and impressive.  What is interesting to me and what I didn't register the first time or two I saw the film is that this movie is actually kind of quirky.  Even though it draws upon historical events and uses big name stars, the film mixes a sardonic, almost twisted sense of humor with the personal crusade of a man who begins to bend the law he swears to uphold in order to catch his quarry.  It's not an emotional journey as much as it is one of slow realization that the line between good and evil is sometimes more blurry and gray than black and white.  In fact, the character of Ness appears emotionally detached from almost everyone and everything except Malone as he slowly numbs to this reality. In that way, the film is a little confusing.  I kept asking myself, what is this really about - capturing Capone on the flimsy tax evasion charge, or compromising one's morality and sense of ethics in order to achieve a certain goal.  "The means justify the ends."  It's kind of a clumsy combination of both. The film is ultimately satisfying, though, because it does have the sense of humor and because Ness ultimately realizes what he lost as compared to what he gained.  Also, the performances of DeNiro, Sean Connery, and Kevin Costner were top-notch, and the forced, dramatic score heightened the quirky aspect.  I just like the movie, and I'm glad I bought it because it's unlike any other mob movie out there.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:23:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>pippin06</spout:postby><spout:postto>Reel Thoughts</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/24/2006 9:23:00 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I just bought this movie because it was cheap, like $5.  I had seen it a couple of times, probably closer to the time of its release.  Since I was barely a pre-teen at the time, I don't think I fully appreciated the film the way it was meant to be appreciated. This film is a lesson in moral ambiguity.  If you don't already know the story, Treasury Agent Elliott Ness, a beat cop named Jim Malone, a treasury accountant, and a sharpshooter rookie decide to take on the most elusive mob boss, likely, in history, Al Capone.  De Niro won an Oscar for his portrayal of the gangster, and it's no surprise that his performance was dynamic and impressive.  What is interesting to me and what I didn't register the first time or two I saw the film is that this movie is actually kind of quirky.  Even though it draws upon historical events and uses big name stars, the film mixes a sardonic, almost twisted sense of humor with the personal crusade of a man who begins to bend the law he swears to uphold in order to catch his quarry.  It's not an emotional journey as much as it is one of slow realization that the line between good and evil is sometimes more blurry and gray than black and white.  In fact, the character of Ness appears emotionally detached from almost everyone and everything except Malone as he slowly numbs to this reality. In that way, the film is a little confusing.  I kept asking myself, what is this really about - capturing Capone on the flimsy tax evasion charge, or compromising one's morality and sense of ethics in order to achieve a certain goal.  "The means justify the ends."  It's kind of a clumsy combination of both. The film is ultimately satisfying, though, because it does have the sense of humor and because Ness ultimately realizes what he lost as compared to what he gained.  Also, the performances of DeNiro, Sean Connery, and Kevin Costner were top-notch, and the forced, dramatic score heightened the quirky aspect.  I just like the movie, and I'm glad I bought it because it's unlike any other mob movie out there.</spout:body></item>
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