Eastern Promises

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:32 am

It's a movie by david cronenberg about the russian mafia with viggo mortesen and naomi watts. It's pretty good, has some cool characters even though the story is a bit meh. You get to see Viggo's penis so Subhuman might want to see it just for that.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:58 am

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:You get to see Viggo's penis

Compare and contrast to dreadnought's.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:56 am

Spoilers, beware bitches.

Pretty great, just saw it. Very homoerotic and kind of plays off of the built in homoeroticism of action movies. Also the ending is pretty damned brilliant. I have to disagree about the story being meh, it was meh on purpose so that the plot twist seemed transparent and the audience assumed they knew what was going on, kind of setting them up for the punch in the end. Good shit.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:13 am

Aonaran wrote:I have to disagree about the story being meh. it was meh on purpose...

How are you disagreeing?

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:44 am

Aonaran wrote:Spoilers, beware bitches.

Pretty great, just saw it. Very homoerotic and kind of plays off of the built in homoeroticism of action movies. Also the ending is pretty damned brilliant. I have to disagree about the story being meh, it was meh on purpose so that the plot twist seemed transparent and the audience assumed they knew what was going on, kind of setting them up for the punch in the end. Good shit.

SPOILERS

What punch at the end? Also the twist of "lawl i was an undercover cop the whole time" has been way over done the last few years. That was the main part I was saying "meh" at but they didn't really make it much of a deal, it kinda just went on anyways. Sure, I wasn't expecting it but that doesn't really make it any better since the premise has already been done in a few films.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:46 am

SPOILERS

More like the only way I could get the fuck out of Russia is to actually become the crime boss I'm trying to take down. Earlier in the film it was pretty much layed out that as soon as his mission was done he was going back to Russia. Also if you consider the "I came to London for a better life" voice over from the diary during that last scene the sadness on his face makes sense because the only way he could get this new life in England away from the grim realities of Russian life was to maintain that way of life here. THAT punch ending.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:50 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:
Aonaran wrote:I have to disagree about the story being meh. it was meh on purpose...
How are you disagreeing?

It's not meh if it's done with purpose and to effect the overall quality of the story as a whole. The film is one slight of hand trick after another distracting you from the true illusion.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:49 pm

I guess I completely overlooked that part, so much for a punch lawl.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:50 pm

I think it absolutely helps if the premise has been done in other films because that allows the director to play with your expectations and deal with other issues. Just look at The Departed and Inside Man as examples.

Tingel Tangel · Post by **Tingel Tangel** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:50 am

I just saw the trailer for it. I'm definately going to see that one as soon as I've got money on my account again.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:00 am

Tingel Tangel wrote:I just saw the trailer for it. I'm definately going to see that one as soon as I've got money on my account again.

Ah yes, DaC's female poster. If you think Viggo is liek totally hawt you'll be happy to know his package gets second billing before Naomi Watts. Thats one hell of alot of dude-ity.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:52 pm

I hate inevitable plot twists, and especially the hip and trendy multi-layered stories. The first hour and 30 minutes is usually pure torture and you're thinking what the fuck is going on and when you get to the plot twist, you feel like you don't care anymore. I want to collect all movies with unnecessarily intricate storylines, like Crash and Babel and whatnot, and burn them in a bonfire along with their directors and writers. There. Now I feel better.

Tingel Tangel · Post by **Tingel Tangel** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:56 pm

Aonaran wrote:
Tingel Tangel wrote:I just saw the trailer for it. I'm definately going to see that one as soon as I've got money on my account again.
Ah yes, DaC's female poster. If you think Viggo is liek totally hawt you'll be happy to know his package gets second billing before Naomi Watts. Thats one hell of alot of dude-ity.

Actually, I went past my "omg, Aragorn! He's so hot!" fase four years ago or so. I just though the trailer looked good. Sheesh.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:27 pm

I want to see this. Looks good.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:00 am

Living off the pus of Pooper's reviews, here's another thrilling review by me for Eastern Promises:

Brutal naked fight scene, but ohterwise it sucks. Don't see it. Maybe rent some time for naked fight scene.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:27 am

VasikkA wrote:I hate inevitable plot twists, and especially the hip and trendy multi-layered stories. The first hour and 30 minutes is usually pure torture and you're thinking what the fuck is going on and when you get to the plot twist, you feel like you don't care anymore. I want to collect all movies with unnecessarily intricate storylines, like Crash and Babel and whatnot, and burn them in a bonfire along with their directors and writers. There. Now I feel better.

I think it kind of avoided that in that the plot twist in the conventional sense was inconsequential. But yeah, fuck Crash and fuck Babel, pretentious drivel the both of 'em.

Dogmeatlives wrote:Living off the pus of Pooper's reviews, here's another thrilling review by me for Eastern Promises:

Brutal naked fight scene, but ohterwise it sucks. Don't see it. Maybe rent some time for naked fight scene.

Oh come on, Vincent Cassel was brilliant as the fuck up!

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