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Quote: zooo @ October 8 2010, 4:34 PM BSTI can certainly see how it would be pretentious to some.
Don't patronise me, girlfriend!
Plus, it's directed by Gus Van Sant - who's films are pretty much always terrible. An awful director with barely the first idea about how to shoot a story. Milk is the exception which proves the rule.
The Keanu Reeves School of Acting:
Your wife is dead
I have just won the lottery, and am delighted about it.
This bomb's about to explode and kill all of the World Leaders
What?
Keanu Reeves was effectively the prototype for the concept of using entirely CGI'd characters in movies.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 8 2010, 4:37 PM BSTDon't patronise me, girlfriend!
Plus, it's directed by Gus Van Sant - who's films are pretty much always terrible. An awful director with barely the first idea about how to shoot a story. Milk is the exception which proves the rule.
Elephant was good too! And To Die For.
And I liked Good Will Hunting, too.
All of those are completely different in style and content, and I think that's pretty rare for a director.
They are all badly-directed, bland tripe. 
EDIT: Oh, To Die For was pretty good actually...
Forget I said anything. 
HA.
I win.
Or something of that nature.
Quote: zooo @ October 8 2010, 3:06 PM BSTOoh!
I've still not seen A Scanner Darkly. The style looked a bit annoying.
I always assumed it was rotoscoped in an attempt to impart some facial expression to Keanu Reeves.
I will end you all.
Quote: zooo @ October 8 2010, 4:41 PM BSTElephant was good too! And To Die For.
And I liked Good Will Hunting, too.
I'm with you on 'Good Will Hunting' and 'To Die For'. 'Gerry', although superbly named, was a real pile of old shite though.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 8 2010, 4:32 PM BSTI have! And Keanu is dreadful in it. However, the film itself is a right pile of old pretentious toss anyway, so doesn't count as a good film (imo).
Keanu also manages to be awful in the great Dangerous Liasons - doing Bill & Ted opposite the likes of John Malkovich and Glenn Close. Some might say that he was a young actor playing opposite great actors and therefore was bound to look bad. But no, Keanu could do the same scenes opposite Arthur Mullard & Sue Pollard - and still come across as the hopeless, wooden amateur.
And, if it's not already been said, Julian Sands can ruin any film...
I really wanted to like My Own Private Idaho, but I agree, pretentious toss. Any part where Keanu had to recite Shakespeare made me cringe. As we all know from Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare and Keanu really, really don't mix. I can't think of him though without going 'aww' after the Sad Keanu meme.
Oh GOD Julian Sands is utter, utter arse. Why is he allowed to exist?
I think I've only seen him in Arachnophobia.
Quote: zooo @ October 9 2010, 2:45 PM BSTI think I've only seen him in Arachnophobia.
His performance - indeed his mere presence - in Leaving Las Vegas is a crime against humanity.
Oh, I've seen that but I don't remember him.