Comments on: Why Wasn’t This In Theaters? http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-7258 Joe Valdez Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:32:46 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-7258 <strong>T</strong>: If you've seen <em>Bridge on the River Kwai</em>, <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em>, <em>First Blood</em>, <em>The Road Warrior</em>, <em>Aliens</em>, <em>The Hunt For Red October</em> and <em>The Matrix</em> and actually think that <em>The Boondock Saints</em> is the best action film you've ever seen, then yeah, one of us has a tail and eats carrots and I don't think it's me. If you haven't seen the flicks I mentioned, I strongly recommend them. Thanks for commenting! T: If you’ve seen Bridge on the River Kwai, Raiders of the Lost Ark, First Blood, The Road Warrior, Aliens, The Hunt For Red October and The Matrix and actually think that The Boondock Saints is the best action film you’ve ever seen, then yeah, one of us has a tail and eats carrots and I don’t think it’s me. If you haven’t seen the flicks I mentioned, I strongly recommend them. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: T http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-7257 T Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:23:23 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-7257 You are a pretentious ass. Boondock Saints is an amazing action film. Probably the best action film I have ever seen. You are a pretentious ass.

Boondock Saints is an amazing action film. Probably the best action film I have ever seen.

]]> By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-6810 Joe Valdez Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:40:22 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-6810 <strong>Patrick</strong>: Beware what happened to the Greeks who couldn’t turn away from Medusa’s gaze. As far as Rotten Tomatoes/IMDB, I get why you checked out the scores there, but I’m skeptical about those sites too. I would rather read criticism from people whose taste I respect, even if it’s only one sentence. <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/" rel="nofollow">Metacritic</a> is a really good barometer for what the non-lunatic group reaction is on movies, TV shows, CDs or video games. Thanks for visiting and for commenting! <strong>Daniel</strong>: If you could make a quality film by simply ending every other scene in the most ridiculous way possible, <em>Boondock Saints</em> would be one of the greatest movies ever made. Throwing a Molatov cocktail through the window of Hollywood is fun in theory, but for me, <em>Boondock Saints</em> is as visionary as some drunken buffoon mooning a train. The craftsmanship involved is roughly on the same level, while the entertainment value for the passengers is similar as well. <strong>Chuck</strong>: One of the nearest and dearest people in the world highly recommended <em>Boondock Saints</em> to me. She was only 18 at the time and I'd be curious to know whether this movie holds up as a movie, or just as a college drinking game. If there are grown folk out there who think this movie is anything other than a retard sandwich, I'd love to meet them. Or, maybe not. <strong>Kate</strong>: Thanks for visiting and for complimenting the article. I suspect if you worked on this movie in any production coordinating capacity, you would have offered a spirited defense of it. Let me know if I’m off base here. <strong>Amanda</strong>: Now I’m curious to know which movie or movies you consider the worst ever. Knowing what I do about your taste, I suspect Sandra Bullock might appear in 3 out of 5. I could be wrong. Thanks as always for sharing your erudite thoughts. <strong>Christian</strong>: I gave <em>Overnight</em> a shout-out in my sources section, but I wasn’t impressed with the documentary, to be honest with you. It was kind of low class; you could tell Duffy’s buds were just shooting a home movie. Not a very comprehensive study of much. And instead of pissing his career away, <em>Boondock</em> ended up a moneymaker on DVD and now Duffy is in post on the sequel. I wish he had faded into oblivion, but this appears not to be the case. Maybe he’ll team up with Uwe Boll and shoot a Boondock brothers movie in Prague. Patrick: Beware what happened to the Greeks who couldn’t turn away from Medusa’s gaze. As far as Rotten Tomatoes/IMDB, I get why you checked out the scores there, but I’m skeptical about those sites too. I would rather read criticism from people whose taste I respect, even if it’s only one sentence. Metacritic is a really good barometer for what the non-lunatic group reaction is on movies, TV shows, CDs or video games. Thanks for visiting and for commenting!

Daniel: If you could make a quality film by simply ending every other scene in the most ridiculous way possible, Boondock Saints would be one of the greatest movies ever made. Throwing a Molatov cocktail through the window of Hollywood is fun in theory, but for me, Boondock Saints is as visionary as some drunken buffoon mooning a train. The craftsmanship involved is roughly on the same level, while the entertainment value for the passengers is similar as well.

Chuck: One of the nearest and dearest people in the world highly recommended Boondock Saints to me. She was only 18 at the time and I’d be curious to know whether this movie holds up as a movie, or just as a college drinking game. If there are grown folk out there who think this movie is anything other than a retard sandwich, I’d love to meet them. Or, maybe not.

Kate: Thanks for visiting and for complimenting the article. I suspect if you worked on this movie in any production coordinating capacity, you would have offered a spirited defense of it. Let me know if I’m off base here.

Amanda: Now I’m curious to know which movie or movies you consider the worst ever. Knowing what I do about your taste, I suspect Sandra Bullock might appear in 3 out of 5. I could be wrong. Thanks as always for sharing your erudite thoughts.

Christian: I gave Overnight a shout-out in my sources section, but I wasn’t impressed with the documentary, to be honest with you. It was kind of low class; you could tell Duffy’s buds were just shooting a home movie. Not a very comprehensive study of much. And instead of pissing his career away, Boondock ended up a moneymaker on DVD and now Duffy is in post on the sequel. I wish he had faded into oblivion, but this appears not to be the case. Maybe he’ll team up with Uwe Boll and shoot a Boondock brothers movie in Prague.

]]> By: Christian http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-6806 Christian Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:34:00 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-6806 You can't talk about this film and not at least recommend watching OVERNIGHT -- the documentary that came from his friends during the madness. It is outrageously entertaining and awful to watch this guy literally piss his career away with sheer force of ego will. An amazing Hollywood cautionary. Yes, OVERNIGHT is not a technical triumph at all, but it is certainly the raw and real Troy Duffy. Just watching him brag about how great he is to his silent family...priceless and sad. You can’t talk about this film and not at least recommend watching OVERNIGHT — the documentary that came from his friends during the madness. It is outrageously entertaining and awful to watch this guy literally piss his career away with sheer force of ego will. An amazing Hollywood cautionary.

Yes, OVERNIGHT is not a technical triumph at all, but it is certainly the raw and real Troy Duffy. Just watching him brag about how great he is to his silent family…priceless and sad.

]]> By: AR http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-6795 AR Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:58:15 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-6795 Well...I have a friend who got me to watch this, and we're still talking, so I don't think it's the worst ever. I like Dafoe in it, actually. The role is terrible, completely over the top and silly, but gosh! he looks like he's having a blast. I couldn't make heads or tails of the movie otherwise. It has many viscerally enjoyable scenes, but the story is an utter mess. Well…I have a friend who got me to watch this, and we’re still talking, so I don’t think it’s the worst ever.
I like Dafoe in it, actually. The role is terrible, completely over the top and silly, but gosh! he looks like he’s having a blast. I couldn’t make heads or tails of the movie otherwise. It has many viscerally enjoyable scenes, but the story is an utter mess.

]]> By: Production Coordinator http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-6783 Production Coordinator Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:22:11 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-6783 A good post, An interesting review on movie "The Boondock Saints" Thanks for posting. Kate A good post, An interesting review on movie “The Boondock Saints”

Thanks for posting.
Kate

]]> By: Chuck http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-6780 Chuck Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:13:45 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-6780 Joe, I saw that you were dealing with The Boondock Saints and I thought "If he likes this I will politely pretend as if I haven't read". This is an awful, awful, awful movie. Joe, I saw that you were dealing with The Boondock Saints and I thought “If he likes this I will politely pretend as if I haven’t read”. This is an awful, awful, awful movie.

]]> By: Daniel Newby http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-6779 Daniel Newby Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:00:53 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-6779 This strikes me as one of those movies that folks project their expectations onto. It's a crime movie, so there must be good versus evil, wrestling with personal demons, dramatic revelations, human frailties, character development, etc. They go subconsciously looking for things and, not finding them, are dismayed and confused. Well, of course. The Boondock Saints is slapstick comedy. It is the Three Stooges with amphetamines and bullets. That's the POINT. Young men like it precisely because it is NOT the standard puerile revenge fantasy they got with mother's milk: John Rambo stalking ponderously through the woods for Justice and the True American Way, a dead cop's partner heating to a blazing fury during the cop funeral with Amazing Grace playing on the bagpipes, and all the other tired hardboiled tropes. If a Sylvester Stallone character were chained to a toilet while his brother was dragged outside by the mob, his brother would HAVE to die, Stallone would HAVE to listen to his dying screams in anguish (you can see the facial expression he would HAVE to wear in your mind's eye), and there would HAVE to be a linear build up to a climactic revenge with justice and apple pie for all. Hollywood plot #14, variation #3, Italian gambit. In The Boondock Saints, he rips the toilet out of the floor, leaps six stories to the ground (and survives!), and a bad guy gets beaten to death with the toilet tank lid. For young, male, totally jaded hardboiled fan, the sheer creativity and energy of the scene is reason to cheer. Most of the movie is like that. Time and again they run a standard Hollywood set-up, then deliver an outrageous punchline. Any idiot director can have a standard-issue ex special forces assassin. The Saints unveils granddad wearing a suit of guns. Any old drama can have a drunken mess sheepishly explained to She Who Must Be Obeyed. The Saints gives us an ineptly patched gory hole in the wall, and a girlfriend who is told her cat was killed to "bring closure to our relationship". Yes, it is low-brow, but to a crime movie fan it is also a breath of fresh air. Yes, the directing could have been better, but virtually all conventional directors would have utterly ruined it by taking the ostensible plot seriously. I'd like to see what you think about Dude, Where's My Car, another movie where the plot is just an excuse for wild and titillating things to happen to the protagonists. This strikes me as one of those movies that folks project their expectations onto. It’s a crime movie, so there must be good versus evil, wrestling with personal demons, dramatic revelations, human frailties, character development, etc. They go subconsciously looking for things and, not finding them, are dismayed and confused.

Well, of course. The Boondock Saints is slapstick comedy. It is the Three Stooges with amphetamines and bullets. That’s the POINT.

Young men like it precisely because it is NOT the standard puerile revenge fantasy they got with mother’s milk: John Rambo stalking ponderously through the woods for Justice and the True American Way, a dead cop’s partner heating to a blazing fury during the cop funeral with Amazing Grace playing on the bagpipes, and all the other tired hardboiled tropes.

If a Sylvester Stallone character were chained to a toilet while his brother was dragged outside by the mob, his brother would HAVE to die, Stallone would HAVE to listen to his dying screams in anguish (you can see the facial expression he would HAVE to wear in your mind’s eye), and there would HAVE to be a linear build up to a climactic revenge with justice and apple pie for all. Hollywood plot #14, variation #3, Italian gambit. In The Boondock Saints, he rips the toilet out of the floor, leaps six stories to the ground (and survives!), and a bad guy gets beaten to death with the toilet tank lid. For young, male, totally jaded hardboiled fan, the sheer creativity and energy of the scene is reason to cheer.

Most of the movie is like that. Time and again they run a standard Hollywood set-up, then deliver an outrageous punchline. Any idiot director can have a standard-issue ex special forces assassin. The Saints unveils granddad wearing a suit of guns. Any old drama can have a drunken mess sheepishly explained to She Who Must Be Obeyed. The Saints gives us an ineptly patched gory hole in the wall, and a girlfriend who is told her cat was killed to “bring closure to our relationship”.

Yes, it is low-brow, but to a crime movie fan it is also a breath of fresh air. Yes, the directing could have been better, but virtually all conventional directors would have utterly ruined it by taking the ostensible plot seriously.

I’d like to see what you think about Dude, Where’s My Car, another movie where the plot is just an excuse for wild and titillating things to happen to the protagonists.

]]> By: Patrick http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/13/the-boondock-saints/comment-page-1/#comment-6778 Patrick Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:42:47 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=4242#comment-6778 You make this sound bad enough to almost be fun to watch. What a discrepancy in ratings between Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB. I went to both after reading your review. 7.8 at IMDB, but a lousy 18 percent at Rotten Tomatoes. I suppose the IMDB rating is composed of fans (more so I mean than usual, since it sounds as though people had to seek this thing out on DVD, versus stumbling on it at a theater), the RT rating is composed of impartial critics. Michael Blowhard did a nice writeup on a documentary about Duffy, link below if anyone cares to read it. http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/2005/09/overnight_and_z_channel.html You make this sound bad enough to almost be fun to watch. What a discrepancy in ratings between Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB. I went to both after reading your review. 7.8 at IMDB, but a lousy 18 percent at Rotten Tomatoes. I suppose the IMDB rating is composed of fans (more so I mean than usual, since it sounds as though people had to seek this thing out on DVD, versus stumbling on it at a theater), the RT rating is composed of impartial critics. Michael Blowhard did a nice writeup on a documentary about Duffy, link below if anyone cares to read it.

http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/2005/09/overnight_and_z_channel.html

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