I thought it was stupid and overrated, but I thought the same thing about the Godfather and the Hangover so take from that what you will.

You also have strange rules for what constitutes a foreign movie.

Rokk, have you watched Breakfast of Champions? That's a completely off the wall Willis roles.

I can't consider myself a Vonnegut fan and not have seen it. (How aged do I sound if I note I first read the book around 2nd grade...though I hasten to point out it had been out for many years prior. My family had a copy laying around the house from when it was "a must read".) Ah, and before anyone says it, I know Vonnegut hated the film - most people do - but, well, just because I like his writing doesn't mean I've the same opinions.

I actually like Willis quite a bit in non-action / thriller roles. Putting aside the sequel to "Whole Nine Yards", I think he's got solid comedic timing - which we see in a lot of his action flicks too, come to think of it - and I even thought he was fine in "Hudson Hawk".

Oddly, it's his action films I haven't always kept up on and I've just been in the mood for some shoot 'em ups. I find his style works better for me than, say, Stallone. Willis has that Everyman aspect to him and I like that he's not wanting to start things off by going in guns blazing and that he isn't immune to everything (heck, re-watching "Die Hard" not only had I not realized how much of the film is Willis just trying to get help but noticed that Hans Gruber could've easily won if he'd just given in to John's request of "How about you open those front doors and let me out." Gruber had done that and bam! Fly out of the ointment.)

@Truff - the "buddy" aspect and the two leads' acting in "Last Boyscout" actually was pretty decent. I found myself mildly eye-rolling at plastic explosive going off from a gun shot, a little more "Really?" that their version of the NFL seemed more like college ball, and really found the misogyny in the film over the top. I get women aren't treated great in a lot of flicks but a "loving reunion" is when Willis is calling his wife all sorts of foul derogatory terms seemed...off. I get she wasn't great but it didn't play right with some of the other aspects of his character and, besides Wayans, he was the nicest person in the film to women.

So, after I finish "Tears of the Sun" - a film I'd avoided for personal reasons for a lot of years - I think I may switch up and go to Steve Carrell. Unfortunately, seen pretty much all his stuff except for "Crazy Stupid Love", "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" (been wanting to see both but always outvoted... Is now a good time to start?) and "Burt Wonderstone". I'm up for suggestions for other actors/actresses or, heck, darn near most any film as I've fallen behind the last few years (I do have the newest Evil Dead here but debating if I'm in the mood for gore).


Edit: I just realized that, oddly, not only have I never seen a single episode of "Moonlighting" - we didn't have that TV channel at the time it was airing - but I also have only the vaguest sense about what it even entailed. Worth checking into it?

Hangover... meh. But the Godfather? SERIOUSLY?!?

Not denying that either.

That movie droned on forever about nothing. I was so bored I had to watch it in two sittings because I promised someone I would.

Whereas Hangover is great to me, and I have yet to see the Godfather.

Crazy Stupid Love and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World are two of my favored Carrell movies.

Moonlighting was good from what I remember, but I haven't actually watched it since it originally aired, so I may have been too young to really remember anything outside of Willis' wisecracks.

You should at least read it. It's a fast enough read and pretty riveting.

Honestly, considering the fact people were always accusing my family of being Mafia, it's a little surprising I was in college before I saw the film but I thought the direction of it was superb (yeah, I'm one of those people who gets hung up on "Why did the director frame a shot this way?"). I felt like I needed to watch it just for a better understanding of how people view my family but I enjoyed the movie.

(And for those thinking I'm exaggerating, an example: the girl I dated the most through college and post-grad? The first time I was over visiting at her family's house for more than a little while, her father - a tax collector, on top of it - asked me to sit down and watch Godfather with him. Reason? He wanted me to explain all the bits he didn't get because he came from a "non-mob family". He amended to say that he wasn't accusing me of being mob but figured I still understood. I could read between the lines. May not sound like much but I doubt, say, Kontrol would be thrilled if someone asked him to explain a violent film about the Bloods, just because of his racial background.)

Which reminds me - that's why I had a totally different take on the "meaning" of the phrase "baller", and I don't think I ever properly apologized to Pax and Co when you guys joked about me being a baller. It didn't have a very complimentary meaning in the circles I'd encountered and so I hadn't realized it was now meant differently. So, pleas accept my apologies for my error and being a jerk about the whole thing.

Love the movie, hate the book. That doesn't all that often with me any maybe the translation is to blame, but I'd describe Puzzo's style as horrid rather than riveting.

I agree about Godfather being overrated, I'm not saying it's bad, but one of the best movies of all time? Seriously...Goodfellas is a much better mafia movie.

I like Fight Club, but Palahniuk and Fincher appeal to a certain type of audience, and while I fit into the demographic not everyone does.

Actually, those are the first and second rules of Fight Club.

Personally, I enjoyed Fight Club. It's worth a second viewing so you can go back and catch details that you may have missed the first time around. That is all I am going to say about that so as to avoid spoilers for Truffs.

First of all, I respect Stan and consider him to be a great friend.

Second, of anyone I know Stan has the weirdest tastes in movies and books. But at least he's honest about his weirdness.

Third, I know that my mafia game is dragging along. Let's just say that after last night's arguments at home I have to see whether it's time to call a divorce lawyer this afternoon.

Oh, no. It's the book. Coppola was the editor that Puzo *desperately* needed.