Originally Posted by blaise (Post 9344252)

I watched The Long Good Friday a couple of months ago. It's a British gangster movie with Helen Mirren from 1980. It was good. Worth a watch.

Originally Posted by DBOSHO (Post 9352231)

I really enjoyed gangster squad.

It has its flaws, but it was just FUN. Great performances by everyone. Definitely worth my money

Originally Posted by scott free (Post 9350984)

Got to see End of Watch last night, couldnt have loved it any more.

Great story, great acting and chemistry between Gyllenhall and Pena... just plain great, the movie really works hard to get you emotionally invested in those guys and it really pays off, great character development, they were very easy to buy as partners.

It also does a great job of showing all of the good things that cops do on a daily basis across the US... getting kids out of abusive homes, going above the call to save people in burning houses, getting violent pieces of crap off the streets, etc.

Probably the biggest thing i took from this movie though, is that these mexican gangs need to be brought to heel asap, roughly. They're already doing the things from the movie in this country, human trafficking, murders, kidnapping... the only thing i'm unaware of them doing is brazenly targeting police, but thats not far behind you can bet. They make the old italian mafia look like childs play, they're basically Al-Qaeda south, its only a matter of time before they start killing rancher families who try to thwart them and police.

Originally Posted by scott free (Post 9350984)

Got to see End of Watch last night, couldnt have loved it any more.

Great story, great acting and chemistry between Gyllenhall and Pena... just plain great, the movie really works hard to get you emotionally invested in those guys and it really pays off, great character development, they were very easy to buy as partners.

It also does a great job of showing all of the good things that cops do on a daily basis across the US... getting kids out of abusive homes, going above the call to save people in burning houses, getting violent pieces of crap off the streets, etc.

Probably the biggest thing i took from this movie though, is that these mexican gangs need to be brought to heel asap, roughly. They're already doing the things from the movie in this country, human trafficking, murders, kidnapping... the only thing i'm unaware of them doing is brazenly targeting police, but thats not far behind you can bet. They make the old italian mafia look like childs play, they're basically Al-Qaeda south, its only a matter of time before they start killing rancher families who try to thwart them and police.

Originally Posted by KcMizzou (Post 9354023)

Just finished watching it. Probably the best "cop movie" I've ever seen. I can think of one that's better.

Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn (Post 9354026)

Wow. Heck of an endorsement. I'll have to check it out ASAP.

Originally Posted by scott free (Post 9306561)

Guys, i watched the coolest movie last night, if you have on demand tv you've GOTTA see it, if there is a movie that would appeal to a bunch of football bb fanatics more... i've never seen it.

Its on the on demand Sundance Film Channel and its called Big Fan starring Patton Oswalt (a SUPER cool dude i had the chance to meet when he opened for Janeane Garafolo in st. louis btw).

Its the story of a HUGE football fan who gets the shit kicked out of him by his all-time favorite player... funny, dramatic, bittersweet... all of that, best fits under "black comedy".

I'm tellin ya, i thought of the planet all the way through it and its GREAT, LOVED it.