Bolding mine. That was pretty funny. I know why you did it. After competing in a 48hr. film festival, it’s probably the only verb one could summon.
I’m pretty sure he didn’t shake his leg because he urinated on his boot but as a distinctive personality quirk that Jane, as his wife of “five or six years”, recognized as his. The dinner afterwards would have been a feeling-out process to make sure she was right in her identification of him (and he of her).
Him pissing on his boot was just a fortuitous accident or plot requirement, depending on how you view it.
It was one of my best and most appropriate typo’s ever. 
I really enjoyed the humor in the movie, the action was on the level, but too annoyingly “hollywood” to truly enjoy it. A lot of the jokes were very subtle and “dual” in their nature(like the 312 one) and I really like that in a movie. The dialogue was great to the point where the script could make for a decent read - how often has that happenned since Pulp Fiction came out? Shame about the PG-13, but they had to make money on it so what can you do.
I haven’t seen the movie, but it seems to me that if you say “some of them were two at the time,” you are implying that they eventually grew older. If they were hits, you might not say “at the time”. I don’t think this is conclusive proof or anything, just sort of an implication of her words.
“…two at a time.” Makes a big diff if you read it sexually.
I got the feeling that she was having a “Gee, that guy sure looks familiar… kinda like my hubby… but that’s just silly…” kind of moment.
But then the phone rings, and her assistant says, “Jane- it’s your husband.” Even though her assistant wasn’t talking about the picture, it cemented the suspicion.
A brilliant scene, I thought. Better than the scene that made John suspicious- I mean, he finds a computer chip that was delivered to his wife’s office, and he immediately suspects her of being an assassin?! She’s a computer tech, fer cryin’ out loud! The shooter could’ve BOUGHT the computer from her company!
Agreed, Lightnin’. That’s my interpretation of the scene as well. I just forgot to mention the assistant.
Also, remember that he was thinking about the other spy the entire time he was talking to Vince Vaughn’s character and obviously replaying it in his mind so when he found out the chip was mailed to the same address his wife’s office is at, things crystalized somewhat for him as well.
It wasn’t until he dropped the wine and she caught it (which I’m unsure of the signifigance of… their reflexes, maybe?) that they were really certain though.
We saw it at the drive-in. Perfect drive-in movie, really. I was surprised that the Vince Vaughn character:
Didn’t turn into a bad guy gunning for them.
I still don’t like either Pitt or Jolie.
I enjoyed this movie so much I’d like to see it again. I couldn’t get “Mondo Bongo” out of my head, so I was forced to download it from iTunes.
I thought the “50 or 60” exchange referred to hits, not partners.
When they were trapped in the portable shed in the store, I wouldn’t have been suprised if the movie ended with them being gunned down by the numerous commandos. However, I liked the way they ended it.
Pitt will get his dues, eventually. As one who took film classes in the early 80’s, and liked Eastwood and Redford, the pretty boy and action star of the time, and recognize the snarky comments about peoplewho have been blessed with good looks, I just know that Pitt will do another movie like 12 monkeys, win and Oscar, - or try his hand at directing and win an Oscar or start a film festival. It might take ten more years.
Jolie has her Oscar and I don’t think she’s out to prove very much, being a Hollywood brat. She’ll keep doing stuff where she can phone in her performances and make money off her looks as long as the last. That means fun movies or stupid movies. The rest of the time she’ll keep working for Unicef (or whatever agency it is), take care of her kids and just enjoy life. She’ll get her recognition in about 15 years, when her looks will have faded, and people will start noticing that she really didn’t care (like Kathleen Turner). Part of the backlash against her is that she’s living her life very much like we normally think guys do, and don’t think about for a second. When a gal comes along and gives the impression of being sexually aggressive, it’s immidiate condemnation - double standards, of course.
War of the Roses and True Lies have been mentioned, but I’m surprised that Prizzi’s Honor hasn’t showed up yet. And like Stranger above, I’m let down by all the excellent oppurtunities the film makers just plain wasted. The hits vs. lovers argument is just one of the many chances they had at poking fun at modern relationships. There were so many more where they just let it slip 'tween the fingers. And I think kids could’ve been a nice complication, as in The Incredibles.
If this had just been a summer movie, it’d get a 3/4 summer movie score from me. But due to lack of explored potential of something that could’ve been really good, it get’s a 2-/4 with a resounding meh on top.
Saw it last night.
…I think my ovaries exploded.
For a summer action movie, it was excellent. Fast, pretty funny, SEXY, lots of explosions, big guns, car chase, and a plot predictable enough that you didn’t have to pay that much attention to what they were saying.
My favorite scene was the shootout between Brad and Angelina in their house. I think I’ll have the image of Ms. Jolie sliding across the floor, on her knees, in that slinky black dress, guns blazing…
…er, I’ll be in my bunk.
Shouldn’t it frighten us to death, so to speak, that an elite commando squad can be shooting off thousands of bullets at two people standing up in the middle of an empty space – and wind up missing them completely and allowing them to get away unscathed? We’re doomed, I say. Doomed!
I thought of that, after I posted, but I didn’t figure anybody would remember that movie. IIRC, it died pretty quickly in the box office and never made any inroads as a cult film. (Allegedly, during the filming, before every scene Jack Nickelson was in, John Huston would tell him (about his character), “Remember, he’s stupid.”)
One of the great ironies in True Lies was how Curtis’ character wanted more adventure in her life (hence, her “fling” with the car salesman), whereas the globe-trotting, babe-seducing, bullet-dodging, terrorist-chasing, jumping-a-horse-off-of-a-building Harry Tasker just wanted to come home to a normal suburban life, and was distraught by the thought of having it crumble away, as many do even without the burden of having to save the world every few days.
Yeah, M&MS was ripe for a kind of Hepburn-Grant inspired banter crossed with some blackly humorous social satire. Blowing up the house…stealing the neighbor’s car in retaliation for not returning the grill…the weapons stored in the oven, and his stockpile in the garage…it was all there. But the filmmakers only occasionally, and obliquely plucked at the fruit. (Was I the only one that laughed when Mr. Smith used a neighbor as a human shield in the guise of showing him around the house?) The opening credit scenes were hilarious (“How many times this week?..Does the weekend count?”) but the rest of the film just didn’t add up.
Yeah, I need to go see The Incredibles again. “And machine washable, darling. That’s a new feature.”
Stranger
Hmm…whether I would find this frightening would depend if I’m on the commando side or the glamorous-couple-running-through-the-bullets-side.
We’re supposed to be on the good guys saving the world and being able to shoot straight side.
I think my ovaries exploded, too…which is pretty bad because I’m only 15! Who gets menopause at 15? Anyways, I loved this movie. It was fast-paced, really sexy, loud and lots of guns, cars, big booms…I wish they released this movie in IMAX. That would’ve been so cool. The part where Mr and Mrs Smith are
shooting and fighting off all those SWAT and police officers in the Kostmart store
was a bit much for me, but at the time, I didn’t really care. All I cared about was seeing Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie kick ass together. Well that’s Hollywood! I’m buying the DVD.