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Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Director: Dan Gilroy
Writer: Dan Gilroy Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal Bill Paxton Renee Russo Synopsis: A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/w0euFxD7zHc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Alan Cumming is not returning?
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
knew an X-Men reference would be the first reply :lol:
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
So this is the prequel to Zodiac?
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Thank god this is not another superhero thread. :D
Which means it will sink to the bottom soon. :( |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by inri222
(Post 12178387)
Thank god this is not another superhero thread. :D
Which means it will sink to the bottom soon. :( |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by Osiris3657
(Post 12178132)
Synopsis: A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Not the greatest trailer, but looks interesting enough for a rental at this point.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
A snippet from my spoiler-free capsule review from the Toronto International Film Festival:
The film bears some resonance as a commentary on sensationalism in the media, but as a disturbing character study it's truly haunting. Exhibiting a perpetual wide-eyed intensity, Gyllenhaal (who lost twenty pounds for the role) courts no sympathy from audiences, bringing shades of Christian Bale's titular American Psycho to his darkly satirical portrayal of a sociopath in relentless pursuit of his own twisted version of the American dream. We may have seen glimpses of Gyllenhaal's dark side in his previous films, but this is the actor as you've never seen him before. |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
I want to see this but I dunno if I'll be in the mood for it. I'm hoping Horns comes out in my area.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
A friend of mine saw it and he said that I would love it and that it would be an awesome double-header with Drive.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Saw this tonight, loved it! Lou Bloom (Gyllenhaal) is a twisted sociopath who I'll remember for some time. This movie is funny, dark, and demented. Gyllenhaal killed it. Loved the scenes/conversations with Nina (Russo) at dinner and with his employee Rick before the final big event of the movie.
Speaking of that big event, the car chase was thrilling and intense. Loved the cinematography too, beautifully shot movie. Great dialogue, Gilroy was channeling Aaron Sorkin. One of my favorites of the year and likely to stay in my top 5 of 2014. |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
This has a 96% so far with 104 reviews and a 8.3/10 average on rottentomatoes
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Seeing this tonight. Really looking forward to it.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Another one that I wasn't expecting to be well received. Last week was John Wick.
It's a must see. Will check it out tomorrow. |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
I think this is topping my list for the year. What a fantastic movie.
Gyllenhaal was riveting here, as a totally convincing sociopath. |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Interesting movie with a great turn by Gyllenhaal as the bug-eyed protagonist and Russo as a desperate TV news director. The scene between him and her at the Mexican restaurant was creepy.-eek- Talk about a codependent relationship between two sociopaths!
Still, I almost felt like I had seen a similar story to this before. Spoiler:
I could swear there was a movie like this once, but it doesn't come to mind. Prolly some obscure flick that nobody's ever heard of. Anyway, for what it's worth, I enjoyed this movie more than Gone Girl. |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), a self-informed hustler of sorts with odd social skills, stumbles upon chasing the "if it bleeds, it leads" TV news footage industry in L.A. to make a living. As its central character, Louis is quite an audacious entity, I found myself both laughing and cringing at some of his interchanges with the other characters in the film, but at the core of it all, the film does hook you in, and makes you wonder what are Louis's limits in going after new footage, and it's not a tidy enterprise, to say the least.
I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B. |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
^ Dude, write like your talking with us, not at us.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
(Post 12288875)
^ Dude, write like your talking with us, not at us.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Saw it tonight and thought it was just okay. The cast was good and especially Gyllenhaal played a very creepy sociopath but I dunno something about the film just didn't quite work for me. It felt a bit on the long side and I was ready for it to be over. I will say that car chase sequence was really well done though.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Going this afternoon. This movie seems like it would be a good companion piece to Drive.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
I didn't like Drive much either but I guess I don't really get the comparisons.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by Mike86
(Post 12289129)
Saw it tonight and thought it was just okay. The cast was good and especially Gyllenhaal played a very creepy sociopath but I dunno something about the film just didn't quite work for me. It felt a bit on the long side and I was ready for it to be over. I will say that car chase sequence was really well done though.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by Daytripper
(Post 12289456)
I agree with everything you say here. Although I think I might have liked it a little more than you. Gyllenhaal was riveting. He better get an Oscar nomination for this. Hell, even Russo for Supporting Actress. So glad to see her working still.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Saw it. Gyllenhall hands down deserves a nom. for his work in the movie. That said, I think the movie was something that started as mildly interesting and then turned into something more intriguing in the second half. While I am not wanting a sequel per se, I feel as though there is more story to tell regarding the world created. I would be somewhat interested in one that focused on the early days of Russo's character to see exactly what lengths she went to when establishing her career. Also, I think it would be cool if/when Gilroy makes his next project for him to have a
Spoiler:
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
(Post 12289247)
Going this afternoon. This movie seems like it would be a good companion piece to Drive.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by Mike86
(Post 12289508)
I guess I was more interested in it during the first five to ten minutes. Going off that I thought I'd like it a bit more but as it went on it just was sort of ho hum to me. The character was interesting and like I said Gyllenhaal played it well but he was so unlikable and there weren't really any other redeeming characters to make up for that other than Rick but only because I felt bad for his situation and how Louis was treating him that I just lost interest. Plus like I said it felt long, I felt like it could have been trimmed by about half an hour or so.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
I do agree the movie could have been trimmed. In fact, it almost felt like two different movies with the same character.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
I also wanted to say how great I thought this story was. Up until now, I never even knew what a nightcrawler was. So what a terrific and original idea for a film. Just when you lose hope with Hollywood with so many fucking remakes and reboots. I also believe with another director who a few films under his belt, it could have been so much better. I would still recommend this to my friends because of the acting (Gyllenhaal and Russo) and it's story/screenplay.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
I saw this on Saturday afternoon.
Fantastic and super dark. Wow. Very much reminded me of Crave, which has some similar themes but is much more "ha ha" funny than this. This was... hard to explain. Gyllenhaal owned this role like no one else. Has he had a truly terrible role? He seems unstoppable. Not a perfect movie, but damn fine. :4star: |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Saw it last night.
Definitely dark. It did seem a tad long, Spoiler:
I can see the comparison to both American Psycho and Gone Girl, but I think I liked this better than both of those (a lot better than AP, and a little better than GG). It brought Network to mind as well. I liked it but I can see many not liking it. I felt a little 'dirty' watching it. (I liked it a lot more than John Wick.) |
Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Does anyone else get a "Night Stalker" vibe from the poster?
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by dsa_shea
(Post 12291393)
Does anyone else get a "Night Stalker" vibe from the poster?
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by rexinnih
(Post 12291614)
I thought it was going to be about a serial killer when I first saw the ads.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Saw this last weekend and absolutely loved it. Gyllenhaal deserves an Oscar Nomination. My only criticism was the last 20 minutes seem to really build up the ending and it doesn't quite pay off. I still liked the ending but it didn't quite match up with the sequences before it.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
I saw it on Saturday and loved it. Movie of the year for me.
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Saw this earlier and I got a big question on something that I possibly missed:
Spoiler:
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Re: Nightcrawler -- D: Gilroy S: Gyllenhaal, Paxton, Russo -- 10/17/14
Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
(Post 12299208)
Saw this earlier and I got a big question on something that I possibly missed:
Spoiler:
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