Comments on: SDFF Review: ‘The Brothers Bloom’ – The con is on

By: When $1.4 million is big bucks — WHAT WOULD TOTO WATCH?

When $1.4 million is big bucks — WHAT WOULD TOTO WATCH? — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:48:38 +0000

[...] The indie con caper, directed by the savvy Rian Johnson, came in 11th place over the weekend, bringing its total haul to $1.4 million during its first two weeks of release. [...]

By: billy worth

billy worth — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:47:52 +0000

Can you please give a little more information on this?

By: Dr. Zaius

Dr. Zaius — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:29:09 +0000

Ugh. Remaking Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? Maybe Obama can pass a law against that. Though, since Scoundrels itself is a remake of a 1964 film (Bedtime Story) starring Marlon Brando and David Niven, maybe remaking it again wouldn’t be so bad. Casting will be destiny.

What a delightful movie, though. Every time I hear the word “Oklahoma,” I think of Steve Martin running in circles banging pots and pans yelling … “OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA…”

Ruprecht just loves the wide open spaces where he can just run, and run, and run …

By: cftoto

cftoto — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:48:40 +0000

Similarities between Bloom and Dirty Rotten are def. there, but the movies are two very different beasts.

I thought I read plans are afoot to remake Scoundrels, which just leaves me depressed

By: zeze2008

zeze2008 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:59:00 +0000

didn’t Michael Caine, Steve Martin, and Glenn Headly do this very theme too?

By: Chase

Chase — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:11:28 +0000

I finally remembered where I’d seen that scene with the tree tipping over after shootings (bang bang was back there) before…. it reminded me a lot of the scene in Blaze where Blaze Starr is talking with someone at the Pea Patch, and Earl Long is in the background and shoots the lawnmower, classic scene.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:24:36 +0000

Exactly … some actors should know their limits and do the best they can within them. Stretching is great … but some just can’t do it properly … Kevin Costner, to me, is a perfect example. Hit his sweet spot (Untouchables), he’s golden … Robin Hood? Not so much.

By: JimmyC

JimmyC — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:12:38 +0000

I loved “Brick,” so this one is near the top of my list of movies to see this fall, but I agree with you about Ruffalo. As an actor, he’s pretty wooden and uninteresting, but for some reason he keeps getting plum roles. He’s better off playing more droll characters, like in Zodiac.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:37:27 +0000

Weisz is great … but I found a lot to admire here beyond her work. The film is flawed, for sure, but the sharp humor kept me engaged through and through.

By: George

George — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:33:33 +0000

Saw it in Toronto. Outside of Rachel Weisz’s great performance, there is nothing really here to see that was done much better before.