2GOLD 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 You know what? I'm not going to spoil it cept to say the ads are WAY misleading. So who else saw this so called "film"? Anyone? Or was I the only one stupid enough to blow the $8.50 on this waste of two hours? Josh Harnett: Making Keanu Reeves look like Sir Alec Guinness and making Matthew Lillard look like Robert DeNiro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo Effect 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 I love Entertainment Weekly's line about this movie. "People thought Hollywood Homicide killed his career, but the reality is that it just put a very large dent in it." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Were the ads more misleading than Gigli? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Just explain why it's so misleading. Use spoiler tags if ye must! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Yes I want to know what's up with this weird ass looking movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 From the ads it looks like a fatal attraction/Single White Female type of movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Ok, here is the deal. For those that have seen the ads, they make this movie out to be a suspenseful thriller with a Fatal Attraction mix. If you don't want the whole movie ruined, stop after paragraph one since the rest is me just explaining the film and ranting. Literally. The film is a ROMANCE, I repeat that it is a god damn CHICK FLICK. Yes, the black haired chick is obsessed with him but it's some crap like she fell in love with him at first sight just like he fell in love with Lisa. She is basically Lisa's best friend and was such before Lisa met Matt. Ok, now the either film The movie is really a series of flashbacks mostly with Hartnett just Keanu Reeves facing his way through the film. We get to see how creepy and weird Matt is with scenes like him sniffing the air in a phone booth after he thinks he saw Lisa run out of it (sub-plot: Matt moved to NY when Lisa "left", she never vanished by the way. So he's back in San Fran, on his way to China to close some big ad deal or something) and having a flashback plus the delightful sleeping on the bed in a hotel room looking at a compact. And the "search" for Lisa is annoying since it involves scenes like Matt walks out of the airport and turns a corner JUST as Lisa is walking in. Yes, it's one of those films. There is no suspense and no, the black haired girl does not pretend to be Lisa Lisa, she pretends to be someone ELSE named Lisa to cover up the fact Lisa is fine and dandy. There is a subplot about Lisa being stalked by some dude named Daniel but the movie just flushes that storyline down the toilet since insane Daniel takes that Lisa has a new man very well, so much so he just vanishes after seeing two shadows (Alex and Matt) in the window of Lisa's apartment. Oh, and Matt does have sex with Alex the first night he meets her. That's right, Matt has sex with insane chick. While he has a fiancee he is suppose to marry and is looking for Lisa. I couldn't make this up if I wanted too and I wouldn't want to. Funny scene where they act ackward in the morning but it's completely out of place in this film. Lisa is not dead, she is alive and well and we see her about 30 to 40 minutes into the film walking around in the black haired woman's (Alex) apartment. So what did the preview get right? Alex is a touch psycho but Matt is just as bad and she at least feels horrible about what she is doing. Matt dumps his fiance in the middle of the airport, has sex with a woman he barely knows and doesn't seem to feel one ounce badly about it. To clear up, Matt is a major tool and didn't deserve Lisa or anyone. If anything, he is creepy. Also, Alex is dating Matthew Lillard who is the comedy and really only bright spot of the film. That is a scary thought. Lillard is Matt's best friend, an all talk no action type who is in love with Alex and wants to be with her. Ok, yes I realize how INSANE this all sounds by now. She is not dating Lillard because of Matt, she was already dating him before Matt came back to town. The ending is Alex reveals the truth to Matt and gives him a note she stole two years ago. Lisa didn't vanish without a trace, she went to France to be a dancer and Alex was suppose to give Matt a note that said Lisa loved him and wanted to move in with him. Alex saw an opening and went with it, wasn't the nicest thing in the world but Matt was just as bad. So she gets all weepy eyed, apologizes and Matt storms off to get to Lisa. This is where Alex dumps poor Lillard, but we don't go back to his story either. To clear up, Matt managed to ruin the life of his best friend by mistake. Think he'll feel bad? I would quicker bet on Batman and Robin winning the 2005 Oscar. Matt is supposed to meet Lisa at Wicker Park and SHOCK of shocks he can't find a cab and misses her. By now I was getting pissed as the movie was dragging out a story that really wasn't all that interesting and just trying to beat into my head I should care that Matt was missing Lisa by mere seconds every time. Somehow Matt finds Lisa in the airport before she is about to leave for London and no I have no CLUE how he found out she was going to London and by this point I didn't care since I had been tricked into seeing this. This is the scene where he just dumps his fiancee like a bad habit, basically telling her that the last two years of their life has been a lie and she should just bugger off. After dumping her, Matt shrugs off any feelings of he might have been the bad guy and kneels behind Lisa as she is on her knees crying. Does he touch her shoulder? Say her name? No, we are treated to a two minute scene of him just staring at the back of her head ON THEIR KNEES IN THE AIRPORT (ahh, nice to see Airport secruity was on lunch break or something) until finally Lisa realizes someone is staring at her and...we are treated to a shot of them just hugging for what seems like three minutes and not in a good way. Then the credits roll and two hours of your life are gone. There, that's the film. If you go, at least now you will know what you are walking into. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 It's good! Give me the dirt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Is Josh Harnett the new Freddie Prince Jr.? Or even the Jeff Hardy of acting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 What happened to 2Gold? I must know the spoilers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Took a while to write them but they are now there. And yes, Hartnett makes Freddie look like Sir Laurence Olivier. It's painful to watch this guy act and I went in hoping he could make up for his dead performance in "Hollywood Homicide" Funny how his character in that film was studying to be an actor and I don't think Josh even spent 10 seconds reading a book on acting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 That sounds........stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Yet another example of why foreign films remade in the US is a horrible idea most of the time. I dread what they are going to do with the remake of My Sassy Girl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 I don't get WHY they didn't promote it as what it was. I think it would have done much better. Right now it's bombing badly and rightfully so. This was the biggest bait and switch in movie history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 Maybe it should be called "When Stalkers Fall In Love" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 The preview made it seem like he was in love with this girl. They showed there relationship. Then he went to Wicker Park one day to meet her and she didn't show up. That other chick was jealous and killed her or kidnapped her and then she started doing crazy things to him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 The first part you said Dama is correct. Matt and Lisa were in love. The preview was spot on about that. The rest you said....no, that was incorrect. Hence why I was pissed off. The movie feels long as well. I swear it felt like it was longer than Lord of the Rings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 *Is apparently the only one who likes Josh Hartnett (in 2 of his movies)* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2004 You know what? If I was Josh Hartnett, I'd probably screw the crazy chick a few times too before I went off looking for my lost girlfriend. Nothing is quite as good as psycho pussy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
