State of Play

Saw it last night. Decent newspaper movie with some conflict between old-school reporter and new-school blogger.

This is interesting, too:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041000056_pf.html

 

Frank, that link is great. I loved this part:

 

Sweet. This thread (especially that great link) has inspired me to go see this tonight.

 

I'm hoping to see this at some point this week. Looks like a solid flick, especially for this early in the year.

 

Here's something from AP critic Christy Lemire's review that we all might find interesting:<blockquote>But it also turns out to be a fond homage to old-school journalism, and it plays like a eulogy for a sadly dying industry.

That's especially true of the footage that rolls during the closing credits: the printing, packaging and shipping out of a big-city newspaper. The images may seem mundane, but they also evoke nostalgia for a more optimistic, prosperous time - especially for those of us who work in this business.</blockquote>

 

Saw it last night and enjoyed it quite a bit. But the most amusing moment of the night was during the previews. Some movie called The Informers, Billy Bob and a few other names are in it. At the end as it's listing who will be in this blockbuster flashes the name BRAD RENFRO.

The thing must have been in distribution or editing hell.

As for the movie, Crowe is really good, just like pretty much everything he's in. Affleck sort of has to play a stiff character, but the difference in acting skills between those two is striking.

 

The British miniseries was excellent, even though the plot was kind of ridiculous sometimes.

 

The Onion's AV Club reviewed it this week and the abstract was this:

Ouch. The closing-credits montage was described as "the print equivalent of that terrible late-period Soul Asylum video that waxes nostalgic over CD manufacturing," which made me giggle. What video was that?

 

I can't go see any movie with Ben Affleck in it.

 

Then you missed Smokin' Aces, which was awesome.

 

Smokin' Aces was easily the most overblown piece of shit I've ever seen.

Ever.

Pointless, waste of time, and a complete waste of Ryan Reynolds AND Alicia Keys. Horrid.

And I WATCHED IT WITH YOU!!!

 

I rented it before knowing he was in it. So I did see it, and Affleck's part didn't last long.