Brick

[Cloo]

Saw this film last night – thought it was excellent, certainly pretty damn original. A lot was made in the media of it’s specific argot, and whether this got in the way or not, but it wasn’t at all intrusive or difficult to understand of anything.

It requires some suspension of disbelief, as it is deliberately mannered, but I think it pulled off everything it was trying to do with aplomb –school noir. Even if you do probably guess who’s behind it all before the end. Very good performance by Joseph Gordon Levitt, too.

Apparently it was filmed in the director's home town and at his old school, which would explain the very well observed use of the setting.

 

[Tank Girl]

I'm going to see it tonight, I'll suspend my belief at the door

 

[Sunspots]

Looks interesting, and I'll hopefully get to see it at some point soon.

(Btw, this is now the third thread about it!)

 

[jodal]

rubbish post, sorry

 

[marty21]

do fancy seeing this

 

[brokenyolk]

Brick is superb - is wonderfully inventive in many different ways.

the script is amazing, great acting, fantastic locations (showing the teenage subversion of public architecture in relation to the noir aesthetic - discuss) and a big fat blast of Sister Ray at the end credits.... tip top.

 

[citydreams]

Bored, bored, bored.

Testoserone fuelled garbage parading under a cooler-than-thou fanfare of pretentiousness.

The only good thing was that the main character looked like he'd just walked off set from Harry Potter and was ready to snort some magic dust.

Far too long, far too complicated, far too many aspirations.

Other than that, it was pretty cool

 

[citydreams]

Brick is superb - is wonderfully inventive in many different ways..

I must have missed them all

 

[Cambazola]

Saw it a while ago, brilliant film. Great dialogue and camera work, well acted.

 

[poului]

Bored, bored, bored.

Testoserone fuelled garbage parading under a cooler-than-thou fanfare of pretentiousness.

The only good thing was that the main character looked like he'd just walked off set from Harry Potter and was ready to snort some magic dust.

Far too long, far too complicated, far too many aspirations.

Other than that, it was pretty cool

At last, a voice of reason!

CD, you are currently the only person I've encountered who thinks the same as me regarding this film.

A preposterously uninvolving, cluttered load of self-consciously intelligent pap that took itself far too seriously.

 

[Dubversion]

At last, a voice of reason!

CD, you are currently the only person I've encountered who thinks the same as me regarding this film.

A preposterously uninvolving, cluttered load of self-consciously intelligent pap that took itself far too seriously.

hang on! YOU'RE criticising something for taking itself too seriously?

 

[poului]

hang on! YOU'RE criticising something for taking itself too seriously?

I certainly am if it's a "teen noir"!

The whole premise is surely the amusement of the genre given such an inconsistent setting, yet there is no place for humour in the whole thing. Make no mistake, the most self-defeating film in years.


HORRIBLE!

 

[Pieface]

It DIDN'T take itself too seriously you lunatic!

What about the warlord who lives with his mum?
The heavy threatening our hero with a jug of MILK as they eat cornflakes and discuss drug running while his mother twitters on at him in the kitchen?
The van done out like a mafioso limo with a chandelier in it???!
The constant grating of children acting out these scenarios?

It made me laugh - out loud - a lot!

This rubbed up against some harsh violence and some emotional relationships - acted out convincingly by most of the cast. The incongruity lent it a humour automatically imo.

(It was too long though)

Edit - and I didn't reading your post up there /\/\/\/\. Still don't agree with you though.

 

[citydreams]

The heavy threatening our hero with a jug of MILK as they eat cornflakes

to be fair, it was a chicken

 

[Pieface]

To be fair, it was.

 

[citydreams]

thank you.

it might have had a few funny bits but the ending was pure pap.

 

[Pieface]

it was a milk jug in the shape of a chicken - do pay attention.

 

[Dubversion]

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=166174

 

[Pieface]

very funny.

It was a jug in the shape of a chicken.

it was funny.

 

[poului]

What about the warlord who lives with his mum?
The heavy threatening our hero with a jug of MILK as they eat cornflakes and discuss drug running while his mother twitters on at him in the kitchen?
The van done out like a mafioso limo with a chandelier in it???!

Exactly, artsy sub-surrealist elements, but none of them actually funny!

 

[Pieface]

I don't know what you mean about artsy - unless you mean mannered in some way - but then the premise of the film was pretty clear about that, considering the genre it was aping.

As far as sub confused: ) surrealism goes - yes it was surreal and it cracked me up. But arguing about humour is difficuly - too vague. I was surprised it was funny at all - I thought it would take itself more seriously than it did.

 

[poului]

I don't know what you mean about artsy - unless you mean mannered in some way - but then the premise of the film was pretty clear about that, considering the genre it was aping.

As far as sub confused: ) surrealism goes - yes it was surreal and it cracked me up. But arguing about humour is difficuly - too vague. I was surprised it was funny at all - I thought it would take itself more seriously than it did.

but it wasn't funny.

 

[perplexis]

At last, a voice of reason!

CD, you are currently the only person I've encountered who thinks the same as me regarding this film.

A preposterously uninvolving, cluttered load of self-consciously intelligent pap that took itself far too seriously.

My housemate saw it and she told me it was shite and not to bother. I trust her judgement!
So I haven't seen it myself
Just thought I'd wade in a contribute nothing...

 

[citydreams]

I've just twigged..

It wasn't Harry Potter, it was the young'un out of 3rd Rock From The Sun.

 

[Pieface]

but it wasn't funny.

oh fuck you telling me what is and isn't funny - you simply can't argue about it!

I and a bunch of other people in the cinema laughed out loud several times. I don't think everyone was nervously copying one fella in the front row who looked like he was doing a masters in wanky art cinema and was falling about.

You are so pompous!!

 

[poului]

I and a bunch of other people in the cinema laughed out loud several times.

my, that sounds pompous!






P.S. not funny

 

[Pieface]

No - pompous would be more of a guffaw or something.

Anyway, I'm not feeding you anymore

 

[poului]

No - pompous would be more of a guffaw or something.

Anyway, I'm not feeding you anymore

hehe.


oh look, I laughed!

Couldn't say I did any such thing watching that awful Brick film.

 

[citydreams]

No - pompous would be more of a guffaw or something.

I guffawed

 

[Biddlybee]

I guffawed

At which bit?