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n aces film poorly acted jingoistic piece of 80s sabre rattling shite.

Regarding your question- the best films I have watched recently would be Eastern Promises and No Country For Old Men.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:47, archived)
epic strikethrough fail.

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:48, archived)
What?
You post too slowly ;-)
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:50, archived)
er, no
you ninja too slowly ;)
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:51, archived)
I had it corrected
And another post added before your post appeared.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:54, archived)
Oh no you didn't

although this is a pointless debate, as neither of us can prove it ...
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:01, archived)
I can
It was this post. www.b3ta.com/talk/5369116
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:03, archived)
Eastern Promises was good
No Country For Old Men was a directorial wank off. Good cinematography, poor story and mumbling actors.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:50, archived)
You didn't like it because it actually has a story.

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:51, archived)
And yet Red Dawn is "aces?"
I thought No Country for Old Men was an excellent story. I was particularly taken by the unexpected plot twist towards the end. It made a refreshing change from following the formula that most films of that nature follow.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:53, archived)
I personally think it's the best film of the last ten years.

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:55, archived)
I'd go along with that
Or at the very least near the top of that list.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:56, archived)
It was also a story lacking in much substance.
And the plot twist as you call it was in fact just a bog standard hollywood ending really
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:58, archived)
Awww. You're just the sweetest little thing when you try to talk like a grown up.

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:00, archived)
I think the film confused him, because there were no dragons, elves or bare chested bodybuilders.

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:08, archived)
I can't think of any standard hollywood films with the same ending
is standard hollywood diehard and the like?
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:02, archived)
I was writing a reply here, but then dritfted off.
So I've forgotten what I was going to say. Something about English blokes always being the bad guy.

Edit: Er, I was just talking in generic terms, not actually about No Country...

Sorry.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:04, archived)
was chigurh was supposed to be english?

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:05, archived)
To the majority of the audience it's all European
Or at least non-American, so it makes little difference.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:18, archived)
either English or German/Austrian

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:20, archived)
he looked and sounded more mediterranean to me
but I don't think he's supposed to be from anywhere

edit: oh right, you're talking about generic hollywood baddies
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:27, archived)
I haven't seen it,
I'm just commenting on the general trend of Hollywood bad guys.
Russians as well, obviously.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:31, archived)
My guess would be that he's supposed to be Mexican
However I don't remember his nationality ever being explicitly stated in the film.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:32, archived)
yeah you do get a few Hispanic bad guys as well,
usually with enormous Spanish villa style mansions, featuring a swimming pool and drugged up prostitutes.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:38, archived)
The plot of the film basically involves a drug deal gone terribly wrong
It was organised by Mexican gangsters, a lot of the action takes place in Mexico and the character is definitely not American. The actor is Spanish too, so that's what I'm basing my guess on.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:45, archived)
A bog standard Hollywood ending
Would have seen it with the same ending as Jackie Brown. As for stories lacking much substance, all I have to say is this.
(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:02, archived)
Well, I'm sure a man of your influence can convince all the people that thought it was worthy of an Oscar to reconsider.

(, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:06, archived)