The Little Things - Washington, Malek, Leto

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

3 oscar winners and Texan John Lee Hancock. Im in

 

 

[BigOrange1 6442]

really fucking looking forward to this one.  i have a free trial of hbo max im planning on using this weekend.

[4th&Five 41565]

The reviews are...not good. 

[BigOrange1 6442]

fuck.  the trailer looked really promising.

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

8.0 on IMDB is pretty damn good. But yeah, Hancock usually makes good films, but rarely (has he ever?) stellar ones

[bschoolprof 6268]

11 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

The reviews are...not good. 

so, it's pretty good then?

[Kyle 207]

With that foursome, this should be amazing ... but WW84 and Tenet (my last two) were big strikeouts.

[Elmer_Fudd 22297]

Anyone seen it yet?  Was thinking of going Sunday.  Saw the so-so reviews.

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

I’ll watch Denzel in anything. Watching it now. 

[Underdog 28737]

Carbon Copy is his best work.  

[wild_turkey 3167]

I’ll watch Denzel in anything. Watching it now. 

Can you pause and make some popcorn or something? I’m about to start.

[wild_turkey 3167]

I’ll watch Denzel in anything. Watching it now. 

Can you pause and make some popcorn or something? I’m about to start.

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

I understand the mixed reviews, but I liked it. 

Edited January 30, 2021 by billfromlaketravis

[Underdog 28737]

Liked it well enough, thought it might go in a different direction.  The Malek fella is an odd looking dude. 

[4th&Five 41565]

Mediocre at best. 

[billfromlaketravis 11519]

Denzel and Leto pulled it out of the fire. Leto should only play creepers from here on, he’s so good. 

[Buzzrock 14926]

Wanted to like it. Didn’t like it.

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

Its about what I expected. 
 

the good

- Leto was fucking awesome. Like borderline oscar awesome

- the ending was different, and therefore, somewhat refreshing from other movies of this genre

 

the bad

- plodding pace

- malek, while solid, seemed almost a little too wooden

- denzels twist was meh

 

overall, solid for an hbo max/jlh movie. Prolly wont ever watch again tho. Kinda reminded me of Prisoners meets   Seven.

[Hornin04 261]

It was OK. Not bad, per se, but when the first recommended movie below it when you select this one is Seven, and the trailer gives you a Morgan Freeman-Brad Pitt vibe, you go in with high hopes.

Rami Malek is always going to be Freddie Mercury after seeing Bohemian Rhapsody, so it's hard to get into his character. He needs dental work or something or else he won't be able to break away from that role.

[Underdog 28737]

I hated the Leto character.  

[Buzzrock 14926]

I hated the Leto character.  

Me too. He mined too much of his character and voice from his Blade Runner character. It felt fake and overacted to me.

[Underdog 28737]

The cop's wife was cute though. 

[4th&Five 41565]

Nice house Malek was able to buy on a cops salary. 

[kingkoopa6 8372]

Roast beef 

Edited January 30, 2021 by kingkoopa6

[Hornin04 261]

Roast beef 

Forgot about that, did that end up being significant at all?

[Hornin04 261]

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[kingkoopa6 8372]

Just now, Horny04 said:

29 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Roast beef 

Forgot about that, did that end up being significant at all?

A sign outside the appliance store. 

[4th&Five 41565]

Was anything significant? Seriously?

[kingkoopa6 8372]

The movie goes hard if you caught all the little things 

[immamac 42872]

Yeah this movie was incredible. Although I was super drunk and high. 

[Hornin04 261]

So what are all the little things?

roast beef sign, aaa appliances vs ABC, the beer in the fridge and his trash, the pizza bite marks. But these weren't that subtle...

 

[Jack Straw 2954]

2 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Nice house Malek was able to buy on a cops salary. 

first thing I thought was, I guess his wife is a brain surgeon 

[Frank The Tank 1497]

I wanted to like it. It had all the pieces but they didn’t get put together right. I’m ok with slow, dark movies that need you to think. This tried to be that, but in the end was just kind of boring. 

[4th&Five 41565]

If it was the first 2 episodes of a True Detective season I’d be all in. As a movie not so much. 

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

I did think it was badass how Hancock worked in Denzel saying “draw the black bean”

 

for those of u who know ur Texas history

[A-Tex Devil 2451]

It was OK.  Malek was miscast.  That needed to be someone like Efron or Teller or Kaluuya in that role.  Someone I can buy wearing an expensive suit and living in the burbs.  Malek is Freddie Mercury (as noted above) or more accurately, Mr. Robot.  He's counterculture.  He probably thought this went against type, but it was a miss.  

Leto had a hint of a Michigan accent, if you picked up the little things, and they talked about him going to Detroit.

Not thrilled with the ending, but it's unique, so whatever.  Will give it that.  Won't watch again

[Brandywine 1316]

It had all the pieces to being good but It felt long.

I will say movies like this, that are placed in a time where there are no personal computers or cell phones, makes you realize just how much we use them in our lives. I also agree that it would have made a good True Detective, but then it would have really dragged out.

Edited January 30, 2021 by Brandywine

[MissingInAction 25117]

9 hours ago, immamac said:

Yeah this movie was incredible. Although I was super drunk and high. 

You son of a bitch, I'm in.

[Bevo&Pevo 5208]

Just finished watching I'm thinking better than average entertainment.  I'd watch again at some point to see if I missed anything.

[MissingInAction 25117]

Too many whiskey franks towards the end. No ducking clue.

[texanbychoice 354]

Terrible.

[Brandywine 1316]

12 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Just finished watching I'm thinking better than average entertainment.  I'd watch again at some point to see if I missed anything.

I’m going to watch it again because I do think there are more subtle clues thatI missed. Like the car that the suspect was driving. 

[immamac 42872]

11 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Too many whiskey franks towards the end. No ducking clue.

I was talking to my friends last night who really didn't like the movie similar to the reviews we are reading online and in this thread. Apparently I thought the plot of the movie was significantly different than the actual plot and my version they agreed would be pretty rad. I guess it is a state of mind type of thing. 

Spoiler

I thought Denzel was manipulating Remi Maleks character to kill jared leto. Like intentionally fucking with him. 

 

[aggie08 21505]

Watching Rami supposedly play a completely normal, straight-laced human being is peak uncanny valley territory.

[hornbri 1400]

5 hours ago, immamac said:

I was talking to my friends last night who really didn't like the movie similar to the reviews we are reading online and in this thread. Apparently I thought the plot of the movie was significantly different than the actual plot and my version they agreed would be pretty rad. I guess it is a state of mind type of thing. 

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I thought Denzel was manipulating Remi Maleks character to kill jared leto. Like intentionally fucking with him. 

 

Yeah your version would have been better. I did not get that vibe. 

[Underdog 28737]

Going into the movie was thinking this was the plot twist...

Spoiler

Deacon was the killer.  Just something I thought about from the previews and the line in the movie about the little things are what get you caught. 

 

[CooterBrown 18015]

The fancy boots on the bed at the end. Wasn’t that Deke’s motel room?

[Hook1997 5396]

I thought the end was the end.  
 

Spoiler

He accidentally shot the girl, sent the hairband to him at the end from the pack to prove it.  My friends was like Denzel was the killer all along and framed the crazy crime interested Letto character all along. My friend asked why burn all his stuff?  I said to make it look like he moved out of nowhere?  So Deke is the killer he thinks?  Idk   May have to watch again to look at everything.

 

Edited February 1, 2021 by Hook1997

[wild_turkey 3167]

21 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

I thought the end was the end.  
 
Spoiler

 

He accidentally shot the girl, sent the hairband to him at the end from the pack to prove it.  My friends was like Denzel was the killer all along and framed the crazy crime interested Letto character all along. My friend asked why burn all his stuff?  I said to make it look like he moved out of nowhere?  So Deke is the killer he thinks?  Idk   May have to watch again to look at everything.

 

Spoilers below...
 

Spoiler

Deke (Denzel) accidentally shot the girl ~5 years prior while investigating the murder scene of the other 2 girls. The coverup and fallout from that resulted in his heart attack, divorce, and moving up north.

Deke bought the barrette and sent it to Baxter (Malek) to provide him some closure or vindication, likely hoping to spare Baxter and his family from similar turmoil. Deke performed the cleanup and burned all evidence for the same reason.

Deke was not the killer. Sparma (Leto) was likely the killer but we never get confirmation of that, which I think is meant to invoke in the audience the same doubt that Baxter will hold the rest of his life.

 

[Gene Parmesan 4008]

I thought is was mediocre.  I've never seen Malek in anything other than Bohemian Rhapsody, which I thought he added teeth to give him that look, but in this he is constantly pursing his lips or something making him look like a weirdo.  I can't take him seriously looking like that.