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Heat (1995)

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Originally Posted by DarkLordMordred

What a great film. I still think it should have beaten Titanic for Best Picture at the Oscars.

It still would've had trouble getting over As Good As It Gets and Good Will Hunting. In terms of re-watchability, though, I'll take LAC over those anytime. I told someone that L.A. Confidential is the last great ensemble film and it seems like everyone involved brought their very best.

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Originally Posted by arcstrike

Guy Pearce was on top of the world there for a few years during the late 90s and early 00's.
Pearce really carries the film and it's one of Crowe's better performances.

That was GP's "A Time to Kill" moment. He was the unknown and did masterful work. I think it's RC's second-best role after Gladiator.

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Originally Posted by Dusty Ayers

Great movie.
Rollo Tomasi.

"She is Lana Turner," makes me laugh aloud every time I watch it.

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Originally Posted by DarthBrett

First time I watched it I was not expecting what happens in that scene to happen. I was stunned. One of my favorite Goldsmith scores of all time too.

I remember being impressed by Kevin Spacey's eyes in that moment. His best performance. He showed how much presence and stillness he could bring to his work as opposed to typically being a verbose, tantrum-throwing, creep. He brought much stability to the three-hero dynamic. And, the score at the end - during the "Thanks for the push" moment (track is called The Victor) - is one of the best tracks in Goldsmith's library.

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Originally Posted by 46 Zone

Splice

That makes a heck of a double feature with Rock Hudson's film, Embryo.

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Originally Posted by flashtronaut8

Heat (1995)


That was GP's "A Time to Kill" moment. He was the unknown and did masterful work. I think it's RC's second-best role after Gladiator.


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I love Gladiator but I gotta go with Master & Commander. Interestingly RC did an interview recently where a reporter asked him about it and it's resurgence in popularity and if a sequel was in play. He said that there was talks for a sequel originally, but that Peter Weir went wayyy over budget and the delays forced the movie to release at the same time as Pirates of the Caribbean. He said that he loves the movie and that it only works because of Weir's attention to detail and his brilliance as a director, but he hints that studios were pretty much done with him after that and that the films wouldn't work with a different director. Which explains why Weir didn't really do anything after M&C except The Way Back despite being a multi oscar nominated director.