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He was very underrated in Falling Down, a sleeper of a film everyone should see at least once.
by tokyobreakfast 8mo ago
He was very underrated in Falling Down, a sleeper of a film everyone should see at least once.
- hearsathought 8mo agoIf we are talking underrated films he was in, my choice would be Deep Impact.
- detourdog 8mo agoThe Apostle is a great movie of his one doesn't hear mentioned a lot.
- StoneAndSky 8mo agoI don't remember it being a "sleeper"; I recall it stirring quite a bit of controversy at the time. It came out in the pre-Columbine "Going Postal" era. But agreed: it's worth a watch.
- browningstreet 8mo agoIt’s a smaller movie, given the talent involved, but very interesting. The controversy undermined the viability of its popular legacy. Kind of like Passengers (half kidding, but the controversy on this one always felt like an inadvertent bend of timeliness).
- ngcazz 8mo agoYou made me curious, but there are like 5 different films with that title - which one are you referring to?
- CharlesW 8mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Down. It was the #1 movie in the U.S. for a couple weeks after release, made for $25M and grossed $96M.
- gweinberg 8mo agoPretty sure he was asking about "Passengers".
- flanbiscuit 8mo agoThe Michael Douglas one I’m assuming where Duvall was the cop https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/
- dcrazy 8mo agoI was very surprised to learn that Joel Schumacher directed Falling Down.
- stronglikedan 8mo ago> sleeper Obligatory, I do not think it means what you think it means. When that film first debuted, you couldn't throw a rock without hitting someone who knew of it.
- threethirtytwo 8mo agoWe're old. When younger people uncover the greatness of an older movie, from there perspective it's equivalent to uncovering a sleeper.
- soupfordummies 8mo agoIt's just memory-holed to the point of being purposefully buried at this point. This comment and a similar one on reddit are the only times I've even seen it mentioned anywhere (IRL or otherwise) in 10+ years
- Waterluvian 8mo agoFalling Down is a brilliant film. I think Duvall’s sober, gentle, unfazed detective is exactly what makes it work. The entire movie D-FENS is running into people who trigger him or push back and justify his rage. So the whole time you’re rooting for him. He’s the protagonist! And then you get to the end and the detective just doesn’t give him the same response. But you never worry that Duvall is about to be a victim. And I think it’s very difficult to portray a character who is seasoned, gentle, grandfatherly, but doesn’t come off in the slightest as prey. The movie is a bit of a gut punch because I think it does encourage you to cheer for him sticking it to The Man and the Nazis and the corporations, only to realize ,alongside Douglas, that “I’m the bad guy?”
- unethical_ban 8mo agoSpoiler!! D-Fens was mostly right with his anger. Just turned out he never knew how to control it and was an abusive husband, too.
- Markoff 8mo agoI wanted to write RIP Prendergast, but since you mentioned it I put it here, whole movie flew under radar, masterpiece.
- helterskelter 8mo agoDon't forget Network.
- SirFatty 8mo agoLike the other sleeper, Apocalypse Now. :-D
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