What Emmanuelle Movie Did You Just Watch?

[Ed Hocken]

I'd agree with that.

[Matt]

I dug the hell out of 'Wanted'.

[Captain Russ]

Layer Cake.

Between the fantastic soundtrack, headhunting Serbs, thick-as-a-Plainview-milkshake northern accents, the fake-tanned Michael Gambon, and Sienna Miller at her absolute hottest, I wish Matt Vaughn would stick to smaller projects.

He was just so fucking on with this one, where everything fit exceptionally well (the plot, cast, etc.), the editing was tight, and even the odd camera flourish didn't distract from the overall picture.

Still my favorite English gangster film of the aughts.

[BillyG]

Yup, Layer Cake is amazing. Don't know how so many people seem to have missed it. I have no problem putting it on a loop in the background.

[Ben Thomas]

Its good. But I still prefer Sexy Beast.

[BillyG]

Sexy Beast lacks awesome use of "Ordinary World".

[Captain Russ]

Sexy Beast lacks awesome use of "Ordinary World".

Morty's decimation of that poor bastard Freddie is truly epic (in the completely underused sense of the word).

[Ed Hocken]

I'd prefer Sexy Beast over Layer Cake because the way Layer Cake ends is straight out of Carlito's Way.

Both are fantastic movies, don't get me wrong.

[Matt]

watched 'Beautiful Girls' the other night for the first time in years. I forgot just how good Natalile Portman was in this film. In all seriousness, she could have gotten an Oscar nod for supporting actress from her work here. Solid, dark little film.

[Ed Hocken]

Sexy Beast features the best british swearing this side of In the Loop.

[Captain Russ]

I'd prefer Sexy Beast over Layer Cake because the way Layer Cake ends is straight out of Carlito's Way.

Both are fantastic movies, don't get me wrong.

Err...they have similar fades to white, but the circumstances and payoffs for each character are completely different.

And I liked Cake's implications much more in that regard.

[Captain Russ]

watched 'Beautiful Girls' the other night for the first time in years. I forgot just how good Natalile Portman was in this film. In all seriousness, she could have gotten an Oscar nod for supporting actress from her work here. Solid, dark little film.

Love the garbled threats from Mo when they go beat up Darian's husband.

The movie has some fantastic dialogue and quite the assemblage of Gen-X actors.

[Ed Hocken]

Err...they have similar fades to white, but the circumstances and payoffs for each character are completely different.

And I liked Cake's implications much more in that regard.

That's true, Carlito's Way is more of the traditional "Guy gets out of jail and tries to go clean but can't" story line and its ehanced by Sean Penn with an afro.

Overall, Layer Cake is the better movie, with far more memorable characters. Carlito's Way is more of a reunion of the same guy's who did Scarface. I will still give it praise for giving us a look into Puerto Rican crime, which is something that I don't think has been explored all that much.

[Matt]

It was also fun to watch the exteriors and recognize places here in the Twin Cities. A lot of the house exteriors were shot over by where my brother used to live. He told me that he went out there and watched them film a few scenes, generally involving the snow plows.

[V]

Sexy Beast features the best british swearing this side of In the Loop.

Um, no... that would be '44 Inch Chest'.