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Post by pacejunkie on Aug 11, 2008 14:36:04 GMT -5
Anyone seen any of his movies? I tried to watch Deal but it was just too boring for words. Unfortunately it also got trashed worldwide. Not that I want him to become a movie star, I like him just fine on my tv. ;D I wonder if his new one Mardi Gras will be any good.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Aug 12, 2008 0:30:57 GMT -5
Ack! Wrong thread.
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Post by pacejunkie on Aug 12, 2008 7:56:50 GMT -5
Too late! Now get back here and talk about his movies!  |
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Aug 21, 2008 23:06:24 GMT -5
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Post by cko on Aug 22, 2008 4:26:19 GMT -5
Oh! Despite pace's review (zzzzzzzzz) I'm going to get this. He looks so handsome in the trailers. Plus, hot kissing. I read it in several reviews.
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Post by pacejunkie on Aug 22, 2008 10:37:06 GMT -5
I'm going to try again on the chinese websites and see if I can get through it.
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Post by nighteyes on Aug 30, 2008 3:05:49 GMT -5
I saw Deal this week... nothing special and the ending was expected.
If it wasn't for Bret I would never watch it...
I really want to see some of his other films but can't find it anywhere!
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Post by pacejunkie on Aug 30, 2008 14:53:40 GMT -5
I want to see Lightning Bug, I actually heard it was very good and the trailer is amazing, but I can't find it anywhere online. |
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Post by nighteyes on Aug 31, 2008 2:24:27 GMT -5
Me too! I've been looking for it but also can't find...
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Post by cko on Aug 31, 2008 2:58:11 GMT -5
I knew this was mentioned at TWoP. Don't know if there's any info here that helps... |
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Sept 6, 2008 18:19:57 GMT -5
I want to see Lightning Bug, I actually heard it was very good and the trailer is amazing, but I can't find it anywhere online. You can check it out at either here or here. |
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Post by pacejunkie on Sept 6, 2008 21:21:09 GMT -5
Thanks, that's a download though. I won't do those from places I don't know and trust. I was hoping to find it streaming but stc doesn't have it.
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Post by pacejunkie on Sept 7, 2008 13:23:40 GMT -5
Okay, amazon marketplace had Lightning Bug on DVD new for $4.50. The reviews on it were excellent too so I bought it.
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Post by pacejunkie on Sept 17, 2008 14:32:17 GMT -5
Just saw Lightning Bug and wow, it was so much better than I expected. I generally have low expectations of independent films unless they've gotten a lot of buzz. I don't know how this one did but it should have done a whole better because it was really enjoyable. Bret plays Green Graves, a teenager in Alabama with dreams of becoming a special effects horror movie artist. Of course he's very talented but has a challenging home life and only wants to escape his town. He has great chemistry with Laura Prepon (from That 70's Show) who plays his girlfriend.
I liked that while it was unrated and could have been gratuitously violent, profane, etc., it wasn't. There's language of course and some horror elements and gore but everything was appropriate to the story and not hard to watch at all. It's just a great human drama with realistic characters that's loosely based on the writer/director's own life. He's Rob Hall, and has done the special effects for Buffy and Angel.
Fabulous casting, Bret's character was just loveable in the lead (actually a little Sam like. He so often plays these moral, smart, sweet, vulnerable kids. He's perfect in that role). It was a terrific story and moved along at a great pace, never dragging. I liked the cut and the direction a lot. I'm going to watch it again with the commentary but there are excellent deleted scenes with commentary, a making of documentary and outtakes on there too. It's a great DVD package, and I got it for less than $10 with shipping. I recommend that any fan of Bret pick this up. Tremendous performance from him.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 19, 2008 0:08:29 GMT -5
Huh. I did not know that Bret was in Orange County (as Brett Harrison!). Anyhoo, there's a Jack Black Pack with Orange County and School of Rock, for a reasonable price at Amazon to boot. *edited by pacejunkie -- fixed formatting |
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Post by pacejunkie on Dec 19, 2008 7:30:35 GMT -5
Hard to not know, it makes up 50% of my Bret Harrison google alerts. The other 49.5% is about Lightning Bug downloads.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Dec 19, 2008 7:33:18 GMT -5
Hard to not know, it makes up 50% of my Bret Harrison google alerts. The other 49.5% is about Lightning Bug downloads. It doesn't mention his role on Reaper, so I get to miss them.  |
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Post by pacejunkie on Dec 19, 2008 7:36:42 GMT -5
Oh, I google alert Bret's name to get the Reaper stuff too, because I was afraid Reaper was too generic and I would get a lot of unrelated junk. Most Reaper news has Bret named somewhere in the content.
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Post by pacejunkie on Dec 24, 2008 12:05:38 GMT -5
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Post by cko on Dec 24, 2008 13:29:50 GMT -5
I'm woefully behind on the Bret movies; pace, I totally missed your review of Lightening Bug, that sounds really good and I'm going to look for it. He looks great in those Mardi Gras pics, but I don't know if I'll be seeing that one. Let's hope it's a hit, though. Would be good for the show.
I tried to sit through Orange County once to see him, but I think I got distracted and wandered off.
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Post by pacejunkie on Jan 27, 2009 19:13:13 GMT -5
Aw nice story about Max's Mardi Gras and planting trees in New Orleans. |
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Post by cko on Jan 27, 2009 19:37:27 GMT -5
That is a nice story, but the more I hear about that film the less I want to see it. Hope it's success for Bret's sake, anyway.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Feb 19, 2009 0:41:48 GMT -5
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Post by reapermaniac on Feb 19, 2009 6:30:21 GMT -5
Does anyone know what Mardi gras is going to be about? i know there has been lot of hype about it on imbd, but i can't find a plot line!
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Post by pacejunkie on Feb 19, 2009 10:43:04 GMT -5
Plot? What plot?
It's exactly what it says on the tin, that is, three young dudes road trip to New Orleans and celebrate Mardi Gras with all the debauchery that that suggests. Not exactly an Oscar contender. I just hope its amusing enough to sit through.
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Post by reapermaniac on Feb 19, 2009 13:17:27 GMT -5
oh
I'm going to sound uber dumb now
but what is mardi gras, is it like a festival in america?
sorry, im a bit on the retarded side!!
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Post by pacejunkie on Feb 19, 2009 14:17:51 GMT -5
Oh, sorry! Didn't even think there. Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday, it's the French Creole celebration that kicks off Lent, like Carnivale in Brazil and loads of other places. It's like the last day to celebrate and party before the period of denial begins that leads up to Easter. It's really just an excuse to go mad and get pissed.
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Feb 19, 2009 16:48:34 GMT -5
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Post by pacejunkie on Feb 19, 2009 17:04:02 GMT -5
Oh fine Blue, do the sensible thing like provide a link instead of trying to explain it.  |
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Post by Blue Sunflower on Apr 29, 2009 1:55:19 GMT -5
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