Ben Affleck Movie "The Town" getting great reviews.

[Booharv]

29 positive to only 5 negative so far.

"Tense, smartly written, and wonderfully cast, The Town proves that Ben Affleck has rediscovered his muse -- and that he's a director to be reckoned with."

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_town/

[Insomniac]

Ben gets flack about his movies all the time but the dude can act and write some good stuff. I'm not surprised and I'll be checking it out for sure.

[monosylab1k]

Kinda surprising, the previews looked like shit.

Also, I'm in the minority but I absolutely hated Gone Baby Gone.

[DarkReign]

Affleck directed this?

Good on him.

[JoeChalupa]

I know I am in the minority because I like Ben and most of movies. I really liked Gone Baby Gone. This one looks pretty good from the trailers I've seen.

[Soul_Patch]

I know I am in the minority because I like Ben and most of movies. I really liked Gone Baby Gone. This one looks pretty good from the trailers I've seen.

I agree. i think it is just the movie snobs...or pop culture snobs who like to hate. I have liked most of his movies as well.

[MannyIsGod]

Gone Baby Gone was an excellent movie. I'm sad we didn't see any further movies about those characters.

I thought the previews for this looked good and I thought the cast looked good. Will definitely be checking it out.

[Ginobilly]

I'll be there at the Alamo drafthouse to see it friday night!

[spurs_2108]

I know titles don't mean shit, but seriously "The Town" come on. It could of been better. Might go out and see this. Still need to see inception.

[NineToes]

"Inception" ain't much better of a title if you ask me.

[PM5K]

"Inception" ain't much better of a title if you ask me.

Dude it's ten times better.

[Leetonidas]

Yeah I guess I might go see The Departed 2 soon

[mrsmaalox]

I'll be there at the Alamo drafthouse to see it friday night!

I was also thinking this would be a good one to catch at the drafthouse :tu

[AnthonyM]

I didn't know what to think of The Town at first, but I figured since Affleck directed Gone Baby Gone and I thought it was great, that I'd give The Town a chance.

The only problem I have is the hype around this movie. One review said it was Heat meets The Departed.

Really? Come on. That's fucking blasphemy. Those are two of the greatest crime saga's ever made and this movie is supposed to be some integration of the two?

Either way though, I'll probably go see it because it looks solid and I have an abnormal crush on Blake Lively. And Jeremy Renner is a good actor too, as well as Hamm. Affleck can't possibly suck in this movie, can he?

[DesignatedT]

it looks decent.

[AnthonyM]

Gone Baby Gone was an excellent movie.

Yeah, Casey Affleck did really good in that movie. As well as Ed Harris and Freeman. I still don't know what I would have done at the end of the movie, but it's one of the better movies to really exemplify the issues of professional ethics, the nature of humanity, as well as the difference between what's right and what's wrong and the gray areas of all of those issues.

[koriwhat]

i don't mind affleck but i will never ever again trust rottentomatoes.com after their 9.5+ rating of that shitty movie paranormal activity.

[badfish22]

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1941209

[balli]

Count me in the camp that likes Gone Baby Gone. A lot. Excellent movie all the way around. I've never really understood the generally low opinion about Ben Affleck. As an actor, he's never really stood out to me as exceptional, but he's never been horrible either. And he's had funny cameos in Kevin Smith movies. Then again, I never saw Pearl Harbor or Gigli.

[Sisk]

This movie looks like it's going to be great IMO. Can't wait to see it

[CuckingFunt]

I've never understood the Affleck hate. He was in a string of bad movies, as almost every actor is at some point, and the whole J-Lo phase was unfortunate, but it's been pretty evident since early in his career that he's got talent. And he's always struck me in interviews as being pretty sharp.

[boutons_deux]

Affleck's blatant weakness is a terribly weak voice.

[crc21209]

It looked pretty damn interesting to me. Somewhat reminded me of "Point Break" from back in the day. I will be checking this out for sure...

[Ginobilly]

I've never understood the Affleck hate. He was in a string of bad movies, as almost every actor is at some point, and the whole J-Lo phase was unfortunate, but it's been pretty evident since early in his career that he's got talent. And he's always struck me in interviews as being pretty sharp.

Yeah me neither. I like most of his movies except for Gigli and the voyage of the Mimi.

[DesignatedT]

Just saw it. I thought it was pretty badass.

[Dude]

Just saw it. I thought it was pretty badass.

+1 Saw it last night.

[Booharv]

Just saw it. I thought it was pretty badass.

It's up to 109 positive reviews and only 8 negative at rottentomatoes now :wow. Plus, I've heard from two people that saw it yesterday that it was badass. I'm seeing it tonight, only thing I'm worried about is going in with unrealistically high expectations given all the positive word of mouth.

[chunticakes]

It's up to 109 positive reviews and only 8 negative at rottentomatoes now :wow. Plus, I've heard from two people that saw it yesterday that it was badass. I'm seeing it tonight, only thing I'm worried about is going in with unrealistically high expectations given all the positive word of mouth.

dude movie was well worth the price of admission.

[Booharv]

Big :tu to this movie, just went and saw it at a Matinee. Not as good as Heat or The Departed, but what is?

***SPOILER***













The note on Jon Hamm's car kicked ass. Although it wasn't as good as the audience thought it was. I mean people were dying laughing at the showing I was at. Renner's Fuck You to Hamm by the mailbox was awesome as well. Also, when Affleck leaned forward to whisper in that guy's ear kicked ass as well. That whole scene in the flower shop at the end fucking dominated.

[Veterinarian]

i don't mind affleck but i will never ever again trust rottentomatoes.com after their 9.5+ rating of that shitty movie paranormal activity.

What a surprise, Koriwhat clearly not understanding how something works. Rotten tomatoes doesn't rate the movies, they just tabulate reviewers ratings. Hating their results is like blaming The New York Times because the election results they reported weren't what you had hoped for.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Great movie.

[redzero]

I'll never understand the hard on people here have The Departed.

Anyway, this movie was good. There were some hilarious scenes in it, too.

[dirk4mvp]

I'll never understand the hard on people here have The Departed.

Anyway, this movie was good. There were some hilarious scenes in it, too.

You've never been accused of having good taste anyway.

[dirk4mvp]

What a surprise, Koriwhat clearly not understanding how something works. Rotten tomatoes doesn't rate the movies, they just tabulate reviewers ratings. Hating their results is like blaming The New York Times because the election results they reported weren't what you had hoped for.

crofl

[redzero]

You've never been accused of having good taste anyway.

Coming from you, I'll take that as a compliment.

And I never said I didn't like The Departed. It was probably the right choice for best picture that year.

[InRareForm]

Solid Movie. Great action, acting, bits of comedy.

[Medvedenko]

Very good movie. Acting, story and overall mood was spot on for the genre. Excellent pacing as well. I loved Gone Baby Gone and the books it's based on are awesome as well. Ben's a fine talent for directing and working with actors.

8.5/10

[Ginobilly]

probably the best movie of the Summer along with Inception. Great acting, solid story, and the pacing was great. I just wished he could of stayed with his chick at the end. 8.5/10.

[dirk4mvp]

:cry Coming from you, I'll take that as a compliment. :cry

[Saved By Zero]

probably the best movie of the Summer along with Inception. Great acting, solid story, and the pacing was great. I just wished he could of stayed with his chick at the end. 8.5/10.

Thanks for the spoiler dumbass!! :bang

[Jacob1983]

Great movie. Definitely one of the top 10 films of 2010 in my opinion. Is it good enough for Oscar nominations? I think so but the Oscars usually but not always pick shitty artsy indie movies that no one has seen unless you live in NY or LA.

[CuckingFunt]

but the Oscars usually but not always pick shitty artsy indie movies that no one has seen

Like Avatar? The Oscars have always skewed mainstream.

[Jacob1983]

Avatar did not win Best Picture. It was also probably the first big time blockbuster to get nominated for Best Picture since Gladiator or Titantic. I could be the only one on this but I thought the woman that played Claire(Rebecca Hall) was hotter than Blake Lively in the movie.

[Latarian Milton]

great fucking movie...

[CuckingFunt]

Avatar did not win Best Picture. It was also probably the first big time blockbuster to get nominated for Best Picture since Gladiator or Titantic.

You're changing the parameters of your initial statement. You were talking about The Town as a potential nominee, not winner. Also, there is a huge gray area between "big time blockbuster" and "shitty artsy indie movies that no one has seen."



Agree with the rest of you post, though. I thought Rebecca Hall was more attractive in Vicky Christina Barcelona than in this, but Blake Lively does nothing for me.

[Jacob1983]

Rebecca seems like she has the natural beauty thing going. Blake Lively just comes off as fake and somewhat annoying. The Boston accent didn't sound right coming from her either. Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner faired way better with the Boston accent but that would probably have something do with them being far more superior actors to Blake Lively. I would say that The Town is a potential Oscar nominee at least for Best Picture and Best Director. Just my opinion. I think the group of 10 in the Best Picture category would help The Town. It probably doesn't hurt its odds.

[Wifebeater]

You're changing the parameters of your initial statement. You were talking about The Town as a potential nominee, not winner. Also, there is a huge gray area between "big time blockbuster" and "shitty artsy indie movies that no one has seen."



Agree with the rest of you post, though. I thought Rebecca Hall was more attractive in Vicky Christina Barcelona than in this, but Blake Lively does nothing for me.

You need a good rap in the mouth, you pretentious twat.

[ididnotnothat]

Saw it yesterday. Excellent movie.

[howbouthemspurs]

It was a great movie! definitely in my top 5 in 2010! Well written, well acted and everything about it was just really really good!

[Jacob1983]

So what's the verdict? Does this movie have Oscar buzz? I think it does but we still have 3 months left in the year.

[balli]

Shit's tight. All the way around. I didn't know who Blake Lively was before the boo I took told me, but I thought she was great. Really well acted by everyone, but I thought she did as good job as she needed to. Renner was off the hook good though. Great character, masterfully acted.

[crc21209]

I saw it yesterday, and it was a pretty damn good movie. :tu

[LnGrrrR]

Rebecca seems like she has the natural beauty thing going. Blake Lively just comes off as fake and somewhat annoying. The Boston accent didn't sound right coming from her either. Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner faired way better with the Boston accent but that would probably have something do with them being far more superior actors to Blake Lively. I would say that The Town is a potential Oscar nominee at least for Best Picture and Best Director. Just my opinion. I think the group of 10 in the Best Picture category would help The Town. It probably doesn't hurt its odds.

Ben Affleck being from Boston probably helped too.

Nice to see Bostonians representing. Can't wait to visit my hometown in October. (Ok, technically my home is Lynn, but that's 10 miles outside of Boston and it sucks, so I claim Boston.)

[Jacob1983]

What about Boston itself? Is it worth seeing? I've never been but I would like to see the Northeastern part of America someday. I would love to see Fenway Park before I bite the dust.

[Latarian Milton]

What about Boston itself? Is it worth seeing? I've never been but I would like to see the Northeastern part of America someday. I would love to see Fenway Park before I bite the dust.

you should have stuck with Chaplin movies only tbh. narrations and conversations never make any sense to you anyway...

[oh crap]

meh. don't see what all the fuss over this one is about. was way late seeing this but thought it was pretty run of the mill tbh.

[koriwhat]

it's alright.

[RollingStoned]

Good movie.

[Jacob1983]

Jeremy Renner is going to win an Oscar for this movie. Ben Affleck should get nominated for best director but probably won't because people won't forgive him for Gigli.

[silverblk mystix]

Saw it tonight.

Pretty interesting until it turned into a drawn out shootout with a whole Police Force.

Once a movie becomes all about shootouts and explosions-I kind of lose affection for the characters and it becomes all about effects and stunts.

Other than that-the story was pretty gripping and kept me from turning off the blu-ray.

Inception -on the other hand -bored me to sleep. Inception is way overrated IMO.

[IronMaxipad]

Am i the only one who thought Blake Lively was fucking terrible in this?

Aside from that i did end up liking it quite a bit.

[Tinystarz]

Horrible accent

[Zelophehad]

It was good, but there was some stupid shit like ***Spoilers***



...the FBI not even fucking drawing in the shades at the end, and she would have probably freaked out way more when she found out he was one of the bank robbers. Tbh she most definitely turns him in 9 times out of 10.

[BRHornet45]

sons did anyone else notice the error in the movie whenever they were planning the Fenway Park deal and that flower shop cuckold said "right after a 4 game stand with New York (Yankees)" ... they then showed them going to the game that night looking around and it was clearly the Toronto Blue Jays in town!

[easjer]

Finally saw it last night; very, very impressed. Wish we'd caught it in theatre. Ben Affleck nailed this in both roles. He's quite a good director. He's a good actor too, but had such a bad run of 'blockbuster' movies in his career that I tend to forget how good he can be.

I was impressed by Blake Lively - don't care much for her, and thought she did a good job. Rebecca Hall was good, but her lips kept distracting me.

Renner - wow. WOW.

[Jacob1983]

Blake Lively is probably the only weak part of this movie. Everything else was good in my opinion. I still think Ben Affleck is not getting any love from critics for his writing, directing, and acting for this movie. Jeremy Renner is getting love and it's deserved because he had an excellent performance. I watched the extended cut on Blu Ray and it had almost 30 minutes of additional scenes. Pretty good.

[BRHornet45]

Tbh she most definitely turns him in 9 times out of 10.

son not if he laid the dick down properly ... which in the movie he clearly did.

[MannyIsGod]

Good movie - not amazing or anything but pretty good. I'd like to see if Affleck can do anything besides a Boston crime drama before naming him a good director, however.

[easjer]

haha, fair enough, Manny.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Good movie all the way around. After seeing it I'm not surprised in the least that Renner is up for a Golden Globe. Didn't see a ton of movies this year, but his might have been the best I've seen. As both director and actor, Affleck doesn't stray far from home but he makes a damn fine movie there. Jon Hamm kicked ass, somehow being oddly likeable as a raging asshole Fed. I didn't have any real porblem with Blake Lively. Not bad but certainly the weakest part of a very very strong cast.

I don't really know any way around the whole "last job goes wrong/shoot out/blaze of glory" cliche that bank heist movies go to in their final act. I knew it was coming and had been so pleased with the movie up to that point that I was hoping there would be some kind of twist or different take on it. In the end I could live with that. The thing that left me shaking my head was the last scene with The Florist. As satisfying as it is to see him get what was coming that was the part that really stretched past my suspension of disbelief. After that enormous fire fight, with the FBI knowing full well who was the man behind the crew, Affleck's able to just walk right into his old neighborhood and gun down two guys with no trouble. The Feds dig right through these guys lives to track them down and don't put any surveillance outside the front business of the guy they'd go to if something went wrong on a job? But hey, that's one minute that didn't work against 119 that did. Big thumbs up from me.

[Zelophehad]

Good movie - not amazing or anything but pretty good. I'd like to see if Affleck can do anything besides a Boston crime drama before naming him a good director, however.

Wow, if you won't think he's a good director after those two movies, you must consider like five people good directors. Forget the genre, those were two veryg good films.

[EricB]

Good movie.

Jon Hamm oughtta win best supporting. One of the better actors today.

[Sisk]

Jon Hamm oughtta win best supporting. One of the better actors today.

:tu

Finally watched this yesterday and really enjoyed it.

Affleck is the shit

[IronMaxipad]

Good movie.

Jon Hamm oughtta win best supporting. One of the better actors today.
:nope

That belongs to Christian Bale.

[Jacob1983]

He beats out Jeremy Renner?

[MannyIsGod]

Wow, if you won't think he's a good director after those two movies, you must consider like five people good directors. Forget the genre, those were two veryg good films.

I guess its relative but right now I think Aflleck can make a good Boston Crime Drama but that doesn't mean he's going to be able to make a wide range of movies.

I'll put it to you this way, M. Night was a good director after the Six Sense but do you consider him a good director now?

[MannyIsGod]

He beats out Jeremy Renner?

Yes.

[CuckingFunt]

I'll put it to you this way, M. Night was a good director after the Six Sense but do you consider him a good director now?

Good analogy, though I think Shyamalan's biggest problems are in the writing department. Even his crappiest films have been, at least in moments, visually interesting.

[Jacob1983]

Does Eminem's "I'm not affraid" being played in the trailer hurt or help the movie's chances of getting Oscar nominations?

[sa_butta]

Pretty good movie overall. Kept me interested with a good storyline and some action sequences. I imagine if Ben tries anything different directing it may be in the Chick Flick department.

[lil'mo]

Movie sucked, didn't make sense. Girl wasn't even hot, definitely not anywhere close to good looking enough to risk being caught. And why not just leave town instead of being forced to committ another robbery

[TheTruth]

Movie sucked, didn't make sense. Girl wasn't even hot, definitely not anywhere close to good looking enough to risk being caught. And why not just leave town instead of being forced to committ another robbery

Because The Florist threatened the girl he fell in love with, and he knew she wouldn't skp town with him.

[MannyIsGod]

Because The Florist threatened the girl he fell in love with, and he knew she wouldn't skp town with him.

I honestly thought it was more about revenge for his mother.

[Dark Gable]

Because The Florist threatened the girl he fell in love with, and he knew she wouldn't skp town with him.

That is pretty much the way I saw it.

[Capt Bringdown]

An entertaining but unmemorable movie. Don't see what the fuss is about - this movie routinely explores some very familiar territory, nothing special. Worth a download or DVD rental.
Will not be added to the pantheon of great crime/heist movies.

[Jacob1983]

Rebecca Hall is not attractive? Wow. So what's your definition of hotness and beauty?

[Hemotivo]

clint eastwood should have done this movie instead of affleck

[resistanze]

Decent movie, although I couldn't stop myself from drawing parallels to Heat.

[JoeChalupa]

Saw it last night. Solid movie. :tu :tu :tu

[Jacob1983]

I think Jeremy Renner for Best Supporting Actor was the only nomination the movie got.

[Phenomanul]

I saw it last night... I thought it borrowed several themes from Al Pacino/Robert De Niro's "Heat"....

But is was still a good movie...

[Sense]

I saw this movie after inception and the fighter, so I thought it sucked.

[MultiTroll]

Pretty interesting until it turned into a drawn out shootout with a whole Police Force.

Once a movie becomes all about shootouts and explosions-I kind of lose affection for the characters and it becomes all about effects and stunts.
Late to The Town party.

Ya that's pretty much how i saw it too.
Really wished he and girl would have chosen a way to split town and start a new life.
However he was such a prick the way he broke the news to Blake Lively that he was no longer interested + had a new chick. Sealed his fate with that delivery as she turned rat under pressure from prick cop Ham.

[Thread]

Late to The Town party.

Ya that's pretty much how i saw it too.
Really wished he and girl would have chosen a way to split town and start a new life.
However he was such a prick the way he broke the news to Blake Lively that he was no longer interested + had a new chick. Sealed his fate with that delivery as she turned rat under pressure from prick cop Ham.

I'd a bet the farm that you'd be solidly against Ben, Mult. He's "Butt Man" in Hollywood. He goes around shoving his thumb up women's assholes thru their clothes at parties and such doings. Why the double standard, fart face?

[MultiTroll]

I'd a bet the farm that you'd be solidly against Ben, Mult. He's "Butt Man" in Hollywood. He goes around shoving his thumb up women's assholes thru their clothes at parties and such doings. Why the double standard, fart face?
Can't say I've watched many of his movies.
Goodwill Hunting he was merely a bit actor.
Changing Lanes was interesting, altho the ending was a dud.
Argo had a good set up but ultimately was a bunch of hype.
When he started dating Lopez i just lumped him in with the rest of the plastic crowd.

As to the parties, i know all about them. Bunch of very unfulfilled people.

Have no idea what "double standard" you're suggesting.

Now back to The Town, did you like it?

[Thread]

Can't say I've watched many of his movies.
Goodwill Hunting he was merely a bit actor.
Changing Lanes was interesting, altho the ending was a dud.
Argo had a good set up but ultimately was a bunch of hype.
When he started dating Lopez i just lumped him in with the rest of the plastic crowd.

As to the parties, i know all about them. Bunch of very unfulfilled people.

Have no idea what "double standard" you're suggesting.

Now back to The Town, did you like it?

You crucify Trump for grabbing pussies, even though "they let you."

[monosylab1k]

This is an American cinema masterpiece, the Renner performance as Jem is up there with Daniel Plainview/Anton Chigurgh/Hannibal Lecter, and anybody who says otherwise is a moron.

[monosylab1k]

I saw this movie after inception and the fighter, so I thought it sucked.

:lol talk about a terrible Boston movie