癲狂院 Vixen Owl Cigar..。o○

Mark Walberg's Best Work Yet !!!!!


Seth Green Cracks me up, Good times in General..
What can I say ?
I'm a complete and utter soundtrack freak. *rummages through CDs*
This is one of those rides that are mindless but so much fun.
After an audacious burglary in Venice, Ed Norton (playing a total sleazeball to perfection ), double crosses the team and leaves them for dead under a frozen lake.
A few years later, the surviving members of the team decide to take their loot back.

The action is almost non-stop, and I've read reviews that have called this movie a two hour commercial for the Mini Cooper.
This car is truly fine in this movie, but the plot twists and the hihg tech coolness in the story constantly keep the viewer guessing.
Seth Green is a surprise and is the most engaged of the actors.
Unfortunately, Charlize Thieron and Mark Wahlberg, while clearly way better looking than Michaeal Caine, played so understatedly that they could have mailed in the performances.

What is on this CD and where and when you're going to listen to it does matter a little as well.
I mean, if you're running on a treadmill, I don't recommend this.
However, if you're having a laid-back day, sipping on some espresso, then go ahead and pop it in.
Even the fast paced songs won't bother you ; there aren't enough of them to get you truly revved up and they make for a nice change from the other tracks.

So the choice really is up to you and what you're into.
If you soundtracks and feel like something you probably haven't heard before, then by all means, give this one a shot.
Heck, go rent the movie first and make a decision from there
Every song is there (except for when Stella is driving her little mini in and out of traffic and I think Macy Gray is singing which was kind of disappointing actually, even though I don’t like Macy Gray, but that’s another topic entirely ).
You can go from there and decide.
But hey, Im always urging people to try something different.
You make the decision..........................

【Edward Norton】Italian Job【Charlize Theron】
Brains Are Sexier Than Brawn...
An update of the 1969 film starring Michael Caine, F. Gary Gray's remake of "The Italian Job" is about a successful Italian heist gone right until one of its team members betrays and supposedly leaves his team for dead.. One year later, the team's organizer gets help from a safecracker's daughter in order to steal the golden bars they lost from the heist and pull a fast one on the traitor.. Gray gives the film a modern update with modern technology and music along with fast-witted lines and humor to make the film more entertaining than most action films.. With a star-studded cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, and Charlize Theron along with a strong supporting cast including neo-soul singer Mos Def, Seth Green, Jason Statham, and veteran Donald Sutherland, "The Italian Job" is one of those rare summer action films that keeps on being entertaining with a dose of brains for the film intellectual.....

The film begins in Venice, Italy as a veteran safecracker named John Bridger (Donald Sutherland ) is ready for his final job as he calls his daughter Stella (Charlize Theron ) about a present he just bought her.
Stella, however, isn't thrilled that her dad is doing another job but John insists this is the last one as he meets up with his job organizer Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg ).
Charlie and John plan to steal $35 million worth of gold bars in the possession of Italian mobsters with help from a few of Charlie's friends.
An explosives expert named Left Ear (Mos Def ), a computer hacker named Lyle (Seth Green ), and getaway driver Handsome Rob (Jason Statham ).
Helping the team for the heist is Steve (Edward Norton ) who had hired a few guys to help him on the heist, whom John doesn't think is a good idea.

What I about this movie is that the team used a special-equipped computer to watch Steve's every moves and that included how much debt he was in.
And to be able to control the cable TV modem this SOB had and the traffic lights in the city where they're able to either change the color signals which they did.
Also, I like the scenes where Stella deliberately sets herself up to become Steve's cable company technician to go out and "repair " his cable modem.
Steve then attempts to make the move onto Stella who poses as "Becky " the cable company technician.
What was so funny as hell is when Charlie and his partner were sitting in a car, they both spotted the cable company van with the cable company name, the name that Steve is a customer with.
So anyway, Charlie gets out of the car, walks up to Becky, makes small talk with her and then goes over to her place to have sex with her and then while she's dead asleep to the world , Charlie steals her work uniform to give to Stella to wear to pose as the cable company employee.
Stella's intention was to steal back the gold that living SOB had in his posession.

The other scene is where Stella has set up a "hot date " with Steve at a very expensive restaurant.
Steve tries his best to talk Stella into going back to his place, but Stella would have none of this.
That is when the rest of the mob has moved in on Steve real fast.
Those a$$-kicking Mini Coopers.
I LUV them.. Stella, Charlie, and the others were driving them in order to each of them taking positions in trying to corner Steve who is of all thieves the loser.. The stunts in this movie is really out of this world.. I mean the cast.. They were kicking real good.. As far as movies of the year is concerned, I find that this movie overall is the best action-filled of this century......

Of all people, I think both Theron, Wahlberg, and Norton kick a$$ in this movie.
They are the best, I mean the best.
The last element of the special features is the deleted scenes.
I would have to concur with the decision to take all of these scenes out as they really don't advance the movie that much.
For the most part these are just scenes from the car chase where the cars get separated.
I the pacing of the car chase at the end as it was and am glad they took out the scenes they did.

Overall, the extras on this DVD give you a pretty good look behind the scenes at the production process involved in bringing you what I think is an entertaining movie.
I highly recommend this movie for action movie fans.
The story is pretty good, the acting is convincing for the most part, and the additional features illustrate that what you are seeing is real footage and not just a bunch of people on a soundstage working with blue screens.
The movie isn't perfect, but very few movies really are.
If you can live with some of the problems in the story and Charlize Theron's acting job, I think you'll find this a very entertaining movie.