AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007- Page 2

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:38pm

I hear, in the book, the author points out his various flaws much more than Sean Penn did.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:40pm

I would agree with that, but I wouldn't ever use the phrase "extremely stupid" to describe him.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 6:55pm

Glad "Before the Devil..." is on the list. Saw it in an art house a month or two ago...was it ever in wide release?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 7:49pm

I don't think so. I saw it at an Art house as well and I was waiting for the wide release to see it again, but I'm still waiting.
A pity, I wanted to see Tomei's performance all over again. The whole film is superb.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 7:54pm

I saw BEFORE... in a multiplex.

I think an interesting thing about that film is that it had no comic relief whatsoever. Even really serious dramas nowadays have at least a bit of gallows humor to slightly lighten the mood. This movie had none of that. And it worked perfectly.

Seriously, was there one joke in the entire film?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 8:06pm

...I couldn't take the robbery scene seriously because I live across the street from the shopping center where it was filmed.

Not much of a joke...but all the old people in the theater screaming "I KNOW WHERE THAT IS!" at the screen was pretty amusing.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 8:11pm

Where was it filmed?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/17/07 at 8:25pm

The Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside, Queens, NYC.

In between the Claire's and the Foot Locker, two summers ago. It's a GameStop now.