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Trailer here. (http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip/us/med/jacket/03k8dj_jacket_tlr1_qt_300.mov)
Release Date: March 4th, 2005
Cast: Adrien Brody (Jack Starks), Keira Knightley (Jackie), Daniel Craig (Mackenzie), Kris Kristofferson (Dr. Becker), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Dr. Lorenson), Kelly Lynch (Jean), Mackenzie Phillips (Nurse Harding), Brad Renfro (The Stranger), Jake Broder (Dr. Morgan), Jason Lewis (Cop), Ian Porter (Major), Tara Summers (Nina)
Director: John Maybury (Love is the Devil)
Screenwriter: Marc Rocco (Murder in the First; cowriter of Dream a Little Dream, Where the Day Takes You); rewrite by Massy Tadjedin (cowriter of Leopold Bloom)
Premise: A clairvoyant Gulf War veteran (Brody), wrongly imprisoned for murder after he returns home to Vermont, must use his abilities to discover who has framed him, by shifting in and out of different realities, time, and frames of mind. He can tell when and how he will be executed, so the race is on to prolong his life to give him more time to solve the mystery...
That could look good if they didn't try to make it look all edgy and shit.
and can anyone take Kris Kristofferson seriously as an actor anymore? I just laugh when I hear him talk.
JACK STARKS..IS DEAD
so this has potential to be ok. and yeah, i really hope all the crazy editing is just for the trailer and not the movie.
also, the last 20 seconds or so of the trailer are hilarious.
I think this doesn't even look like it has the potential to be okay.
So, he has sex (apparently) with someone who he met when she was a little girl. That's a little strange. I mean, yeah she grows up to be Keira Knightley, but you don't go "I remember when you were only six years old," and then stick it in her. Especially when they seem to have more important matters to get to. I'm all for movies about sex, but I don't like when sex scenes are added into a movie about some murder mystery identity crisis mix-up.
"Oh you have my dog tags so that must mean you're the little girl who... DAMN you fine!" <--- that's what I would've written if I were writing the movie.
I think the trailer is pretty lame, but I really liked John Maybury's Love Is The Devil, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now.
Is Keira Knightley ready for the primetime? I do not think so. She needs to get over those bulimic anorexic tendencies and put that junk in the trunk. THEN SHE WILL BE COMPLETE.
I get it now...Jack...the Jacket.
Why do they think a good trailer for a thriller must have those sharp cuts with the suspense sounds: GGGEENT...GGGEENT....GGGEEN GGGEN GGGENT!?
From the writers who saw Jacob's Ladder and 12 Monkeys...This is going to make much more money than it deserves. And did Keira Knightley watch Fight Club a lot in preparation for this movie? She looks like Helena Bonham Carter.
Quote from: POZERGGGEENT...GGGEENT....GGGEEN GGGEN GGGENT!?
Best onomatopoeia ever.
Quote from: hacksparrowShe looks like Helena Bonham Carter.
She wishes... and wishes she had Carter's talent too.
God, this is a toughie.
It really could be a good movie but knowing hollywood, it's probably dumbed down an aweful lot.
Quote from: RegularKarateand can anyone take Kris Kristofferson seriously as an actor anymore? I just laugh when I hear him talk.
I still give KK lots of credit, based off Lone Star.
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whoa, the donnie butterfly effect. with a few Avril Lavignes.
So yes, this is Twelve Monkeys meets Donnie Darko with a touch of Jacob's Ladder. It's not bad, but it's not very good either - consistently watchable, with mostly good performances (Brody in particular, and Knightley intermittently) and good direction (Maybury is an art film director and it shows) and, unfortunately, a very weak script.
Kiera gets naked, though, if you care about that sort of thing.
Quote from: GhostboyKiera gets naked, though, if you care about that sort of thing.
she's got nothing to show, so it's really a moot point.
It's not what you got but how you flaunt it.
I hate it when actors like Adrien Brody win the Oscar because they can never seem to get really good movies again after that.
Quote from: GhostboyIt's not what you got but how you flaunt it.
so like full on naked? Did she look good? Well...did you cum or what?
Quote from: Small Town LonerI hate it when actors like Adrien Brody win the Oscar because they can never seem to get really good movies again after that.
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so like full on naked? Did she look good? Well...did you cum or what?
In answer to your three questions: no (just topless) / sure / no
Also, here's my more lengthy review. (http://www.road-dog-productions.com/reviews/archives/2005/02/the_jacket.html#more)
Man, this thing is just plain ROTTEN.
Don't waste your time with this, it really doesn't have anything redeeming.
Brody is decent, but a good actor surrounded by shit still smells.
There are GAPING plot holes left and right and really no motivation for almost anything the characters do. Almost none of the events make any sense at all and the film takes itself FAR too seriously... it really thinks it's a lot more than it actually is.
I would have a hard time believing the director has seen any movie made before the nineties... it's such a bad wannabe movie, but it's a generic kind of wanna-be in that it just kind of copies random shit from other movies that may or may not have been good and copies it poorly.
I really feel kind of robbed of my time here.
and so the bar is set for best negative review of the year.
I saw this. It's not as wretched as RK says. It's not brilliant. It's kinda like a mindless entertainment movie, only there's more mind and less entertainment. By more mind, I mean you're thinking about things more, that doesn't mean there's necessarily more to think about.
The style is really effective, the scenes when he puts on the jacket and the shots of his memories are really good, I think. If you try and keep up with the plot, it's pretty rewarding until the ending, which is plain shit.
Brody is great. Knightley is pretty bad, she can't pull off being a skank at all. Her being naked, eh, it's pretty cool, a novelty at least. Kristofferson is pretty fucking cool.
The writing is the worst part, but there are some great moments. Mainly, the plot lends itself to being hated because there are plot holes that come with a time travel movie, but there are big ones that just don't make any sense. The dialogue is often great, and some scenes really work. Brody and that crazy guy have good moments, Brody and Knightley do together.
The main thing to remember at the end is that you are smarter than the movie and it is much simpler than you should ever think. Ignore discrepancies and the plot is pretty easy. Now, if they had handled it like Primer, the story would be a million times better.