Boondock Saints Is it any good?

[mikejet]

It's OK. It's not great. Some people really love it and I can see why but it's not amazing.

It was great listening to an interview with the director last week on NPR and how he doesn't like the image that the documentary on him created.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by mikejet

It's OK. It's not great. Some people really love it and I can see why but it's not amazing.
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Pretty much my take on it....... I think it's a good movie, but find it odd that people talk about it as one of their "all time favorites"

[Q?]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Pretty much my take on it....... I think it's a good movie, but find it odd that people talk about it as one of their "all time favorites"

It's not one of my favourite but I can see why some could think that this is one of their all time favourites, there's a lot of injustice in this world, big and small.
Vigilantism speaks strongly for many people and this is the perfect fantasy film about that.
I'm all for civilized justice that are handled in court and so forth, but some people seriously needs harsh justice, the good and the bad thing about Law and Order in the western societies is that sometimes true monsters are treated "humanely" or they get minuscule punishments.
I'm sorry, not trying to get political, just to prove my point.
If my post has violated the rules here I apologize, I'll delete my message if people are offended or you will of course.

[repete66211]

Taken as a whole I think this movie is a bit of a stinker, mainly due to the 8th grade philosophizing. Defoe is usually pretty good, but he's a little over the top in this one. "THERE WAS A FIREFIGHT!!!" is right up there with Al Pacino's yelling in Heat and anything uttered by Uma Thurman in Kill Bill on the cringe-meter.

That said, it's an entertaining (if shallow) movie if all you want to see is people getting killed. It seems to be very popular with the kind of people who like UFC, Camaros and barbwire tattoos.

[K_Williamson42]

I thought It was a good movie! I just ordered it from amazon on there black friday deal for $9.99, come to find out I could of got it at my local walmart now since they have it in stock and on there $10 deal! Either way, its worth the $10 to purchase it