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DAY 100: December 11th, 2008.
Mr. Brooks
This film has a recipe for disaster. Dane Cook co-starring in a role that does not call for comedy, Kevin Costner in the lead not playing a cowboy/baseball player/fish and the cliched schizophrenic serial killer and Demi Moore as the cop hot on his tail. I did not expect to enjoy the film as much as I did. Surprise, surprise this film is decent.
Mr. Brooks has it all, a loving wife, daughter in college and he just won an award for Man Of The Year. Everything seems to be good in his life, except the fact that he has a deep a dark secret, he loves to kill people. Trying to shake this disturbing side of him away, he is forced to kill more people or be blackmailed by a young photographer who saw his last kill.
Is it weird that Dane Cook's best performance is still pretty bad? He isn't anything special here and is really forgettable, but he is bearable. That is something I can't say for his comedic roles. Moore does nothing special either, her character has her own sub-plot that we don't ever really get much info on or really care about. Costner is the shining star here. I really enjoyed him in this role (one of which he says was suppose to be a trilogy, I wonder if there will be more). William Hurt is Marshall, who is the one encouraging Brooks to kill people. Oh yeah, only Brooks can see him too. This makes for interesting scenes in which he flat out speaks to him yet the other person in the car at the time doesn't see it. Of course this is all happening in his head, but it takes some getting use to.
Mr. Brooks is a cool and intellectual character who almost gets to the level of Hannibal Lecter. Almost. The lengths he will go in order to protect his daughter are frightening.
The film is well written and helmed by a competent director he doesn't get all flashy and knows how to tell the story, which is the most important thing.
Mr. Brooks
This film has a recipe for disaster. Dane Cook co-starring in a role that does not call for comedy, Kevin Costner in the lead not playing a cowboy/baseball player/fish and the cliched schizophrenic serial killer and Demi Moore as the cop hot on his tail. I did not expect to enjoy the film as much as I did. Surprise, surprise this film is decent.
Mr. Brooks has it all, a loving wife, daughter in college and he just won an award for Man Of The Year. Everything seems to be good in his life, except the fact that he has a deep a dark secret, he loves to kill people. Trying to shake this disturbing side of him away, he is forced to kill more people or be blackmailed by a young photographer who saw his last kill.
Is it weird that Dane Cook's best performance is still pretty bad? He isn't anything special here and is really forgettable, but he is bearable. That is something I can't say for his comedic roles. Moore does nothing special either, her character has her own sub-plot that we don't ever really get much info on or really care about. Costner is the shining star here. I really enjoyed him in this role (one of which he says was suppose to be a trilogy, I wonder if there will be more). William Hurt is Marshall, who is the one encouraging Brooks to kill people. Oh yeah, only Brooks can see him too. This makes for interesting scenes in which he flat out speaks to him yet the other person in the car at the time doesn't see it. Of course this is all happening in his head, but it takes some getting use to.
Mr. Brooks is a cool and intellectual character who almost gets to the level of Hannibal Lecter. Almost. The lengths he will go in order to protect his daughter are frightening.
The film is well written and helmed by a competent director he doesn't get all flashy and knows how to tell the story, which is the most important thing.