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[BigDug13]

I watched it again to get me ready for GTAV release last year. Excellent movie.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

You might like The Town.

Cause they basically just redid Heat.

poor man's heat with a really corny ending.

The Town was good, but obviosly not on the level of The Heat.

What's funny is that in pre-production on The Town when Affleck was doing interviews, both prisoners and the FBI referenced Heat. He knew he would never be able to top it.

 

[Currygan]

One of my favourite parts of Heat?

Pacino acts that way because originally his character was a cocaine addict. Then they cut all of that out. And he's just loud for no obvious reason. Which just makes the film because he, out of nowhere, starts destroying the scenery through boisterous acting.

I always thought that anyone who lived like Vincent, meaning an obsessive workaholic, taking little to no rest between days, with a completely wrecked personal life would behave like him after what, 20+ years in the police? I mean, we see him jumping off a van after a sleepless surveillance night and immediately getting back to work. That kind of life's gotta do something to your head eventually

 

[IdreamofHIME]

God I love that movie. And yeah, Moby at the end is great, but I also love that short Moby piece when Hanna is on freeway chasing Neil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH58xearYzw

So much better than his TV movie a few years before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsPDzSbgts

Whats the story with this anyways?
Failed pilot? Abandoned Miami Vice story?
it's not awful, but it's production values and actors are all cheap.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Whats the story with this anyways?
Failed pilot? Abandoned Miami Vice story?
it's not awful, but it's production values and actors are all cheap.

Pilot for a failed new series that the network just pushed out to TV. It was shot super quickly using a very chopped up version of the original HEAT script (which Mann wrote before he even directed Thief)

 

[Winterblink]

And it has the greatest shootout put on screen.

It really doesn't matter how many times someone says this or how they even say it, it's still one of the greatest understatements in cinematic history. I seriously doubt anything will ever top it.

 

[Dead Man]

Pilot for a failed new series that the network just pushed out to TV. It was shot super quickly using a very chopped up version of the original HEAT script (which Mann wrote before he even directed Thief)

Yeah, never stood a chance from what I've read.

 

[Badgerst3]

It is a masterpiece.

For me it ranks even higher than The Departed. Another great flick IMO.

I read somewhere Marines in basic training used to be shown the Kilmer AR-15 reload he did during the shootout, as textbook for how it's done.

 

[Giant Robot]

What's funny is that in pre-production on The Town when Affleck was doing interviews, both prisoners and the FBI referenced Heat. He knew he would never be able to top it.

There's a scene in The Town where Affleck is watching Heat (the drive in theater scene).

 

[BloodMoney]

no doubt OP
now go watch Thief

 

[Spiritreaver]

I legitimately thought this thread was going to be about how you grew up in some life of poverty where you never had heating. You just got some central air unit installed and you finally live in a place with heat, and it's amazing.

I've never even heard of this movie.

What the hell is wrong with me?

 

[Grisby]

Perfect movie.

 

[Death Metalist]

One of the best movies ever, for me. Mann actually topped himself with Insider after this, and then he kinda faded away. Sigh

I would say he topped himself or his last great film was Collateral which also featured one of Tom Cruise's best performances.

Now I want to watch the film again lol.

 

[JdFoX187]

"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."

I have both Heat and Collateral on blu-ray and these threads pop up every so often. Makes me want to watch them both again. One day.

 

[Discotheque]

I would say he topped himself or his last great film was Collateral

Nah.

The Insider
Heat
Miami Vice
Those three are concrete for me.Then I'd rank:
Thief
Last of the Mohicans
Collateral
Ali
Public Enemies
Ma hunter
The Keep

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I legitimately thought this thread was going to be about how you grew up in some life of poverty where you never had heating. You just got some central air unit installed and you finally live in a place with heat, and it's amazing.

I've never even heard of this movie.

What the hell is wrong with me?

Wufei, WUFEI

watch it my friend.

 

[CastleRybread]

I love the television scene, so good.

I was hoping someone would bring that up. Its so good. I love that part of the movie.

My other favorite part is Ashley Judd on the balcony giving Kilmer the no go signal.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Nah.

The Insider
Heat
Miami Vice
Those three are concrete for me.Then I'd rank:
Thief
Last of the Mohicans
Collateral
Ali
Public Enemies
Ma hunter
The Keep

wat wat wat @ Manhunter below Ali and PE. Disco breh

MV in the top 3 though

 

[bonesmccoy]

Great crime film. McCauley's downfall is superbly done.

The casting!

(The Town was boring and predictable)

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

I didn't like this movie at all. There was something about it that just made it so bad, but I can't remember any more. I watched it a few years ago after I saw the Pacino ass scene.

What is wrong with you.

I think Heat can be defined as a perfect movie. I honestly can't think of a single flaw in it. It executes everything it does perfectly.

 

[Giant Robot]

The backstory of the grill man who just got out of Folsom and gets hired on the spot to be the driver always gets me. That scene with his first day on the restaurant job and that asshole manager fires me up every time.

 

[Booshka]

The backstory of the grill man who just got out of Folsom and gets hired on the spot to be the driver always gets me. That scene with his first day on the restaurant job and that asshole manager fires me up every time.

"I did time for what that motherfucker does everyday."

Heat is perfect to me, and the shootout is still unrivaled.