Law Abiding Citizen

For some reason it didn't finish my whole post above! lol. I wanted to end by saying the pro (Gerard Butler) may be outweighing the con (torture) because I can close my eyes at those scenes...and keep them open on Gerard Butler! lol

If you see it before me let me know how it is!

Yes he was in The Ugly Truth and PS I Love you. He was also in Rock N Rolla, Phantom of the Opera, Dear Frankie, 300....he's been in a lot of movies! People love him!!! Because he is incredibly sexy, sexy voice, good actor, can sing--and he is a really personable guy.

Yeah! That's what I'm telling myself...I always go to movies where I have to close my eyes--so why not this one!? lol. Of course most of the movies don't have long, violent torture scenes...and I really hate torture. (Hostel was the biggest movie mistake of my life!!)

But I will probably end up going to it lol. Gerard Butler is too sexy too pass up:P But I dont see how it can end well for him 8*(

Well it's about a guy who's wife and little daughter are killed during a brutal home invasion involving 2 perps (husband is there too-has to watch them die). And than a lawyer gets one of them men a very light sentence (the more brutal one) by getting the second one the death penalty.
So the husband some how botches the death penalty guys injection and makes it very painful and graphic for the guy (no one knows that at first I believe) and than he kills the 2nd guy when he is released from prison.
He ends up in jail, and goes on a major rampage--killing everyone that was involved in getting the bad guy a light sentence (the judge, defendents, possibly the jury but not sure on that one, the lawyer)...and he kills them all while he is in prison...and no one knows how he's doing it.

What draws me to this movie the most is Gerard Butler lol. Specifically, I've never seen him play a bad guy....a really true villian (even though you'll probably feel sympathy for him throughout)...

Wow, come to think of it, I have seen a preview for it... It looked good, and you just made it sound completely awesome. Gonna' have to check it out at some point.
thanks again,
DR...

Really? I made it sound awesome? I thought I kind of rambled on a bit there I tend to do that! lol

I did see it yesterday and it was pretty good....while I'll say you never stop feeling sorry that the guys family died...Gerard Butler is one bad dude! lol

You see, I suspect that most people cannot communicate, let alone think, and thus do not like to read, write, speak while being scrutinized, recieve and kind of criticism, or listen... On the other hand you're a writer, I'm a writer, we're both passionate about our own various things, and I think I can speak for both of us when I say we read and research, etc., What I'm saying in a long drawn out way is that it's next to impossible for you (or for anyone with anything intelligible to say) to ramble to me--make sense? I like messages, I like clarification, I like details, unlike most of the mensch...

I do understand what you mean, it does make sense. So, of course I went back and reread my description of the movie--and while it might not be a rambling, I found myself editting it lol. It has some mistakes!

one can edit there postings? How?

Oh no! I don't think you can edit your discussions (at least easily) here. I meant I was jst editing them in my mind.

Oh. See now, this is the part where if I wasn't tired, or was, in fact, really witty, I'd have something clever to say. I don't know, something alluding to you being crazy or psychic or something. Oh well. Gotcha. Acorns.

LOL! Well....if you ever think of something you know where to post it!

Yeah he is bad... Before I saw it I would have said he is just a...sympathetic anti-hero....but now that I know...he's pretty bad! lol.

Well I was happy to find out that the torture scene is very short, you actually don't even see him get through one leg...you do see the aftermath but that just isn't the same as seeing the actual torture.

*Gerard Butler wears a cop uniform in it...I'm going to write a screen play for G.B where he's a cop...because he looks good in uniform! LOL!

Gerard Butler plays a great 'bad' guy in Law Abiding Citizen. He's actually the good guy pushed to become bad so the audience's sympathy is with him and not the ambitious and self-centred prosecutor played by Jamie Foxx. In fact, when I saw the movie I don't really like Jamie Foxx character even though he's the one playing the good guy.

Yeah, it was very unfortunate events that lead him to become such a bad guy...and it wasn't JUST the death of his family...a big part of it was the fact that the worse guy got off so easy! I think that's what REALLY pushed him over the edge, because before that he was just a mourning father...afterward he was a homicidal maniac...

But the fact that he killed innocent people...and other characters I liked in the movie (like Jamie Foxx's assistant)...made it hard for me to feel sympathy for him. I ALWAYS felt sympathy for the fact his family was killed...BUT when he killed people I never saw any justice in it.

It wasn't as bad as I thought...the two scenes I was worried about were actually really short and not as bad as the rating detail made them sound. BUT I did manage to close my eyes perfectly during this movie, and didn't see much of anything I didn't want to...lol.

It was pretty good...it defeniatly makes your cringe...but I didn't really care for the ending...

Well the torture scene wasn't as gruesome as I thought it would be--I was expecting a drawn out, 10 minute scene--that's the way the rating desciption made it seem. (But I still closed my eyes during that part out of worry, and when the little girl put the tape in) lol.

I pretty much closed my eyes at every scene where someone died lol, especially the judge--I knew from the preview something bad was gonna happen to her when she answered the phone.

Luckily I was really good at closing my eyes and I didnt see anything too gruesome.

And I agree, it was a good movie. Gerard Butler is, once again, great in the movie (and his usual sexy self) lol. And surprsingly, the movie had a lot of comical parts in it....except in my theater every time someone died (like the judge) people would crack up! I was like...wow you guys are morbid! lol

Aah, then you missed all the best parts!
I went to the Saturday matinee, maybe 10 people in the theater. I went with my son and his friend but they wre sitting too close to the screen so I moved back a few rows, when the judge scene happen, I ran up to them and said That was awesome! It was ingenious, and it happened so fast, you really didn't see anything. Same with the torture scene, you don't see much, but you know what's happening. As far as this kind of thing goes, I thought it was pretty tactful, considering the circumstances.

Yes, Gerry is hot! It still baffles me when I say his name and people don't know who he is, especially women. I've been following him since he played the title role in Attila. Talk about hot, that man was on fire!
My other favorites are:
300
Beowulf & Grendel
P. S. I Love You
Timeline
Dear Frankie

I just really don't like gore--it disturbs me. And even if it didn't show MUCH...what it did show may have still upset me. I have a very low gore intake ability...lol.

I went to the movie with my mom, dad and sister...we all had to sit in one of the very front rows, we were 4 or 5 back. I defeniatly would have prefered to sit further back.

Well everyone in my family knows who he is, because of me:P lol. I'm always saying how hot he is:D I actually fell in love with him after I saw Phantom of the Opera, my first Gerry movie. Man....he had the whole dangerous, sexy thing going on--and he sang! Mm mm mm mm m...lol.

Ooo I just thought of something!!!

Did you see Shattered (aka Butterfly on a Wheel)....that is a really really good Gerry movie! Defeniatly check it out if you haven't already:D

I own PS I Love You and Dear Frankie!!!:) Good movies!!! I also have Shattered and Phantom...I think, for right now, those are all the Gerry movies I own! lol

Ugly Truth was funny too!

Did sang some hardcore rock n' roll in P.S. I Love You, Mustang Sally, man what was awesome! He's got a rock n' roll voice. He was in a band before becoming an actor.

You've got to see Attila and Beowulf & Grendel, long hair Gerry, very sexy, primal.

I have Ugly Truth but haven't watched it yet.

O yeah! He did sing in PS I Love You! lol. I only ever think about him singing in Phantom, so I always forget he sings in other movies:P lol

I will have to check out Attlia and Beowulf/Grendel! I'll see if I can get them on Netflix!:P lol.

The Ugly Truth was funny, but quite sexually graphic...maybe not the best movie to go to with my mom!:P lol

Did you see Shattered? Have you even heard of it? It never got much publicity, and wasn't in theaters. But it was a good one!

Yes, saw Shattered soon as it came out on DVD. It was really good, different to see him as the victim (sort of) and Pierce Brosnan as the villian.
I'm pretty sure I've seen all GB's movies.
Dracula 2000, Reign of Fire, Tomb Raider 2.
I haven't seen Gamer yet but I definitely will when it comes to DVD.

He's got a new one, The Bounty, I don't know when it's coming out though. He's a bounty hunter who's target is his wife, played by Jennifer Aniston.

Yeah I saw Shattered right when it came out on DVD too lol. Then I bought it:P He was a tough victim though:P lol....when is Gerry not tough!:P

I'm not sure if I've seen ever single one of his movies, but I have seen a lot (all that you've listed so far).

I havent seen Gamer yet either, I'm worried about the gore factor...but I'll get it on Netflix when it comes out on DVD.

Yes I've heard of the bounty!:) I only recently found out it's a comedy...I was hopin it would be a kind of thriller movie lol. I like to see Gerry in movies like that:P

I didn't know it was a comedy. I don't care for what passes as comedy these days in American movies. Oh well, I'll just hope the next one is action or thriller. He does very well in those types of movies.