[Sportsguy]

Drunks, Lovers, Sinners, and Saints

Written and Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
Composer Trent Reznor

Simple Synopsis: A group of con artists mistakenly target the daughter of the head of the Italian mafia. Comedy, murder, sex, betrayal, and chaos follow as the both the mob and FBI close in.

Natalie Portman - Jennifer
James McAvoy - Danny
Kristen Bell - Emma
Summer Glau - Grace
Daniel Day Lewis – Julius Pizzati
Meryl Streep – Donatello Pizzati
Jennifer Lawrence – Anna Maria Pizzati
Colin Ferrell - Hannigan
Alan Tudyk – Agent Parker
Bradley Whitford – Agent Bergman
Don Cheadle - Agent Lewis


Background: Siblings Jennifer and Danny (Portman and McAvoy) left the orphanage they grew up in when they were 17 and 15 respectively and began conning people. Four years ago they met Emma (Bell), the bored child of a wealthy family who decided to join them (and began dating Danny) after the deaths of her parents. Grace (Glau) has been part of the team for the past year and a half though she is hesitant to open up about her past.

The con artists make a mistake when they don't realize their latest mark (Lawrence) is the daughter of the head of the Italian mafia. The Pizzati's (Day-Lewis and Streep) hire a professional (Farrell) to track down. Meanwhile, the two FBI agents who have been building a case against the Pizzati's (Whitford and Tudyk) are joined by the agent tracking the con team (Cheadle).

The Power of Four

Directed by Martin Scorcese (The Departed, Goodfellas, Raging Bull)
Written by David S. Goyer (The Blade trilogy, the Dark Knight trilogy)

1942. Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Axis forces prepare for an even more devastating attack on Allied targets. Nearing completion of their own crude atomic weaponry, a brave British spy (Helen Mirren) notifies British intelligence that their bomb is almost ready.

Four operatives from the still-in-its-infancy 007 program (Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Hugh Jackman, and Liam Neeson) are dispatched into the heart of Germany to find the bomb, remove it, and destroy any evidence of its existance. Unbeknownest to them, the Americans have also learned about the weapon, and have sent it their own team of four soldiers (George Clooney, Matt Damon, Timothy Olyphant, and Kurt Russell), all of whom trained in the Super-Soldier program until it was sabotaged months earlier in Brooklyn.

The two teams meet, and must work together to get into Berlin and complete their mission. Standing in their way is an Axis strike force (led by Anthony Hopkins, with Ryan Gosling, Rutger Hauer, Bruce Lee, David Morse, and Ron Perlman). Who lives, who dies... who wins?

[Sportsguy]

I would watch the fuck out of both of these, multiple, multiple fucking times. I don't understand why people dismiss The Power of 4 as "4 Bonds vs 4 Captain Americas" like that's a BAD thing. Both of these have amazing casts, but in the end I can't vote against Bell/Portman/Glau/Lawrence/DDL/Streep/Tudyk.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

I voted for Four but I really liked the idea of the Coens working with DDL.

[DevSop]

It's not that it's a bad thing necessarily its just a weird place to start with Bonds vs. Captain Batman and even more when you realize Bale's on the Bond side. It's just a weird mix of franchises coming together in the middle of a espionage/spy/war movie. And even if I could get past all that, Drunks is such a great idea that it wouldn't matter.

[townofdalem]

In retrospect, I may have been a little too harsh about Power of Four. I have some issues with it, but it's not like it is horrible. Congrats to Power of Four on making it this far. Still though, I hope I beat it.

Also, it's another round so time for another plot detail. The dream scene for me during this movie is the beginning of the third act when Day-Lewis and Streep have Portman captured and are torturing her. Portman trying to hold her own against these two acting giants could be a sight to see. I just wish I was a talented enough writer to bring it too life.

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